Lorna Gray

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.

Cast

Tuxedo Junction

(Joan Gordon)

Lightnin' in the Forest

(Dell Parker)

The Man They Could Not Hang

(Janet Savaard)

Flying G-Men

(Babs McKay)

Hideout

(Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth))

Pest from the West

(Conchita)

Fashion Model

(Yvonne)

Up in the Air

(Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton)

Outside These Walls

(Secretary (uncredited))

Captain America

(Gail Richards)

Valley of the Zombies

(Nurse Susan Drake)

Exposed

(Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth))

The Girl Who Dared

(Ann Carroll)

So Proudly We Hail

(Lt. Toni Dacolli)

Three Sappy People

(Sherry Rumsford)

Rockin' Thru the Rockies

(Flossie)

Ridin' Down the Canyon

(Barbara Joyce)

Adventures of Kitty O'Day

(Gloria Williams)

Red River Range

(Jane Mason)

Convicted Woman

(Frankie Mason)

The Savage Horde

(Livvy Weston)

Tell It to a Star

(Mona St. Clair)

Out California Way

(Gloria McCoy (as Adrian Booth))

The Gallant Legion

(Connie Faulkner)

Federal Operator 99

(Rita Parker)

Brimstone

(Molly)

Yellow Fin

(Nurse Jean Elliott)

Oh! Susanna

(Lia Wilson)

Perils of Nyoka

(Vultura)

You Nazty Spy!

(Mattie Herring (uncredited))

Spoilers of the North

(Jane Koster)

The Amazing Mr. Williams

(Nurse (uncredited))

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

(Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited))

Rock Island Trail

(Aleeta)

Good Girls Go to Paris

(Bridesmaid (uncredited))

Coast Guard

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

(Woman at Station (uncredited))

Bullets for Rustlers

(Ann Houston)

The Stranger from Texas

(Jean Browning)

Home on the Range

(Bonnie Garth)

Man from Rainbow Valley

(Kay North)

Adventure in Sahara

(Carla Preston)

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

(Self (uncredited))

O, My Darling Clementine

(Clementine Cheshire)

Drums of the Desert

(Helene Laroche)

Father Steps Out

(Helen Matthews)

Deadwood Dick

(Anne Butler)

California Firebrand

(Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth))

Dakota

(Entertainer (uncredited))

Cafe Hostess

(Cafe Hostess)

The Sea Hornet

(Ginger Sullivan)

Along the Oregon Trail

(Sally Dunn)

Last Frontier Uprising

(Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth))

Daughter of Don Q

(Dolores Quantero)

Under Colorado Skies

(Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth))

The Plunderers

(Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth))

The Last Bandit

(Kate Foley / Kate Sampson (as Adrian Booth))

Smashing the Spy Ring

(Nurse Anna Loring)

Hold 'Em Navy

(Girl)