Jennifer Holt

Jennifer Holt

  • Birthday: 1920-11-10
  • Deathday: 1997-09-21
  • Place of birth: Hollywood, California, USA
  • Also know as: Elizabeth Marshall Holt

Biography

From Wikipedia Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods. She and her brother Tim would both have careers in acting. She made her film debut using the stage name "Jacqueline Holt" in a 1941 western starring Hopalong Cassidy and went on to make forty-seven films during the 1940s. All but eight of her roles were in western films in which she appeared opposite cowboy stars such as Lash LaRue, Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown. Holt made her final film in 1949 then in 1950 co-hosted a television show called Panhandle Pete and Jennifer which ran for one season. During the remainder of the 1950s she made occasional guest appearances on television western series such as The Gabby Hayes Show and Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson. Although the popularity of western films had faded by the mid-1950s, during the 1970s western film festivals became popular with fans of the genre and she occasionally participated as a guest. Jennifer Holt was married several times, living for a while in Mexico and was in Dorset in England at the time of her death in 1997. Jennifer made a batch of westerns in the 1940s, primarily at Universal and PRC as the heroine to Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Rod Cameron, Buster Crabbe, Eddie Dean and Lash LaRue. Her first western was the Hopalong Cassidy STICK TO YOUR GUNS (Paramount, 1941). She also played the female lead in a couple of cliffhangers, ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS (Universal, 1943) and HOP HARRIGAN (Columbia, 1946). THE HAWK OF POWDER RIVER (Eagle-Lion/PRC, 1948) was Holt's favorite western role, as she portrayed the masked leader of a band of outlaws. She and most of her gang are gunned down by singing cowboy Eddie Dean in the film-ending shootout. Holt had several marriages, lived in the United States and Mexico, and resided in England at the time or her death in 1997. One of her marriages was to movie actor William Bakewell (1908-1993) whom she starred with in the HOP HARRIGAN chapter play. Bakewell may be best remembered as "Major Tobias Norton" in the 1950s Disney Fess Parker/Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier TV show. Even though her father Jack and brother Tim made scores of westerns and outdoorsy type films, Jennifer was never in any of their movies. And despite many reports throughout the years, an actor named David Holt (1927-2003) was NOT the brother of Jennifer and Tim Holt nor the son of Jack Holt. In the late 1940s - early 1950s, Jennifer hosted/participated in several television programs that originated in Chicago. One was her portrayal of "Aunt Judy" to the puppet "Uncle Mistletoe" in the 15 minute THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE MISTLETOE which was broadcast locally and over ABC. Chicago department store Marshall Fields did this program in response to competitor Montgomery Ward's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. After a couple years, Jennifer exited Mistletoe and did another children's program, PANHANDLE PETE AND JENNIFER, which originated from NBC in Chicago. That 15 minute series ran from 1950 - 1951.

Filmography

Private Buckaroo

1942

As Joyce Mason

Stick to Your Guns

1941

As June Winters

Stage to Mesa City

1947

As Margie Watson

The Silver Bullet

1942

As Nancy Lee

The Tioga Kid

1948

As Jenny Morgan

Raiders of Sunset Pass

1943

As Betty Matthews

The Hawk of Powder River

1948

As Vivian Chambers

The Navajo Trail

1945

As Mary Trevor

The Lone Star Trail

1943

As Joan Winters

Gun Smoke

1945

As Jane Condon

Oklahoma Raiders

1944

As Donna Ross, aka El Vengador

Tornado Range

1948

As Mary King

Deep in the Heart of Texas

1942

As Nan Taylor

Guns of the Law

1944

As Lillian Wilkins

Beyond the Pecos

1945

As Ellen Tanner

The Lost Trail

1945

As Jane Burns

Trigger Fingers

1946

As Jane Caldwell

Shadow Valley

1947

As Mary Ann Jarvis

Buffalo Bill Rides Again

1947

As Dale Harrington

Ghost Town Renegades

1947

As Diane Trent

Broadway

1942

As TWA Stewardess

Little Joe, the Wrangler

1942

As Janet Hammond

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942

As Mary Lee

Hi, Buddy

1943

As Miss Russell

Raiders of San Joaquin

1943

As Jane Carter

Cheyenne Roundup

1943

As Ellen Randall

Outlaw Trail

1944

As Alice Thornton

Frontier Law

1943

As Lois Rodgers

Marshal of Gunsmoke

1944

As Ellen Carey

Renegades of the Rio Grande

1945

As Dolores Salezar

Song of Old Wyoming

1945

As Vicky Conway

The Fighting Vigilantes

1947

As Abby Jackson

Over the Santa Fe Trail

1947

As Carolyn

Pioneer Justice

1947

As Betty Walters

Trail of the Mounties

1947

As Kathie McBain

Where the North Begins

1947

As Mary Rockwell

Riders of the Santa Fe

1944

As Carla Anderson

Cowboy in Manhattan

1943

As Mitzi

Beverly Hills Family Robinson

1997

As Production Assistant

Moon Over Montana

1946

As Gwynn Randal

Pardon My Sarong

1942

As Girl on Bus with Tommy (uncredited)

Under Western Skies

1945

As Charity

Range Renegades

1948

As Belle Morgan

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