Marjorie Lord
Acting • Born 1918-07-26 – Died 2015-11-28
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!
Filmography
64 credits
The Pirate
Movie • 1978
Mrs. Mason
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie • 1943
Nancy Partridge
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Movie • 1966
Mrs. Martha Meade
New Orleans
Movie • 1947
Grace Voiselle
About Face
Movie • 1942
Betty Marlowe
The Lost Volcano
Movie • 1950
Ruth Gordon
Riding High
Movie • 1950
Mary Winslow
Chain Gang
Movie • 1950
Rita McKelvey
Forty Naughty Girls
Movie • 1937
June Preston
Border Cafe
Movie • 1937
Janet Barry
The Argyle Secrets
Movie • 1948
Marla
Moonlight in Havana
Movie • 1942
Patsy Clark
Down Laredo Way
Movie • 1953
Valerie
Side by Side
Movie • 1988
Escape from Hong Kong
Movie • 1942
Valarie Hale
On Again—Off Again
Movie • 1937
Florence Cole
High Flyers
Movie • 1937
Arlene Arlington
Stop That Cab
Movie • 1951
Mary Thomas
Venture of Faith
Movie • 1951
Hideaway
Movie • 1937
Joan Peterson
Girls' School
Movie • 1938
Nan (uncredited)
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
Movie • 1939
Babs
Masked Raiders
Movie • 1949
Gale Trevett
The World of Tomorrow
Movie • 1984
Babs Middleton (archive footage)
Johnny Come Lately
Movie • 1943
Jane
Hi, Buddy
Movie • 1943
Mary Parker
Timber!
Movie • 1942
Yvette Lacour
Shantytown
Movie • 1943
Virginia Allen
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Movie • 1948
Gina Crane
The Missing Are Deadly
Movie • 1975
Blades of the Musketeers
Movie • 1950
Queen Anne
Rebel City
Movie • 1953
Jane Dudley
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
Movie • 1943
Janet Thompson
Flesh and Fantasy
Movie • 1943
Justine (uncredited)
Mexican Manhunt
Movie • 1953
Sheila Barton
Air Hostess
Movie • 1949
Jennifer White
Port of Hell
Movie • 1954
Kay Walker
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Kathy Williams
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Millie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Sarah McCoy
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
China Smith
TV • 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Marietta
Climax!
TV • 1954
Make Room for Granddaddy
TV • 1970
Kathy Williams
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
Wire Service
TV • 1956
Phyllis Holley
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Mrs. Field
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Amy Marr
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
Hopalong Cassidy
TV • 1952
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Miss Cook
Sweet Surrender
TV • 1987
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Danny Thomas Show
TV • 1953
Kathy Williams
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Lee Powell Coleman
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Elise
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Bessie
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Martha Rogers
Fantasy Island
TV • 1978
Beth Shane
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
TV • 1972
Judge