Lori Nelson
Acting • Born 1933-08-15 – Died 2020-08-23
Biography
Lori Nelson was an American actress born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 1933. She began as a performer, dancing at the young age of 4, as well as winning a Little Miss America title. Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful. However, in 1952, she made it into her first role as Marjie Baile in Bend of the River. Many of her roles were large, but were mostly in 1950s B-movies. Today, she is acting sparingly, most recently in The Naked Monster. She costarred with Barbara Eden in the series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959). However, she also had a well-remembered role as Mara, the Mayor's daughter, opposite Van Johnson (who played two roles) in the 1957 made-for-TV musical film The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a motion picture which premiered on NBC and then went on to be syndicated and shown annually on local television stations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
37 credits
Mom, Can I Keep Her?
Movie • 1998
Stephanie
Pardners
Movie • 1956
Carol Kingsley
Revenge of the Creature
Movie • 1955
Helen Dobson
I Died a Thousand Times
Movie • 1955
Velma
The Naked Monster
Movie • 2005
Dr. Helen Dobson
Day the World Ended
Movie • 1955
Louise Madison
All I Desire
Movie • 1953
Lily Murdoch
Bend of the River
Movie • 1952
Marjie Baile
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Movie • 1955
Rosie Kettle
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Movie • 2000
Self
Hot Rod Girl
Movie • 1956
Lisa Vernon
Destry
Movie • 1954
Martha Phillips
Untamed Youth
Movie • 1957
Jane Lowe
Francis Goes to West Point
Movie • 1952
Barbara Atwood
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie • 1957
Mara
Outlaw's Son
Movie • 1957
Lila Costain
Sincerely Yours
Movie • 1955
Sarah Cosgrove
Walking My Baby Back Home
Movie • 1953
Claire Millard
The All American
Movie • 1953
Sharon Wallace
Mohawk
Movie • 1956
Cynthia Stanhope
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Movie • 2014
Self
Secret Sins of the Father
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Lieber
Underwater!
Movie • 1955
Gloria
Tumbleweed
Movie • 1953
Laura Saunders
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Movie • 1952
Rosie Kettle
Family Affair
TV • 1966
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Sylvia
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Lorraine Daggett
Climax!
TV • 1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
White Antelope aka Doris Albright
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Ellen Conway
The Texan
TV • 1958
How to Marry a Millionaire
TV • 1957
Climax!
TV • 1954
Mary