Lorna Gray
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: July 26, 1917
Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (uncredited)
as Ginger Sullivan
as Nurse Jean Elliott
as Lia Wilson
as Livvy Weston
as Aleeta
as Molly
as Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth)
as Kate Foley / Kate Sampson
as Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth)
as Connie Faulkner
as Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
as Dell Parker
as Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth)
as Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth)
as Sally Dunn
as Jane Koster
as Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth)
as Gloria McCoy
as Dolores Quantero
as Kay North
as Nurse Susan Drake
as Bonnie Garth
as Entertainer (uncredited)
as Mona St. Clair
as Rita Parker
as Yvonne
as Gloria Williams
as Ann Carroll
as Gail Richards
as Clementine Cheshire
as Lt. Toni Dacolli
as Barbara Joyce
as Vultura
as Joan Gordon
as Helen Matthews
as Helene Laroche
as Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
as Anne Butler
as Flossie
as Ann Houston
as Frankie Mason
as Mattie Herring (uncredited)
as Cafe Hostess
as Jean Browning
as Sherry Rumsford
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Woman at Station (uncredited)
as Janet Savaard
as (uncredited)
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
as Conchita
as Secretary (uncredited)
as Babs McKay
as Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited)
as Nurse Anna Loring
as Jane Mason
as Carla Preston
as Girl