Marjorie Lord
Actor
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!
Filmography
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Mrs. Martha Meade 1966
Johnny Come Lately
as Jane 1943
Flesh and Fantasy
as Justine (uncredited) 1943
The Argyle Secrets
as Marla 1948
New Orleans
as Grace Voiselle 1947
The Lost Volcano
as Ruth Gordon 1950
The Pirate
as Mrs. Mason 1978
Riding High
as Mary Winslow 1950
Forty Naughty Girls
as June Preston 1937
Girls' School
as Nan (uncredited) 1938
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
as Babs 1939
Air Hostess
as Jennifer White 1949
About Face
as Betty Marlowe 1942
Chain Gang
as Rita McKelvey 1950
Border Cafe
as Janet Barry 1937
High Flyers
as Arlene Arlington 1937