Lorna Gray

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Lorna Gray

Born Virginia Pound
26 July 1917 (1917-07-26) (age 90)
Grand Rapids, Michigan Flag of the United States United States
Other name(s) Adrian Booth
Years active 1937-1951

Lorna Gray (b. 26 July 1917), born Virginia Pound and also known as Adrian Booth, was an American film actress, known for her comic roles and later as a villainess. She is best known for her role as Mata Herring in the 1940 The Three Stooges film parody of Hitler in You Nazty Spy!, the first ever anti-Nazi movie and also in its 1941 sequel I'll Never Heil Again. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1938 film Red River Range. Her other well known role is as Clementine in O, My Darling Clementine in 1943. She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Before appearing in films, she sang with a group in Cleveland called "Ben Yost's Varsity Coeds", who performed primarily in movie theaters before the movie began. Although she had a film test at Universal, and a brief contract with Paramount, she made her first big film for Columbia.

In her Paramount films, such as Hold 'Em Navy (1937) she was credited as Virginia Pound, but she was given the name "Lorna Gray" by Columbia Pictures and she used it from 1938 until 1945, when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures. At Republic she adopted the name "Adrian Booth" which used ever since.[1]

Booth was awarded the Golden Boot Award in 1998, and was still attending film festivals at the age of 90.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Yo, Adrian! Adrian Booth at the Memphis Film Festival" The Blood-shot Eye (2007)

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NAME Gray, Lorna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pound, Virginia
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1917-7-26
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Rapids, Michigan Flag of the United States United States
DATE OF DEATH
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