Lesley Woods
Lesley Woods | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 22, 1910 Berwick, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 2003 (aged 92) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1936–2001 |
| Spouse | Richard McMurray |
| Children | Sam McMurray (stepson) |
Lesley Woods (August 22, 1910 – August 2, 2003) was an American radio, stage and television actress. She was a graduate of the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.[1]
Personal life
Woods was married to actor Richard McMurray. Sam McMurray is her stepson.[2]
Death
Woods died on August 2, 2003, 20 days before her 93rd birthday. [3]
Stage
Woods' acting on Broadway included being in Double Dummy (1936), Excursion (1937), Comes the Revelation (1942), The Assassin (1945), and A Case of Libel (1963–64).[4] She was a member of Theatre West. A Billboard review of Comes the Revelation summarized Woods' acting as follows: "Small, blond and attractive, Miss Woods plays with an honesty and restraint that are as rare as they are commendable. Quiet, sincere and tremendously effective, she does one of the finest jobs of the entire season."[5]
Radio
Woods' roles on radio programs included those shown in the table below.
| Program | Role |
|---|---|
| Backstage Wife | Maida[6] |
| Boston Blackie | Mary Wesley[2] |
| Bright Horizon | Rosie[7] Margaret Anderson McCarey[6] |
| Bulldog Drummond | "heroine roles"[8] "the feminine lead"[9] |
Casey, Crime Photographer |
Ann Williams[10] |
| Guiding Light | Helene Cunningham[11] |
| Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne | Margot Sherwood[6] |
| The Man I Married | Evelyn Waring[12] |
| Midstream | Meredith Conway[6] |
| Portia Faces Life | Elaine Arden[13] |
| Road of Life | Carol Martin[1] |
| The Romance of Helen Trent | Tember Adams[6] |
| Rosemary | Audrey Roberts[6] |
| The Shadow | Margo Lane[14] |
| This Is Nora Drake | Peg Martinson[6] |
| We Love and Learn | Mickey[6] |
| Woman in White | Janet Munson Adams[6] |
Other programs on which Woods was a regular included Crime and Peter Chambers, Inner Sanctum Mystery, The Private Files of Rex Saunders, Treasury Star Parade,[13] and It Can Be Done.[15]
Television
A veteran of at least 10 daytime serials, Woods' daytime debut was as Claire Bannister Steele on
Television appearances
| Year | Program | Episode/source |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Robert Montgomery Presents | -----[16] |
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Lesley Woods". Variety. August 19, 2003. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
Actress Lesley Woods died Aug. 2 of natural causes in Los Angeles. She was 90.
- ISBN 9780786452088– via Google Books.
- ^ "Lesley Woods". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Burr, Eugene (June 6, 1942). "New Plays on Broadway: Comes the Revelation". Billboard. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950. The Viking Press. SBN 670-16240-x. Pp. 23, 40, 127, 160, 203, 204, 238, 253, 258.
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- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Pp. 184, 346, 550, 554, 680.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 596.
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External links
- Lesley Woods at IMDb