Marjorie Lord

Known for ActingBorn 1918-07-26Died 2015-11-28San Francisco, California, USA

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!Read more

Movies & web series

Venture of Faith

Wire Service

Stop That Cab

Moonlight in Havana

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Blades of the Musketeers

Timber!

On Again—Off Again

Sweet Surrender

Hi, Buddy

Chain Gang

Side by Side

High Flyers

The Missing Are Deadly

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Make Room for Granddaddy

Port of Hell

Down Laredo Way

Flesh and Fantasy

Masked Raiders

Escape from Hong Kong

Johnny Come Lately

Border Cafe

General Electric Theater

Four Star Playhouse

Fantasy Island

The Merv Griffin Show

New Orleans

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Letter to Loretta

The Love Boat

Racket Squad

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair

Shantytown

About Face

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Girls' School

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Love, American Style

The Danny Thomas Show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Mexican Manhunt

The Argyle Secrets

Riding High

Rebel City

The Adventures of Kit Carson