Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born July 26, 1918
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!
MovieSide by Side
1988
Sweet Surrender
1987
MovieThe World of Tomorrow
1984
as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
MovieThe Pirate
1978
as Mrs. Mason
TVFantasy Island
1978
as Beth Shane
TVThe Pirate
1977
as Mrs. Mason
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Martha Rogers
MovieThe Missing Are Deadly
1975
TVThe ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1972
as Judge
Make Room for Granddaddy
1970
as Kathy Williams
TVLove, American Style
1969
MovieBoy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966
as Mrs. Martha Meade
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
TVThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Kathy Williams
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Amy Marr
TVWire Service
1956
as Phyllis Holley
MoviePort of Hell
1954
as Kay Walker
TVClimax!
1954
TVThe Danny Thomas Show
1953
as Kathy Williams
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Miss Cook
MovieMexican Manhunt
1953
as Sheila Barton
MovieDown Laredo Way
1953
as Valerie
MovieRebel City
1953
as Jane Dudley
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Millie
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Mrs. Field
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Bessie
TVHopalong Cassidy
1952
TVChina Smith
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sarah McCoy
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Marietta
TVThe Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Venture of Faith
1951
TVRacket Squad
1951
MovieStop That Cab
1951
as Mary Thomas
MovieBlades of the Musketeers
1950
as Queen Anne
MovieChain Gang
1950
as Rita McKelvey
MovieThe Lost Volcano
1950
as Ruth Gordon
MovieRiding High
1950
as Mary Winslow
MovieAir Hostess
1949
as Jennifer White
MovieMasked Raiders
1949
as Gale Trevett
MovieThe Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Gina Crane
MovieThe Argyle Secrets
1948
as Marla
MovieNew Orleans
1947
as Grace Voiselle
MovieFlesh and Fantasy
1943
as Justine (uncredited)
MovieJohnny Come Lately
1943
as Jane
MovieShantytown
1943
as Virginia Allen
MovieSherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Nancy Partridge
MovieHi, Buddy
1943
as Mary Parker
MovieThe Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1943
as Janet Thompson
MovieMoonlight in Havana
1942
as Patsy Clark
MovieTimber!
1942
as Yvette Lacour
MovieEscape from Hong Kong
1942
as Valarie Hale
MovieAbout Face
1942
as Betty Marlowe
MovieThe Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
1939
as Babs
MovieGirls' School
1938
as Nan (uncredited)
MovieHigh Flyers
1937
as Arlene Arlington
MovieForty Naughty Girls
1937
as June Preston
MovieHideaway
1937
as Joan Peterson
MovieOn Again—Off Again
1937
as Florence Cole
MovieBorder Cafe
1937
as Janet Barry
