Lois Wilde
Lois Wilde | |
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| Born | Edithea Lois Wild August 14, 1907 North Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Years active | 1936–1984 |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie Major Sherriff (1925–1937) (divorced) (1 child) William Henry Snow (1938–1940) (divorced)[1] Gilbert Denton Buck (1954–1986) (his death) |
| Children | 1[2] |
Edithia Lois Wilde
Career
By the time she was 15 years old, Wilde was working as a model and was a ballet dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House. Artists for whom she posed included Howard Chandler Christy, Arnold Genthe, and Renee Prahar.[5]
While dancing at the Metropolitan Opera, she was discovered by
Wilde co-starred with Ray Corrigan in
Personal life
On March 8, 1925, at eighteen years of age, Wilde married Leslie Major Sherriff, a banjo-player for the Paul Whiteman Band, in Brooklyn, New York. When she became pregnant with her first child, Marjorie, she left the Follies.
After moving from
Wilde and Sherriff divorced in 1937.[12] In 1938, she married William Henry Snow, who was the president of a radio recording company.[12]
Death
Wilde died on February 16, 1995, in Attleboro, Massachusetts at the age of 87.[13]
Partial filmography
- Step on It(1936) as Connie Banning
- The Millionaire Kid (1936) as Kitty Malone
- Caryl of the Mountains (1936) as Caryl Foray
- The Singing Cowboy (1936) as Helen Blake
- Undersea Kingdom (1936) as Diana Compton
- Palm Springs (1936) as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Wildcat Trooper (1936) as Ruth Reynolds
- Stormy Trails (1936) as Connie Curlew
- Outcast (1937) as Mary Hallifax (uncredited)
- Nobody's Baby (1937) as Radio Station Receptionist (uncredited)
- Pick a Star (1937) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Brothers of the West (1937) as Celia Chandler
- Hopalong Rides Again (1937) as Laura Peters
- Sky Racket (1937) as Sugar (uncredited)
- Danger Valley (1937) as Mickey Temple
- Love Nest (1951) as Landlady (uncredited)
- Steel Town (1952) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
- Oh, God! You Devil (1984) as Casino Patron (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Lois Wilde". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 1938. p. 4.
- ^ "Dr. Marjorie (Sherriff) Rohde, PHD Obituary". April 2021.
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- ^ "Lois Wilde". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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- ^ "Student of Life". The Sun Chronicle. Attleboro, Massachusetts. November 11, 2001. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
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- ^ "Student of Life". The Sun Chronicle. Attleboro, Massachusetts. November 11, 2001. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lois Wilde". BFI. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
External links
- Lois Wilde at IMDb
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