Marjorie Lord

Birthday: 1918-07-26
Deathday: 2015-11-28
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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!

Credits

Year Title Character
1988-03-06 Side by Side
1978-11-21 The Pirate Mrs. Mason
1975-01-08 The Missing Are Deadly
1966-06-08 Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! Mrs. Martha Meade
1954-12-05 Port of Hell Kay Walker
1953-09-13 Mexican Manhunt Sheila Barton
1953-08-05 Down Laredo Way Valerie
1953-05-10 Rebel City Jane Dudley
1951-07-02 Venture of Faith
1951-03-30 Stop That Cab Mary Thomas
1950-11-24 Blades of the Musketeers Queen Anne
1950-11-01 Chain Gang Rita McKelvey
1950-06-25 The Lost Volcano Ruth Gordon
1950-04-12 Riding High Mary Winslow
1949-08-25 Air Hostess Jennifer White
1949-08-14 Masked Raiders Gale Trevett
1948-10-07 The Strange Mrs. Crane Gina Crane
1948-05-07 The Argyle Secrets Marla
1947-04-18 New Orleans Grace Voiselle
1943-10-29 Flesh and Fantasy Justine (uncredited)
1943-09-03 Johnny Come Lately Jane
1943-04-20 Shantytown Virginia Allen
1943-03-24 Sherlock Holmes in Washington Nancy Partridge
1943-02-26 Hi, Buddy Mary Parker
1943-01-05 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Janet Thompson
1942-10-16 Moonlight in Havana Patsy Clark
1942-08-01 Timber! Yvette Lacour
1942-05-15 Escape from Hong Kong Valarie Hale
1942-04-16 About Face Betty Marlowe
1939-04-30 The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair Babs
1938-09-30 Girls' School Nan (uncredited)
1937-11-07 High Flyers Arlene Arlington
1937-09-24 Forty Naughty Girls June Preston
1937-08-13 Hideaway Joan Peterson
1937-07-09 On Again—Off Again Florence Cole
1937-06-04 Border Cafe Janet Barry