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Lois Collier (born Madelyn Earle Jones; March 21, 1919 – October 27, 1999) was an American actress born in Salley, South Carolina.[1] She was sometimes credited as Lois Collyer.

Lois Collier
Collier as the host of the CBS radio program Hollywood in Person, 1937
Born	Madelyn Earle Jones (1919-03-21)March 21, 1919 Salley, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	October 27, 1999(1999-10-27) (aged 80) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Other names	Lois Collyer
Alma mater	Limestone College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–1958
Spouses	Robert A. Duncan ​ (div. 1943)​ Robert Jackson Oakley ​ ​ (m. 1945; div. 1956)​ Paul Schreibman ​ (m. 1957)​

Early years

Collier's father was Ernest Jones, a pharmacist, of Salley, South Carolina. Chaperoned by her grandmother, she visited Hollywood when she was 15, later describing herself as "movie-struck" at the time.[2] She attended Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina.[3]

Film

Collier's acting career started at age 19 in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. Her best known film is probably A Night in Casablanca (1946) starring the Marx Brothers. During the 1940s, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars.

Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead.[4]

Radio

Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s.[5] Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California.[6]

Television

In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper.[7] From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie,[8] which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.

Personal life

Collier was married to bank executive Robert A. Duncan. She was granted a divorce from him on September 3, 1943.[9] On August 4, 1945, Collier married to Robert Jackson Oakley, an agent for actors.[10] They divorced in 1956.[11]

Death

This section does not cite any sources. (August 2021)

Collier died of Alzheimer's disease on October 27, 1999, while living in a retired actors community in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She was 80 years old.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Lois Collier at IMDb
• Lois Collier at AllMovie
• Lois Collier at Find a Grave
• Lois Collier at b-westerns.com

На других языках

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[ru] Лоис Коллиер

Ло́ис Ко́ллиер (англ. Lois Collier; 21 марта 1919, Salley[d], Южная Каролина — 27 октября 1999, Вудленд-Хиллз, Калифорния) — американская актриса радио, кино и телевидения[1].

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