Leona Elaine Winona DaVinna (April 17, 1920 – November 17, 2020), known professionally as Kay Morley, was an American actress who worked in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. She was primarily known for her work in B movies.[1]
Kay Morley | |
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Born | Leona Elaine Winona DaVinna April 17, 1920 Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. |
Died | (aged 100) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) | Richard Crane Lloyd Baird |
Children | 1 |
Morley died on November 17, 2020, at her home in Palm Springs, California, aged 100.[2]
Leona Elaine Winona DaVinna was born on April 17, 1920, in Pocatello, Idaho, and she spent her childhood on a Native American reservation where her father was superintendent.[3] She later recounted that she was visiting a friend in Hollywood when she was spotted by an agent at a soda counter.[3]
Morley got her start in Hollywood as a Goldwyn glamour girl. She appeared in a series of films in the 1940s, including Up in Arms and The Princess and the Pirate. In the 1950s, she worked mostly in television.[4]
She was married twice: to actor Richard Crane and to Lloyd Baird. She and Crane had at least one child together.[5][6][7]
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