Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 02, 1915
Died
Sep 18, 1992
Place of Birth
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Credits
44 titles
Lona Andre
Biography
From Wikipedia Lona Andre (March 2, 1915 – September 18, 1992) was an American film actress. Born Launa Anderson in Nashville, Tennessee, Andre attracted attention with her first films in Hollywood and was named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. After winning the Paramount Panther Woman Contest, she was signed to a movie contract by Paramount Pictures. When Paramount did not renew her option, Andre worked as a freelance artist. During the 1930s she appeared frequently in films, usually as the lead in "B" pictures, and by the end of the decade had starred in more than fifty films. In 1934 Andre was part of the cast of School For Girls along with Toby Wing, Lois Wilson, Sidney Fox, and Dorothy Lee and in 1936 appeared alongside Laurel and Hardy in their feature film Our Relations. In June 1935, Andre eloped to Santa Barbara, California to marry MGM actor Edward Norris. Andre filed for an annulment action four days after her marriage in Tijuana, Mexico. She was later married to salesman, James T. Bolling, and was divorced from him in March 1947. In 1938 Andre set a world's golfing record for women by shooting 156 holes of golf in 11 hours and 56 minutes on the Lake Norconian, California course. Her best round was 91 for 18 holes and her worst was 115. Her acting career was greatly diminished during the 1940s, and she made her last film appearance in 1949 in Two Knights From Brooklyn. After her film career ended she became a successful businesswoman and never returned to acting. She was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Known For
Filmography
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Lilly (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Maxine, gang moll
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Florence Davis (edited from 'Race Suicide') (archive footage)
Pardon My Sarong
Girl on Bus with Tommy (uncredited)
You're the One
Girl
A Night at Earl Carroll's
Chorus Girl
Ghost Valley Raiders
Linda Marley
Sunset Murder Case
Nita Madera
Race Suicide
Florence Davis
Trailing Trouble
Patty Blair
Slaves in Bondage
Dona Lee
The Great Hospital Mystery
Miss White
High Hat
Dixie Durkin
Pilot X
Helen Gage
Our Relations
Lily
Custer's Last Stand
Belle Mead
Lucky Terror
Ann Thornton / Madame Fatima
Three on a Limb
Molly
Custer's Last Stand
Belle Meade
The Timid Young Man
Helen
Happiness C.O.D.
Beatrice Manning
Skybound
Teddy Blane
Gobs of Trouble
Border Brigands
Diane
One Run Elmer
The Girl
Lost in the Stratosphere
Sophie
By Your Leave
Florence Purcell
The Merry Widow
Maid to Sonia (uncredited)
Two Heads on a Pillow
Pamela Devonshire
The Old-Fashioned Way
Girl in Audience (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities
Lona - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Let’s Be Ritzy
Store Clerk
Woman Unafraid
Peggy
Come On, Marines!
Shirley
School for Girls
Peggy
Take a Chance
Miss Miami Beach
Too Much Harmony
Show Girl
College Humor
Ginger
International House
Chorus Queen
The Girl in 419
Chambermaid
Pick-up
Party Girl (uncredited)
The Woman Accused
Cora Matthews
The Mysterious Rider
Dorothy