Lorna Gray
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| Born | Virginia Pound July 26, 1917 Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
| Other names | Adrian Booth, Adrian Brian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937 - 1951 |
Lorna Gray (born July 26, 1917) is an American film actress, known for her comic roles and later as a villainess. She is best known for her role as Mattie Herring in the 1940 Three Stooges film You Nazty Spy!
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[edit] Career
Before appearing in films, Gray sang with a group in Cleveland called Ben Yost's Varsity Coeds, who performed primarily in movie theaters before the movie began. 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.
Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range and appeared in the title role in O, My Darling Clementine.
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. At Republic, she adopted the name Adrian Booth, which she has used ever since.[1]
Booth was awarded the Golden Boot Award in 1998 and was still attending film festivals into her 90s.[1] She appeared as a guest at the annual Three Stooges convention held in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, on April 30, 2011.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Daughter of Don Q (1946)
- Dakota (1945)
- Federal Operator 99 (1945)
- Captain America (1944)
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- O, My Darling Clementine! (1943)
- Perils of Nyoka (1942)
- Father Steps Out (1941)
- Convicted Woman (1940)
- Deadwood Dick (1940)
- Rockin' thru the Rockies (1940)
- You Nazty Spy! (1940)
- Three Sappy People (1939)
- Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939)
- The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
- Pest from the West (1939)
- Red River Range (1938)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Lorna Gray at the Internet Movie Database
- Lorna Gray at threestooges.net
