Marjorie Lord

Acting

Marjorie Lord

Born
Died
(aged 97)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
61 titles

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!

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 61

YearTitleRole
1988 Side by Side Film
1987 Sweet Surrender TV (6 ep)
1984 The World of Tomorrow Film Babs Middleton (archive footage)
1978 Fantasy Island TV Beth Shane (1 ep)
1977 The Pirate TV Mrs. Mason (2 ep)
1977 The Love Boat TV Martha Rogers (1 ep)
1975 The Missing Are Deadly Film
1972 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak TV Judge (1 ep)
1970 Make Room for Granddaddy TV Kathy Williams (24 ep)
1969 Love, American Style TV (1 ep)
1966 Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! Film Mrs. Martha Meade
1962 The Merv Griffin Show TV Self (1 ep)
1961 The Mike Douglas Show TV Self (1 ep)
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV (1 ep)
1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour TV Kathy Williams (1 ep)
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV Amy Marr (1 ep)
1956 Wire Service TV Phyllis Holley (1 ep)
1954 Port of Hell Film Kay Walker
1954 Climax! TV (1 ep)
1953 The Danny Thomas Show TV Kathy Williams, Kathy O’Hara (222 ep)
1953 Letter to Loretta TV Miss Cook (1 ep)
1953 Mexican Manhunt Film Sheila Barton
1953 Down Laredo Way Film Valerie
1953 Rebel City Film Jane Dudley
1953 General Electric Theater TV Millie (1 ep)
1952 Cavalcade of America TV Mrs. Field, Lee Powell Coleman (1 ep)
1952 Four Star Playhouse TV Bessie (1 ep)
1952 Hopalong Cassidy TV (1 ep)
1952 China Smith TV (1 ep)
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Sarah McCoy (1 ep)
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV Marietta, Elise (1 ep)
1951 The Adventures of Kit Carson TV (1 ep)
1951 Venture of Faith Film
1951 Racket Squad TV (1 ep)
1951 Stop That Cab Film Mary Thomas
1950 Blades of the Musketeers Film Queen Anne
1950 Chain Gang Film Rita McKelvey
1950 The Lost Volcano Film Ruth Gordon
1950 Riding High Film Mary Winslow
1949 Air Hostess Film Jennifer White
1949 Masked Raiders Film Gale Trevett
1948 The Strange Mrs. Crane Film Gina Crane
1948 The Argyle Secrets Film Marla
1947 New Orleans Film Grace Voiselle
1943 Flesh and Fantasy Film Justine (uncredited)
1943 Johnny Come Lately Film Jane
1943 Shantytown Film Virginia Allen
1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington Film Nancy Partridge
1943 Hi, Buddy Film Mary Parker
1943 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Film Janet Thompson
1942 Moonlight in Havana Film Patsy Clark
1942 Timber! Film Yvette Lacour
1942 Escape from Hong Kong Film Valarie Hale
1942 About Face Film Betty Marlowe
1939 The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair Film Babs
1938 Girls' School Film Nan (uncredited)
1937 High Flyers Film Arlene Arlington
1937 Forty Naughty Girls Film June Preston
1937 Hideaway Film Joan Peterson
1937 On Again—Off Again Film Florence Cole
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