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Marjorie Lord
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Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on The Danny Thomas Show and later Make Room for Granddaddy.
In 1935, at the age of 16, Lord made her Broadway debut in The Old Maid with Judith Anderson. Her other Broadway appearances came in Signature, Little Brown Jug, and The Girl in the Freudian Slip.
Lord was signed by RKO Radio Pictures in 1935. While appearing in Springtime for Henry with Edward Everett Horton, director Henry Koster approached her and signed her to a contract with Universal Studios. She appeared in six feature films and a film serial The Adventures of Smilin' Jack…
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Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on The Danny Thomas Show and later Make Room for Granddaddy. In 1935, at the age of 16, Lord made her Broadway debut in The Old Maid with Judith Anderson. Her other Broadway appearances came in Signature, Little Brown Jug, and The Girl in the Freudian Slip. Lord was signed by RKO Radio Pictures in 1935. While appearing in Springtime for Henry with Edward Everett Horton, director Henry Koster approached her and signed her to a contract with Universal Studios. She appeared in six feature films and a film serial The Adventures of Smilin' Jack for Universal. Her film work includes a number of wartime pictures, including the 1943 mystery Sherlock Holmes in Washington, starring Basil Rathbone in the title role. She also appeared in the Western films Masked Raiders, Mexican Manhunt, and Down Laredo Way. In 1966, she played Mrs. Martha Meade, the wife of Bob Hope's character, in the screwball comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
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The World of Tomorrow
as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
The Missing Are Deadly
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Mrs. Martha Meade
Port of Hell
as Kay Walker
Mexican Manhunt
as Sheila Barton
Down Laredo Way
as Valerie
Rebel City
as Jane Dudley
No Poster
Venture of Faith
Stop That Cab
as Mary Thomas
Blades of the Musketeers
as Queen Anne
Chain Gang
as Rita McKelvey
The Lost Volcano
as Ruth Gordon
Riding High
as Mary Winslow
Air Hostess
as Jennifer White
Masked Raiders
as Gale Trevett
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Gina Crane
The Argyle Secrets
as Marla
New Orleans
as Grace Voiselle
Flesh and Fantasy
as Justine (uncredited)
Johnny Come Lately
as Jane
Shantytown
as Virginia Allen
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Nancy Partridge
Hi, Buddy
as Mary Parker
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Janet Thompson
Moonlight in Havana
as Patsy Clark
Timber!
as Yvette Lacour
Escape from Hong Kong
as Valarie Hale
About Face
as Betty Marlowe
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
as Babs
Girls' School
as Nan (uncredited)
High Flyers
as Arlene Arlington
Forty Naughty Girls
as June Preston
Hideaway
as Joan Peterson
On Again—Off Again
as Florence Cole
Border Cafe
as Janet Barry