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Film,TV, Radio, Club Work

1938

An 'Extra' in several films.

1939

Broadway Serenade - (Girl at party)
The Covered Trailer ( Betty Higgins )
These Glamor Girls ( Ann Van Reichton )
The Women ( Miss Trimmerback )
The Kid from Texas ( Polo Match Spectator, no film credit)
Dancing Co-Ed
( Toddy Tobin )
( in UK: Every Other Inch a Lady)
Fast and Furious
( Jerry W. Lawrence )
Within The Law ( Mamie - no film credit )
Bridal Suite -( Maiden Voyage, "Bride" - no film credit)

1940

Four Sons ( Anna )
Free, Blonde and Twenty-One
( Jerry Daily )
The Great Profile
( Sylvia )
Stardust
( June Lawrence )
Lucky Cisco Kid
( Lola )

1940 thru 1943

Appeared in the Michael Shayne series with Lloyd Nolan,
playing both good and naughty girls/women.

1941

Charlie Chan in Rio, ( Joan Reynolds ) Star
Blue, White, and Perfect
( Merle Garland )
The Cowboy and the Blonde
( Crystal Wayne ) Star
Design for Scandal
( Adele Blair )
The Great American Broadcast
( Secretary;
but nowadays: Admin. Asst)

Ride on Vaquero / part of the Cisco Kid series

( Sally-leading lady )

Sleeper's West
( Helen Carlson )
Dressed to Kill
( Joanne La Marr )

1942

Orchestra Wives, ( Caroline ) Star
Over My Dead Body ( Patricia Cordry )
The Night Before the Divorce
( Lola May )

1943

Timber Queen, ( Elaine ) Star
Follow the Band ( Dolly O'Brien and sings 'Ain't Misbehavin' )
Good Morning, Judge
( Mira Bryon )
The Ox-Bow Incident
( Rose Mapen/Rose Swanson )
(in UK: Strange Incident)
Never a Dull Moment
( Flo Parker )
Melody Parade
( Anne O'Rourke )

 1944

Take It Big, ( Gaye Livingston ) Star

1945

I Accuse My Parents, ( Kitty Reed ) Star
The Lady Confesses,
( Vicki McGuire ) Star
Rockin' in the Rockies ( June McGuire )
(in UK: Partners in Fortune)
The Great Flamarion, ( Connie Wallace ) Star
Men On Her Mind, ( Lily Durrell and sings: 'Heaven on Earth' )

1948

Inner Sanctum, ( Jean Maxwell ) Star
Caged Fury ( Lola Tremaine )
Waterfront at Midnight
( Ethel Novack )
The Return of Wildfire
( Judy Marlowe )
(in UK: Black Stallion)
611- The Last of the Wild Horses
( Terry Williams )
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All ( Millie )
( in UK: Winner Take All )

1949

The Devil's Henchmen ( Silky )
Square Dance Jubilee
( Barbara )
Riders in the Sky
( Julie Steward )
El Paso
( Stagecoach Nellie )
Rimfire
( Polly )

1950

Grand Canyon ( Terry Lee )
Holiday Rhythm
( Alice )
Young Man with a Horn
( Marge Martin )
(in UK: Young Man of Music. In Australia: Young Man with a Trumpet)

1951

Close to My Heart ( Arlene )
Passage West
( Nellie )
( in the UK as High Venture)

1954

Highway Dragnet ( Terri Smith )
Loophole
( Vera )

1955

Las Vegas Shakedown ( Mabel Dooley )

1956

Dig That Uranium ( Jeanette )
The Opposite Sex

1957

Gun Battle at Monterey ( Cleo )

1974

The Working Girls ( Mrs. Borden )


1977

How's Your Love Life? ( Linda Roberts )
Tanya ( Tanya's Mom )

  

Year (s) Unknown

Pack Up Your Troubles

SONGS SHE SANG IN FILMS 

Heaven On Earth
Are You Happy In Your Work
Love Came Between Us
Where Can You Be

 

RADIO SHOWS

Playhouse 90, #10290, 'No Time At All', 1959. Appox: 90 minutes.
Airplane in heaviest air traffic with no lights, radio, or instruments.

TV SHOWS

Aired: 1/4/53:

' The Philco Television Playhouse' ('48), episode: "Double Jeopardy" / # 5.9

Aired: 6/1/55:

'Front Row Center' ('55), episode: 'Dinner at Eight'

Aired: 12/20/57:

'Colt .45' ('57), episode: 'Rebellion' / # 1.10

Aired: 1958:

'Studio One' ('48), episode: 'Birthday Present'/ # 10.43 aired: 8/18/58.

'Buckskin' ('58), episode: ' A Permanent Juliet' /# 1.17 aired: 10/23/58.

'Pursuit' ('58) , 'episode: Kiss Me Again, Stranger', aired: 11/19/58.

Frontier Doctor ('58) , episode: 'Great Stagecoach Robbery' /
# 1.11 aired: 12/6/58.

Aired: 1959:

'Lil Morris' in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin ('54)
"Stagecoach to Phoenix" # 5.16 aired: 1/23/59.

Wanted: Dead or Alive ('58) 'Secret Ballot', #1.24 aired: 2/14/59.

'Sarah' in Rawhide ('59), 'Incident in No Man's Land' / #1.21 aired: 6/12/59.

Aired: 1/21/61:

The Deputy' ('59). Episide: 'Past and Present' / # 2.17.

Aired: 1/18/63:

'Lola' in Rawhide ('59) , 'Incident at Spider Rock' / # 5.16.

 

RED SKELTON SHOW APPEARANCES 1958 - 1970

Air Date: 02/21/58 in "George Applyby's Garage'. comedy sketch"

Air Date: 03/31/59 "George's (Appleby)Band'".

Air Date: 01/26/60. "Played "George Raft's Moll" .

Air Date: spring 1960. "George Appleby Comedy Sketch".

 

Air Date: 06/23/70. "Played "Sally Albright" .

 

 

MORE TELEVISION APPEARANCES

 

CLUB WORK 1970s- 1990's

Sang and played electric bass in Bistros and Night Clubs in Southern California.

  

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The Great Flamarion


The Lady Confesses

Inner Sanctum

 

 

 

 

 

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