Lois Collier
Lois Collier | |
|---|---|
Limestone College | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1938–1958 |
| Spouses | Robert A. Duncan (div. 1943)Robert Jackson Oakley
(m. 1945; div. 1956)Paul Schreibman (m. 1957) |
Lois Collier (born Madelyn Earle Jones; March 21, 1917[1][2] – October 27, 1999) was an American actress born in Salley, South Carolina.[3] She was sometimes credited as Lois Collyer.
Early years
Collier's father was Ernest Jones, a pharmacist, of
Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina.[5]
Film
Collier's acting career started as a model in the 1935 romance-comedy "
serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars
.
Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead.[6]
Radio
Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on
Los Angeles, California.[8]
Television
In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper.television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie,[10] which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.
Personal life
Collier was married to bank executive Robert A. Duncan. She was granted a divorce from him on September 3, 1943.[11] On August 4, 1945, Collier married Robert Jackson Oakley, an agent for actors.[12] They divorced in 1956.[13]
Filmography
Film
- Women Must Dress (1935) – Model
- A Desperate Adventure, aka It Happened in Paris (UK) (1938) – Angela
- Girls of the Road (1940) – Road Girl (uncredited)
- Ice-Capades, aka Music in the Moonlight (US: reissue title) (1941) – Audition Girl (uncredited)
- Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941) – Doris Sheldon
- Sailors on Leave (1941) – Pretty Brunette (uncredited)
- Gauchos of El Dorado(1941) – Ellen
- West of Cimarron (1941) – Doris Conway
- Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) – Receptionist (uncredited)
- Blondie Goes to College, aka The Boss Said 'No' (UK) (1942) – Coed (uncredited)
- A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) – (uncredited)
- The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) – Mary Tuller (uncredited)
- Yokel Boy (1942), aka Hitting the Headlines (UK) – Stewardess (uncredited)
- Raiders of the Range (1942) – Jean Travers
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine, aka Unforgotten Crime (US: TV title) (1942) – Receptionist
- The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) – Cynthia, Girl at the Dance (uncredited)
- Westward Ho (1942) – Anne Henderson
- The Phantom Plainsmen (1942) – Judy Barrett
- My Son, the Hero (1943) – Nancy Cavanaugh
- Santa Fe Scouts (1943) – Claire Robbins
- Get Going (1943) – Doris
- Young Ideas (1943) – Co-ed (uncredited)
- She's for Me (1943) – Eileen Crane
- Ladies Courageous (1944) – Jill
- Weird Woman (1944) – Margret Mercer
- Prices Unlimited (1944, Short)
- Follow the Boys (1944) – Herself (uncredited)
- Cobra Woman (1944) – Veeda
- Jungle Woman (1944) – Joan Fletcher
- Jungle Queen (1945, Serial) – Pamela Courtney
- The Naughty Nineties (1945) – Miss Caroline Jackson
- Penthouse Rhythm (1945) – Linda Reynolds, Junior's Secretary
- The Crimson Canary (1945) – Jean Walker
- Girl on the Spot (1946) – Kathy Lorenz
- A Night in Casablanca (1946) – Annette
- The Cat Creeps (1946) – Gay Elliott
- Wild Beauty (1946) – Linda Gibson
- Slave Girl (1947) – Aleta
- Arthur Takes Over (1948) – Margaret Bixby
- Out of the Storm (1948) – Ginny Powell
- Miss Mink of 1949 (1949) – Alice Forrester
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950) – Anne Howe Palooka
- Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950, Serial) – Helen Hall
- Rhythm Inn (1951) – Betty Parker
Television
- Dick Tracy – Fluff (4 episodes, 1950)
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950) – Anne Howe Palooka
- Rhythm Inn (1951) – Betty Parker
- The Unexpected – "Beyond Belief" (1952)
- Boston Blackie – Mary Wesley (58 episodes, 1951–1953)
- Letter to Loretta – "600 Seconds" (1955) (as Lois Collyer) Gloria Joy
- Cavalcade of America – "Sunrise on a Dirty Face" (1955) – Marion
- Damon Runyon Theater – "A Job for Macarone" (1955) – Mary Peering
- Cheyenne– "West of the River" (1956) – Ruth McKeever
- Screen Directors Playhouse – "The Sword of Villon" (1956) – Elaine
- It's a Great Life – "Operation for Earl" (1956) – Nurse
- Strange Stories (1 episode, 1956) – "Con Game" (1956)
- Broken Arrow (1 episode, 1957) – Johnny Flagstaff
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
- "Ronnie Gets an Agent" (1956) – Devlin's Secretary
- "The Plumber's Union" (1957) – Julie Ames
- The Web (1 episode, 1957) – Easy Money (final appearance)
- Missile Monsters (1958) re-edited feature version of the 1950 serial Flying Disc Man from Mars
References
- ^ "Salley". The State. March 26, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved February 20, 2024. "Mrs. Ernest E. Jones entertained 12 little girls Wednesday afternoon, celebrating the sixth birthday of her little daughter, Madelyn Earle Jones."
- ^ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6ZS-Y74 : Sat Dec 23 03:35:07 UTC 2023), Entry for E E Jones and Ruth Jones, 1920.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 9780786420285. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilk, Ralph (December 7, 1948). "Los Angeles" (PDF). Radio Daily. p. 4. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ Fischler, Alan (May 7, 1949). "City Desk". Billboard. p. 10. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ "Dusting Off Six Old Pix for Theater Use" (PDF). Billboard. November 21, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Carroll, Harrison (April 18, 1956). "Behind the Hollywood Scene". The Day. p. 7. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
External links
- Lois Collier at IMDb
- Lois Collier at AllMovie
- Lois Collier at Find a Grave
- Lois Collier at b-westerns.com
