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Lorna Gray

Born
July 26, 1917
Died
April 30, 2017
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Known For
Captain America
(1944)
Gail Richards
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Woman at Station (uncredited)
Dakota
(1945)
Entertainer (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick
(1940)
Anne Butler
So Proudly We Hail
(1943)
Lt. Toni Dacolli
Full Filmography
Acting
Hold 'Em Navy
(1937)
Girl
Red River Range
(1938)
Jane Mason
Adventure in Sahara
(1938)
Carla Preston
Smashing the Spy Ring
(1938)
Nurse Anna Loring
The Man They Could Not Hang
(1939)
Janet Savaard
Pest from the West
(1939)
Conchita
Three Sappy People
(1939)
Sherry Rumsford
The Amazing Mr. Williams
(1939)
Nurse (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
(1939)
Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Woman at Station (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
(1939)
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Coast Guard
(1939)
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Stranger from Texas
(1939)
Jean Browning
Flying G-Men
(1939)
Babs McKay
Outside These Walls
(1939)
Secretary (uncredited)
Up in the Air
(1940)
Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
(1940)
Flossie
Convicted Woman
(1940)
Frankie Mason
Bullets for Rustlers
(1940)
Ann Houston
Drums of the Desert
(1940)
Helene Laroche
Deadwood Dick
(1940)
Anne Butler
Cafe Hostess
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
You Nazty Spy!
(1940)
Mattie Herring (uncredited)
Father Steps Out
(1941)
Helen Matthews
Tuxedo Junction
(1941)
Joan Gordon
Ridin' Down the Canyon
(1942)
Barbara Joyce
Perils of Nyoka
(1942)
Vultura
So Proudly We Hail
(1943)
Lt. Toni Dacolli
O, My Darling Clementine
(1943)
Clementine Cheshire
Captain America
(1944)
Gail Richards
The Girl Who Dared
(1944)
Ann Carroll
Fashion Model
(1945)
Yvonne
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
(1945)
Gloria Williams
Tell It to a Star
(1945)
Mona St. Clair
Federal Operator 99
(1945)
Rita Parker
Dakota
(1945)
Entertainer (uncredited)
Valley of the Zombies
(1946)
Nurse Susan Drake
Out California Way
(1946)
Gloria McCoy (as Adrian Booth)
Home on the Range
(1946)
Bonnie Garth
Man from Rainbow Valley
(1946)
Kay North
Daughter of Don Q
(1946)
Dolores Quantero
Exposed
(1947)
Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth)
Spoilers of the North
(1947)
Jane Koster
Along the Oregon Trail
(1947)
Sally Dunn
Last Frontier Uprising
(1947)
Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth)
Under Colorado Skies
(1947)
Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth)
The Gallant Legion
(1948)
Connie Faulkner
California Firebrand
(1948)
Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
The Plunderers
(1948)
Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth)
Lightnin' in the Forest
(1948)
Dell Parker
Hideout
(1949)
Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth)
Brimstone
(1949)
Molly
The Last Bandit
(1949)
Kate Foley / Kate Sampson (as Adrian Booth)
The Savage Horde
(1950)
Livvy Weston
Rock Island Trail
(1950)
Aleeta
Oh! Susanna
(1951)
Lia Wilson
The Sea Hornet
(1951)
Ginger Sullivan
Yellow Fin
(1951)
Nurse Jean Elliott
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
(2002)
Self (uncredited)
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