
Person
Marjorie Lord
Acting · 1918–2015 · San Francisco, California, USA
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!
Known for

The Mike Douglas Show
Self

The Love Boat
Martha Rogers

The Merv Griffin Show
Self

Love, American Style
1969

Fantasy Island
Beth Shane

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Amy Marr

Climax!
1954

Four Star Playhouse
Bessie

The Danny Thomas Show
Kathy Williams

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Filmography
- 1988Side by Side
- 1987Sweet Surrender
- 1984The World of TomorrowBabs Middleton (archive footage)
- 1978The PirateMrs. Mason
- 1978Fantasy IslandBeth Shane
- 1977The PirateMrs. Mason
- 1977The Love BoatMartha Rogers
- 1975The Missing Are Deadly
- 1972The ABC Afternoon PlaybreakJudge
- 1970Make Room for GranddaddyKathy Williams
- 1969Love, American Style
- 1966Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!Mrs. Martha Meade
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- 1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourKathy Williams
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreAmy Marr
- 1956Wire ServicePhyllis Holley
- 1954Port of HellKay Walker
- 1954Climax!
- 1953The Danny Thomas ShowKathy Williams
- 1953Letter to LorettaMiss Cook
- 1953Mexican ManhuntSheila Barton
- 1953Down Laredo WayValerie
- 1953Rebel CityJane Dudley
- 1953General Electric TheaterMillie
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaMrs. Field
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseBessie
- 1952Hopalong Cassidy
- 1952China Smith
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSarah McCoy
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsMarietta
- 1951The Adventures of Kit Carson
- 1951Venture of Faith
- 1951Racket Squad
- 1951Stop That CabMary Thomas
- 1950Blades of the MusketeersQueen Anne
- 1950Chain GangRita McKelvey
- 1950The Lost VolcanoRuth Gordon
- 1950Riding HighMary Winslow
- 1949Air HostessJennifer White
- 1949Masked RaidersGale Trevett
- 1948The Strange Mrs. CraneGina Crane
- 1948The Argyle SecretsMarla
- 1947New OrleansGrace Voiselle
- 1943Flesh and FantasyJustine (uncredited)
- 1943Johnny Come LatelyJane
- 1943ShantytownVirginia Allen
- 1943Sherlock Holmes in WashingtonNancy Partridge
- 1943Hi, BuddyMary Parker
- 1943The Adventures of Smilin' JackJanet Thompson
- 1942Moonlight in HavanaPatsy Clark
- 1942Timber!Yvette Lacour
- 1942Escape from Hong KongValarie Hale
- 1942About FaceBetty Marlowe
- 1939The Middleton Family at the New York World's FairBabs
- 1938Girls' SchoolNan (uncredited)
- 1937High FlyersArlene Arlington
- 1937Forty Naughty GirlsJune Preston
- 1937HideawayJoan Peterson
- 1937On Again—Off AgainFlorence Cole
- 1937Border CafeJanet Barry
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