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Lorna Gray

 
Actor: Lorna Gray
  • Born: Jul 26, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'40s
  • Major Genres: Western, Adventure
  • Career Highlights: The Man They Could Not Hang, Red River Range, Adventure in Sahara
  • First Major Screen Credit: Adventure in Sahara (1938)

Biography

As a teenager, Virginia Mae "Ginger" Pound was hired as a vocalist with the Roger Pryor band. Signed to a Columbia Pictures contract in 1939, Ginger Pound was transformed into Lorna Gray. Under this cognomen, she played leads in B's like The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) and bits in A's like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). She was especially noticeable in Columbia's two-reel product, playing opposite the likes of Buster Keaton (Pest From the West) and the Three Stooges (Three Sappy People, Rockin' Thru the Rockies, You Nazty Spy!). She moved on to Republic, alternating as a serial heroine (Captain America) and villainess (The Perils of Nyoka). In 1946, Lorna Gray underwent a second name change, reemerging as Adrian Booth. While she was well received by the public in films like Valley of the Zombies (1946), Oh! Susanna (1950), and The Sea Hornet (1951), she never truly reached the top ranks of stardom, and retired in 1954. Adrian Booth is the widow of actor David Brian. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Lorna Gray
Born Virginia Pound
26 July 1917 (1917-07-26) (age 92)
Grand Rapids, Michigan
USA
Other name(s) Adrian Booth
Years active 1937-1951

Lorna Gray (born 26 July 1917) 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 film. 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.

Before appearing in films, Gray 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 Studios, and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures.

Curly Howard shaves a wealthy socialite (Ann Doran) in Three Sappy People. Gray (center) looks on.

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. At Republic she adopted the name Adrian Booth, which she 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]

Selected filmography

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