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Lorna Gray
Actor
Born July 26, 1917Died April 30, 2017 (99 years)
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Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She was known as Adrian Booth since 1945. Although she had a film test at Universal Studios and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures.
As a Columbia contract player she appeared in the studio's shorts and serials, including Flying G-Men (starring Robert Paige), Pest from the West (starring Buster Keaton), and You Nazty Spy! (starring The Three Stooges). When her Columbia contract lapsed, she found work at Monogram Pictures, where she worked with action star Frankie Darro.
Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range (1938) and appeared in the title role in O, My Darling Clementine (1943), a country music film starring Roy Acuff as a singing sheriff.
In her Paramount films, such as Hold 'Em Navy, she was credited as Virginia Pound, but she was given the name Lorna Gray by Columbia and she used it from 1938 until 1945, when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures. She appeared as Lorna Gray in Republic's Federal Operator 99, but subsequently adopted the name Adrian Booth.
At Republic, she often received co-star billing in Westerns, the only woman other than Dale Evans to be billed so highly at that studio. She also starred in Republic's serial about the comic book superhero Captain America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She was known as Adrian Booth since 1945. Although she had a film test at Universal Studios and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures.
As a Columbia contract player she appeared in the studio's shorts and serials, including Flying G-Men (starring Robert Paige), Pest from the West (starring Buster Keaton), and You Nazty Spy! (starring The Three Stooges). When her Columbia contract lapsed, she found work at Monogram Pictures, where she worked with action star Frankie Darro.
Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range (1938) and appeared in the title role in O, My Darling Clementine (1943), a country music film starring Roy Acuff as a singing sheriff.
In her Paramount films, such as Hold 'Em Navy, she was credited as Virginia Pound, but she was given the name Lorna Gray by Columbia and she used it from 1938 until 1945, when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures. She appeared as Lorna Gray in Republic's Federal Operator 99, but subsequently adopted the name Adrian Booth.
At Republic, she often received co-star billing in Westerns, the only woman other than Dale Evans to be billed so highly at that studio. She also starred in Republic's serial about the comic book superhero Captain America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as Heroine |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet · as Ginger Sullivan |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna · as Lia Wilson |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde · as Livvy Weston |
| 1950 | Rock Island Trail · as Aleeta |
| 1949 | Brimstone · as Molly |
| 1949 | Hideout · as Betty, Alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth) |
| 1949 | The Last Bandit · as Kate Foley / Kate Sampson (as Adrian Booth) |
| 1948 | The Plunderers · as Julie Ann Mccabe (as Adrian Booth) |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion · as Connie Faulkner |
| 1947 | Under Colorado Skies · as Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth) |
| 1947 | Exposed · as Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth) |
| 1947 | Spoilers of the North · as Jane Koster |
| 1946 | Out California Way · as Gloria Mccoy (as Adrian Booth) |
| 1946 | Daughter of Don Q · as Dolores Quantero |
| 1946 | Valley of the Zombies · as Nurse Susan Drake |
| 1946 | Home on the Range · as Bonnie Garth |
| 1945 | Dakota · as Entertainer (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Federal Operator 99 · as Rita Parker |
| 1945 | Fashion Model · as Yvonne |
| 1945 | Adventures of Kitty O'Day · as Gloria Williams |
| 1944 | The Girl Who Dared · as Ann Carroll |
| 1944 | Captain America · as Gail Richards |
| 1944 | Captain America (1944) (TV Series) · as Gail Richards |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail! · as Lt. Toni Dacolli |
| 1942 | Ridin' Down the Canyon · as Barbara Joyce |
| 1942 | Perils of Nyoka · as Vultura |
| 1940 | Drums of the Desert · as Helene Laroche |
| 1940 | Up in the Air · as Singer Rita Wilson Aka Gladys Wharton |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick · as Anne Butler |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman · as Frankie Mason |
| 1940 | You Nazty Spy! · as Mattie Herring (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Cafe Hostess · as Cafe Hostess |
| 1939 | The Stranger from Texas · as Jean Browning |
| 1939 | Three Sappy People · as Sherry Rumsford |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Beware Spooks! · as Carny Girl |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Woman At Station (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise · as May Jenkins |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang · as Janet Savaard |
| 1939 | Coast Guard · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Good Girls Go to Paris · as Bridesmaid (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt · as Girl Michael Runs Into In Nightclub (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Red River Range · as Jane Mason |
| 1938 | Adventure in Sahara · as Carla Preston |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 · as Divorcee |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer · as Cast |
| 1937 | Thrill of a Lifetime · as Chorus Girl |