Lorna Gray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 26, 1917
- Died
- April 30, 2017
- Birthplace
- Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
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.
Filmography
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story 2002
as Self (uncredited)
The Sea Hornet 1951
as Ginger Sullivan
Yellow Fin 1951
as Nurse Jean Elliott
Oh! Susanna 1951
as Lia Wilson
The Savage Horde 1950
as Livvy Weston
Rock Island Trail 1950
as Aleeta
Brimstone 1949
as Molly
Hideout 1949
as Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth)
The Last Bandit 1949
as Kate Foley / Kate Sampson
The Plunderers 1948
as Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth)
The Gallant Legion 1948
as Connie Faulkner
California Firebrand 1948
as Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
Lightnin' in the Forest 1948
as Dell Parker
Under Colorado Skies 1947
as Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth)
Exposed 1947
as Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth)
Along the Oregon Trail 1947
as Sally Dunn
Spoilers of the North 1947
as Jane Koster
Last Frontier Uprising 1947
as Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth)
Out California Way 1946
as Gloria McCoy
Daughter of Don Q 1946
as Dolores Quantero
Man from Rainbow Valley 1946
as Kay North
Valley of the Zombies 1946
as Nurse Susan Drake
Home on the Range 1946
as Bonnie Garth
Dakota 1945
as Entertainer (uncredited)
Tell It to a Star 1945
as Mona St. Clair
Federal Operator 99 1945
as Rita Parker
Fashion Model 1945
as Yvonne
Adventures of Kitty O'Day 1945
as Gloria Williams
The Girl Who Dared 1944
as Ann Carroll
Captain America 1944
as Gail Richards
O, My Darling Clementine 1943
as Clementine Cheshire
So Proudly We Hail 1943
as Lt. Toni Dacolli
Ridin' Down the Canyon 1942
as Barbara Joyce
Perils of Nyoka 1942
as Vultura
Tuxedo Junction 1941
as Joan Gordon
Father Steps Out 1941
as Helen Matthews
Drums of the Desert 1940
as Helene Laroche
Up in the Air 1940
as Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
Deadwood Dick 1940
as Anne Butler
Rockin' Thru the Rockies 1940
as Flossie
Bullets for Rustlers 1940
as Ann Houston
Convicted Woman 1940
as Frankie Mason
You Nazty Spy! 1940
as Mattie Herring (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess 1940
as Cafe Hostess
The Stranger from Texas 1939
as Jean Browning
Three Sappy People 1939
as Sherry Rumsford
The Amazing Mr. Williams 1939
as Nurse (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
as Woman at Station (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang 1939
as Janet Savaard
Coast Guard 1939
as (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris 1939
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Pest from the West 1939
as Conchita
Outside These Walls 1939
as Secretary (uncredited)
Flying G-Men 1939
as Babs McKay
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939
as Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited)
Smashing the Spy Ring 1938
as Nurse Anna Loring
Red River Range 1938
as Jane Mason
Adventure in Sahara 1938
as Carla Preston
Hold 'Em Navy 1937
as Girl
Credits from TMDB.