Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 26, 1918
Place of Birth:
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!
Year | Movie | Role |
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1988 | Side by Side | |
1984 | The World of Tomorrow | Babs Middleton (archive footage) |
1978 | The Pirate | Mrs. Mason |
1975 | The Missing Are Deadly | |
1966 | Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | Mrs. Martha Meade |
1954 | Port of Hell | Kay Walker |
1953 | Down Laredo Way | Valerie |
1953 | Rebel City | Jane Dudley |
1953 | Mexican Manhunt | Sheila Barton |
1951 | Stop That Cab | Mary Thomas |
1951 | Venture of Faith | |
1950 | The Lost Volcano | Ruth Gordon |
1950 | Riding High | Mary Winslow |
1950 | Chain Gang | Rita McKelvey |
1950 | Blades of the Musketeers | Queen Anne |
1949 | Masked Raiders | Gale Trevett |
1949 | Air Hostess | Jennifer White |
1948 | The Argyle Secrets | Marla |
1948 | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Gina Crane |
1947 | New Orleans | Grace Voiselle |
1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Nancy Partridge |
1943 | Johnny Come Lately | Jane |
1943 | Hi, Buddy | Mary Parker |
1943 | Shantytown | Virginia Allen |
1943 | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack | Janet Thompson |
1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Justine (uncredited) |
1942 | About Face | Betty Marlowe |
1942 | Moonlight in Havana | Patsy Clark |
1942 | Escape from Hong Kong | Valarie Hale |
1942 | Timber! | Yvette Lacour |
1939 | The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair | Babs |
1938 | Girls' School | Nan (uncredited) |
1937 | Forty Naughty Girls | June Preston |
1937 | Border Cafe | Janet Barry |
1937 | On Again—Off Again | Florence Cole |
1937 | High Flyers | Arlene Arlington |
1937 | Hideaway | Joan Peterson |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1987 | Sweet Surrender | |
1978 | Fantasy Island | Beth Shane |
1977 | The Love Boat | Martha Rogers |
1970 | Make Room for Granddaddy | Kathy Williams |
1969 | Love, American Style | |
1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Kathy Williams |
1956 | Wire Service | Phyllis Holley |
1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Amy Marr |
1954 | Climax! | |
1953 | General Electric Theater | Millie |
1953 | Letter to Loretta | Miss Cook |
1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Kathy Williams |
1952 | China Smith | |
1952 | Cavalcade of America | Mrs. Field |
1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | |
1952 | Cavalcade of America | |
1952 | Cavalcade of America | Lee Powell Coleman |
1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Bessie |
1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sarah McCoy |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Marietta |
1951 | Racket Squad | |
1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Elise |