Lois Collier

Birthday: 1919-03-21
Deathday: 1999-01-27
Birthplace: Salley, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars.

Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California.

In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.

Credits

Year Title Character
1958-01-01 Missile Monsters Helen
1956-01-01 Jungle Safari Pamela Courtney
1951-02-11 Rhythm Inn Betty Parker
1950-10-25 Flying Disc Man from Mars Helen Hall
1950-06-04 Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance Anne Howe Palooka
1949-02-11 Miss Mink of 1949 Alice Forrester
1948-09-11 Out of the Storm Ginny Powell
1948-04-07 Arthur Takes Over Margaret Bixby
1947-07-17 Slave Girl Aleta
1946-08-08 Wild Beauty Linda Gibson
1946-05-17 The Cat Creeps Gay Elliot
1946-05-10 A Night in Casablanca Annette
1946-01-11 Girl on the Spot Kathy Lorenz
1945-11-09 The Crimson Canary Jean Walker
1945-06-22 Penthouse Rhythm Linda Reynolds
1945-06-20 The Naughty Nineties Miss Caroline Jackson
1945-01-22 Jungle Queen Pamela Courtney
1944-06-01 Jungle Woman Joan Fletcher
1944-05-12 Cobra Woman Veeda
1944-03-16 Prices Unlimited
1944-03-01 Weird Woman Margaret Mercer
1944-02-02 Ladies Courageous Jill Romilly
1943-12-10 She's for Me Eileen Crane
1943-08-02 Young Ideas Co-ed (uncredited)
1943-06-21 Get Going Doris
1943-04-15 Santa Fe Scouts Claire Robbins
1943-04-05 My Son, The Hero Nancy Cavanaugh
1942-06-16 The Phantom Plainsmen Judy Barrett
1942-04-24 Westward Ho Anne Henderson
1942-03-27 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Receptionist
1942-03-18 Raiders of the Range Jean Travers
1942-02-05 The Man Who Returned to Life
1942-01-15 Blondie Goes to College Coed
1941-12-15 West of Cimarron Doris Conway
1941-10-24 Gauchos of El Dorado Ellen
1941-09-30 Sailors on Leave Pretty Brunette (uncredited)
1941-09-10 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail Doris Sheldon
1941-08-19 Ice-Capades Audition Girl
1940-07-24 Girls of the Road Road Girl (Uncredited)