Marjorie Lord
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 26, 1918
- Died
- November 28, 2015 (aged 97)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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!
Known For
Filmography
Side by Side
Movie
Sweet Surrender
TV · 6 eps
The World of Tomorrow
Movie · as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
Fantasy Island
TV · as Beth Shane · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Martha Rogers · 1 ep
The Pirate
TV · as Mrs. Mason · 2 eps
The Missing Are Deadly
Movie
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
Make Room for Granddaddy
TV · as Kathy Williams · 24 eps
Love, American Style
TV · 1 ep
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Meade
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV · as Kathy Williams · 1 ep
Wire Service
TV · as Phyllis Holley · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Amy Marr · 1 ep
Port of Hell
Movie · as Kay Walker
Climax!
TV · 1 ep
Down Laredo Way
Movie · as Valerie
Rebel City
Movie · as Jane Dudley
Mexican Manhunt
Movie · as Sheila Barton
General Electric Theater
TV · as Millie · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Miss Cook · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Show
TV · as Kathy Williams, Kathy O’Hara · 222 eps
China Smith
TV · 1 ep
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Mrs. Field, Lee Powell Coleman · 1 ep
Hopalong Cassidy
TV · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Bessie · 1 ep
Stop That Cab
Movie · as Mary Thomas
Venture of Faith
Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Sarah McCoy · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Marietta, Elise · 1 ep
Racket Squad
TV · 1 ep
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV · 1 ep
The Lost Volcano
Movie · as Ruth Gordon
Riding High
Movie · as Mary Winslow
Chain Gang
Movie · as Rita McKelvey
Blades of the Musketeers
Movie · as Queen Anne
Masked Raiders
Movie · as Gale Trevett
Air Hostess
Movie · as Jennifer White
The Argyle Secrets
Movie · as Marla
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Movie · as Gina Crane
New Orleans
Movie · as Grace Voiselle
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie · as Nancy Partridge
Johnny Come Lately
Movie · as Jane
Hi, Buddy
Movie · as Mary Parker
Shantytown
Movie · as Virginia Allen
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
Movie · as Janet Thompson
Flesh and Fantasy
Movie · as Justine (uncredited)
About Face
Movie · as Betty Marlowe
Moonlight in Havana
Movie · as Patsy Clark
Escape from Hong Kong
Movie · as Valarie Hale
Timber!
Movie · as Yvette Lacour
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
Movie · as Babs
Girls' School
Movie · as Nan (uncredited)
Forty Naughty Girls
Movie · as June Preston
Border Cafe
Movie · as Janet Barry
On Again—Off Again
Movie · as Florence Cole
High Flyers
Movie · as Arlene Arlington
Hideaway
Movie · as Joan Peterson