Lorna Gray

Known For

Acting

Born

Jul 26, 1917

Died

Apr 30, 2017

Place of Birth

Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Credits

59 titles

Lorna Gray

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She was known as Adrian Booth since 1945. Although she had a film test at Universal Studios and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures. As a Columbia contract player she appeared in the studio's shorts and serials, including Flying G-Men (starring Robert Paige), Pest from the West (starring Buster Keaton), and You Nazty Spy! (starring The Three Stooges). When her Columbia contract lapsed, she found work at Monogram Pictures, where she worked with action star Frankie Darro. Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range (1938) and appeared in the title role in O, My Darling Clementine (1943), a country music film starring Roy Acuff as a singing sheriff. In her Paramount films, such as Hold 'Em Navy, she was credited as Virginia Pound, but she was given the name Lorna Gray by Columbia and she used it from 1938 until 1945, when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures. She appeared as Lorna Gray in Republic's Federal Operator 99, but subsequently adopted the name Adrian Booth. At Republic, she often received co-star billing in Westerns, the only woman other than Dale Evans to be billed so highly at that studio. She also starred in Republic's serial about the comic book superhero Captain America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Self (uncredited)

Movie
1951

The Sea Hornet

Ginger Sullivan

Movie
1951

Yellow Fin

Nurse Jean Elliott

Movie
1951

Oh! Susanna

Lia Wilson

Movie
1950

The Savage Horde

Livvy Weston

Movie
1950

Rock Island Trail

Aleeta

Movie
1949

Brimstone

Molly

Movie
1949

Hideout

Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth)

Movie
1949

The Last Bandit

Kate Foley / Kate Sampson

Movie
1948

The Plunderers

Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth)

Movie
1948

The Gallant Legion

Connie Faulkner

Movie
1948

California Firebrand

Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)

Movie
1948

Lightnin' in the Forest

Dell Parker

Movie
1947

Under Colorado Skies

Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth)

Movie
1947

Exposed

Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth)

Movie
1947

Along the Oregon Trail

Sally Dunn

Movie
1947

Spoilers of the North

Jane Koster

Movie
1947

Last Frontier Uprising

Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth)

Movie
1946

Out California Way

Gloria McCoy

Movie
1946

Daughter of Don Q

Dolores Quantero

Movie
1946

Man from Rainbow Valley

Kay North

Movie
1946

Valley of the Zombies

Nurse Susan Drake

Movie
1946

Home on the Range

Bonnie Garth

Movie
1945

Dakota

Entertainer (uncredited)

Movie
1945

Tell It to a Star

Mona St. Clair

Movie
1945

Federal Operator 99

Rita Parker

Movie
1945

Fashion Model

Yvonne

Movie
1945

Adventures of Kitty O'Day

Gloria Williams

Movie
1944

The Girl Who Dared

Ann Carroll

Movie
1944

Captain America

Gail Richards

Movie
1943

O, My Darling Clementine

Clementine Cheshire

Movie
1943

So Proudly We Hail

Lt. Toni Dacolli

Movie
1942

Ridin' Down the Canyon

Barbara Joyce

Movie
1942

Perils of Nyoka

Vultura

Movie
1941

Tuxedo Junction

Joan Gordon

Movie
1941

Father Steps Out

Helen Matthews

Movie
1940

Drums of the Desert

Helene Laroche

Movie
1940

Up in the Air

Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton

Movie
1940

Deadwood Dick

Anne Butler

Movie
1940

Rockin' Thru the Rockies

Flossie

Movie
1940

Bullets for Rustlers

Ann Houston

Movie
1940

Convicted Woman

Frankie Mason

Movie
1940

You Nazty Spy!

Mattie Herring (uncredited)

Movie
1940

Cafe Hostess

Cafe Hostess

Movie
1939

The Stranger from Texas

Jean Browning

Movie
1939

Three Sappy People

Sherry Rumsford

Movie
1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Woman at Station (uncredited)

Movie
1939

The Man They Could Not Hang

Janet Savaard

Movie
1939

Coast Guard

(uncredited)

Movie