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Marjorie Lord

1918-07-26 – 2015-11-28 (age 97) San Francisco, California, USA
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Biography

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!

Known For

Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy

1943

as Justine (uncredited)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943

as Nancy Partridge

Girls' School
Girls' School

1938

as Nan (uncredited)

On Again—Off Again
On Again—Off Again

1937

as Florence Cole

Riding High
Riding High

1950

as Mary Winslow

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

1966

as Mrs. Martha Meade

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

1943

as Janet Thompson

About Face
About Face

1942

as Betty Marlowe

Johnny Come Lately
Forty Naughty Girls
Forty Naughty Girls

1937

as June Preston

Escape from Hong Kong
Escape from Hong Kong

1942

as Valarie Hale

Shantytown
Shantytown

1943

as Virginia Allen

Chain Gang
Chain Gang

1950

as Rita McKelvey

High Flyers
High Flyers

1937

as Arlene Arlington

The Argyle Secrets
The Argyle Secrets

1948

as Marla

Hi, Buddy
Hi, Buddy

1943

as Mary Parker

The World of Tomorrow
The World of Tomorrow

1984

as Babs Middleton (archive footage)

Blades of the Musketeers
Blades of the Musketeers

1950

as Queen Anne

Port of Hell
Port of Hell

1954

as Kay Walker