Lois Collier

Lois Collier

  • Birthday: 1919-03-21
  • Deathday: 1999-01-27
  • Place of birth: Salley, South Carolina, USA
  • Also know as: Lois Collyer

Biography

Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars. Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California. In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.

Filmography

Girl on the Spot

1946

As Kathy Lorenz

Arthur Takes Over

1948

As Margaret Bixby

Out of the Storm

1948

As Ginny Powell

The Crimson Canary

1945

As Jean Walker

The Cat Creeps

1946

As Gay Elliot

Flying Disc Man from Mars

1950

As Helen Hall

Wild Beauty

1946

As Linda Gibson

Miss Mink of 1949

1949

As Alice Forrester

Penthouse Rhythm

1945

As Linda Reynolds

She's for Me

1943

As Eileen Crane

Jungle Safari

1956

As Pamela Courtney

Missile Monsters

1958

As Helen

Raiders of the Range

1942

As Jean Travers

Jungle Queen

1945

As Pamela Courtney

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

1941

As Doris Sheldon

Gauchos of El Dorado

1941

As Ellen

Jungle Woman

1944

As Joan Fletcher

West of Cimarron

1941

As Doris Conway

Santa Fe Scouts

1943

As Claire Robbins

Rhythm Inn

1951

As Betty Parker

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

1950

As Anne Howe Palooka

A Night in Casablanca

1946

As Annette

The Phantom Plainsmen

1942

As Judy Barrett

Slave Girl

1947

As Aleta

The Naughty Nineties

1945

As Miss Caroline Jackson

Weird Woman

1944

As Margaret Mercer

Get Going

1943

As Doris

Westward Ho

1942

As Anne Henderson

Cobra Woman

1944

As Veeda

Ladies Courageous

1944

As Jill Romilly

My Son, The Hero

1943

As Nancy Cavanaugh

Sailors on Leave

1941

As Pretty Brunette (uncredited)

Young Ideas

1943

As Co-ed (uncredited)

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942

As Receptionist

Ice-Capades

1941

As Audition Girl

Girls of the Road

1940

As Road Girl (Uncredited)

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