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Marjorie Lord

Born 1918-07-26
Died 2015-11-28
📍 San Francisco, California, USA

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!

Filmography 61

Side by Side
1988
The World of Tomorrow
as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
1984
The Pirate
as Mrs. Mason
1978
Fantasy Island
as Beth Shane
1978
The Pirate
as Mrs. Mason
1977
The Love Boat
as Martha Rogers
1977
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
as Judge
1972
Love, American Style
1969
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Mrs. Martha Meade
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Kathy Williams
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Amy Marr
1956
Wire Service
as Phyllis Holley
1956
Port of Hell
as Kay Walker
1954
Climax!
1954
The Danny Thomas Show
as Kathy Williams
1953
Letter to Loretta
as Miss Cook
1953
Mexican Manhunt
as Sheila Barton
1953
Down Laredo Way
as Valerie
1953
Rebel City
as Jane Dudley
1953
General Electric Theater
as Millie
1953
Cavalcade of America
as Mrs. Field
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Cavalcade of America
as Lee Powell Coleman
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
China Smith
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sarah McCoy
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Marietta
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Elise
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Racket Squad
1951
Stop That Cab
as Mary Thomas
1951
Blades of the Musketeers
as Queen Anne
1950
Chain Gang
as Rita McKelvey
1950
The Lost Volcano
as Ruth Gordon
1950
Riding High
as Mary Winslow
1950
Air Hostess
as Jennifer White
1949
Masked Raiders
as Gale Trevett
1949
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Gina Crane
1948
The Argyle Secrets
as Marla
1948
New Orleans
as Grace Voiselle
1947
Flesh and Fantasy
as Justine (uncredited)
1943
Johnny Come Lately
as Jane
1943
Shantytown
as Virginia Allen
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Nancy Partridge
1943
Hi, Buddy
as Mary Parker
1943
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
as Janet Thompson
1943
Moonlight in Havana
as Patsy Clark
1942
Timber!
as Yvette Lacour
1942
Escape from Hong Kong
as Valarie Hale
1942
About Face
as Betty Marlowe
1942
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
as Babs
1939
Girls' School
as Nan (uncredited)
1938
High Flyers
as Arlene Arlington
1937
Forty Naughty Girls
as June Preston
1937
Hideaway
as Joan Peterson
1937
On Again—Off Again
as Florence Cole
1937
Border Cafe
as Janet Barry
1937