Lois Andrews(bornLorraine Gourley;March 24, 1924 – April 5, 1968) was an American actress who played in films during the 1940s and early 1950s.
Lois Andrews | |
|---|---|
 Andrews in 1943 | |
| Born | Lorraine Gourley March 24, 1924 |
| Died | April 5, 1968(aged 44) Encino, California,U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1943–1951 |
| Spouses | Ernest Brunner
(m.1952) |
| Children | 1 |
She is perhaps best known for her first role in 1943 as the comic strip characterDixie Duganin theTwentieth Century Foxfilmof the same name. Her husband,George Jessel,produced a number of films in which she had minor roles, includingThe Desert Hawk(1950), andMeet Me After the Show(1951).[1]
Personal life
editAndrews was born inHuntington Park, California.[2]Andrews married four times. While still in her teens, Andrews was married to Jessel from 1940 to 1943.[3]They wed when she was 16, and they had a daughter, Jerilyn.[4]
Her second marriage (October 27, 1945), to actor-singerDavid Street,was annulled in April 1946.[5]
She was married to the actorSteve Brodiefrom October 14, 1946,[5]until 1949. (Two newspaper articles say that she divorced Brodie March 3, 1949.)[6][7]
Andrews married musician and actor Ernest Brunner in December 1952.[8]
Death
editAndrews died oflung cancerat the age of 44.[2]
Filmography
edit- Dixie Dugan(1943) as Dixie Dugan
- Roger Touhy, Gangster(1944) as Daisy
- Western Heritage(1948) as Cleo Raymond
- Rustlers(1949) as Trixie Fontaine
- The Desert Hawk(1950) as Maznah
- Meet Me After the Show(1951) as Gloria Carstairs
References
edit- ^Erickson, Hal. Capsule review ofMeet Me After the Show(1951) from AllMovieGuide.com,New York Timeswebsite.Accessed March 28, 2009.
- ^abCapsule bio,New York Timeswebsite.Accessed March 28, 2009.
- ^Erickson, Hal. Capsule review ofWestern Heritage(1948) from AllMovieGuide.com,New York Times.Accessed March 28, 2009.
- ^"Actress Will Wed Millionaire's Son".The Fresno Bee The Republican.California, Fresno. International News Service. August 9, 1944. p. 1.RetrievedJuly 23,2016– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^ab"Lois Andrews Weds Actor Steve Brodie".Pottstown Mercury.Pennsylvania, Pottstown. Associated Press. November 7, 1946. p. 13.RetrievedJuly 22,2016– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^"Actress Lois Andrews Given Third Divorce".Council Bluffs Nonpareil.Iowa, Council Bluffs. Associated Press. March 5, 1949. p. 7.RetrievedJuly 22,2016– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^"Lois Andrews Reports $50,000 Jewel Robbery".The Bakersfield Californian.(California, Bakersfield). International News Service. July 7, 1949. p. 20.RetrievedJuly 22,2016– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^"Actress Lois Andrews Reveals Fourth Spouse".Albuquerque Journal.New Mexico, Albuquerque. International News Service. March 16, 1953. p. 9.RetrievedJuly 23,2016– viaNewspapers.com.
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