Lorna Gray
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.
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Credits
- 2002 · Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Self (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Sea Hornet as Ginger Sullivan
- 1951 · Yellow Fin as Nurse Jean Elliott
- 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
- 1948 · California Firebrand as Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
- 1948 · Lightnin' in the Forest as Dell Parker
- 1947 · Under Colorado Skies as Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth)
- 1947 · Exposed as Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth)
- 1947 · Along the Oregon Trail as Sally Dunn
- 1947 · Spoilers of the North as Jane Koster
- 1947 · Last Frontier Uprising as Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth)
- 1946 · Out California Way as Gloria McCoy (as Adrian Booth)
- 1946 · Daughter of Don Q as Dolores Quantero
- 1946 · Man from Rainbow Valley as Kay North
- 1946 · Valley of the Zombies as Nurse Susan Drake
- 1946 · Home on the Range as Bonnie Garth
- 1945 · Dakota as Entertainer (uncredited)
- 1945 · Tell It to a Star as Mona St. Clair
- 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
- 1943 · O, My Darling Clementine as Clementine Cheshire
- 1943 · So Proudly We Hail as Lt. Toni Dacolli
- 1942 · Ridin' Down the Canyon as Barbara Joyce
- 1942 · Perils of Nyoka as Vultura
- 1941 · Tuxedo Junction as Joan Gordon
- 1941 · Father Steps Out as Helen Matthews
- 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 · Rockin' Thru the Rockies as Flossie
- 1940 · Bullets for Rustlers as Ann Houston
- 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 · Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Woman at Station (uncredited)
- 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 · Pest from the West as Conchita
- 1939 · Outside These Walls as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1939 · Flying G-Men as Babs McKay
- 1939 · The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited)
- 1938 · Smashing the Spy Ring as Nurse Anna Loring
- 1938 · Red River Range as Jane Mason
- 1938 · Adventure in Sahara as Carla Preston
- 1937 · Hold 'Em Navy as Girl