Poised and lovely Marjorie Lord started her long and varied career on the Broadway stage and in "B" films as a sweet-natured ingénue. Lord was born Marjorie F. Wollenberg in 1918 in San Francisco, California, to Lillian Rosalie , as the latter's mother. In 2005, Marjorie published her memoir "A Dance and a Hug". Marjorie died on November 28, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California, of natural causes.
Was up for a leading role as the tragic wannabe actress in the Katharine Hepburn /Ginger Rogers movie Stage Door . She lost the part to Andrea Leeds , who won an Oscar nomination for her work. Marjorie also lost the Laraine Day s nurse part in the "Doctor Kildare" film series.
A magazine pin-up girl during WWII, she actively worked on war bond tours.
Marjorie took the last name of her grandmother for her stage name.
Ex-husband John Archer s last name was really Ralph Bowman. Shortly after their first child was born, he legally changed it to John Archer. Therefore, their son was born Gregg Bowman and their daughter was born Anne Archer.
Discovered as a teen by husband-and-wife actors Clyde Fillmore and Lea Penman while Marjorie was a student at a school where they were teaching acting.
In July 2006, she was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Russ Tamblyn , Coleen Gray , Ben Murphy , Roger Davis , Mark Goddard , Ronnie Schell , Steve Kanaly , Tom Reese and Cheryl Rogers.
Mother-in-law of Terry Jastrow.
Grandmother of Tommy Davis.
B-movie actress best known as the second wife of Danny Thomas on the popular comedy "Make Room for Daddy" .
Her paternal grandparents were German, and her mother was of Czech and German descent.
Acting helped me overcome the terrible shyness I had when I was young.
He never gave me trouble, he knew I was young, but he was Mr.
California - he flirted with everybody! I saw Andy through the years -,he would follow me in dinner theaters, or I would follow him. My second,husband, Randy Hale, and Andy were both members of the Bohemian Club.
Andy was cute with me, joking with me, teasing me.
I like the old movies. They leave you feeling good.
I learned to never compete with egos - you nourished them.
[on her contract with RKO-Radio] I did several pictures there.
But I loved being in them.
I took these pictures and TV shows because my children were not being,supported - I had to earn money. Plus, I love acting - I always have.
[on westerns] I love them! When I get so sick of all these new movies,with sex and violence, I put on a western and watch it. They are moral,with good overcoming bad at the end. There is violence in them, but not,like today. When I did Johnny Come Lately (1943) , which is more,of a period picture than a western, there was a scene where someone was,killed. He fell face up. The Hays Office did not approve, and they had,to go back and reshoot it - with his face down.
I am allergic to hay, and on Masked Raiders (1949) I sneezed the,first day, then I was fine the rest of the time. I was determined not,to sneeze during that film.
Her family had a big piece of land in the valley. The city bought it,and now part of it is a freeway. We still speak on the phone a couple,of times a week, and see each other whenever we can.
[on stage actors over the years] I thought people were more real back,then - we were trained to speak distinctly and not let our last words,be clipped off. On the stage, you had to be able to be heard on the,back row of the balcony - loud and clear. Today, everybody mumbles and,clips off their words - you have trouble hearing the dialogue. On the,stage today they wear microphones - and they clip their words. .
