Cast & creator
Marjorie Lord
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Love Boat
Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on The Danny Thomas Show and later Make Room for Granddaddy. In 1935, at the age of 16, Lord made her Broadway debut in The Old Maid with Judith Anderson. Her other Broadway appearances came in Signature, Little Brown Jug, and The Girl in the Freudian Slip. Lord was signed by RKO Radio Pictures in 1935. While appearing in Springtime for Henry with Edward Everett Horton, director Henry Koster approached her and signed her to a contract with Universal Studios. She appeared in six feature films and a film serial The Adventures of Smilin' Jack for Universal. Her film work includes a number of wartime pictures, including the 1943 mystery Sherlock Holmes in Washington, starring Basil Rathbone in the title role. She also appeared in the Western films Masked Raiders, Mexican Manhunt, and Down Laredo Way. In 1966, she played Mrs. Martha Meade, the wife of Bob Hope's character, in the screwball comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Also known as: Marjorie Wollenberg
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television credits
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1937–1988 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (66)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Martha Rogers
1977
Love, American Style
1969
Climax!
1954
Four Star Playhouse
Bessie
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Amy Marr
1956
Fantasy Island
Beth Shane
1978
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Danny Thomas Show
Kathy Williams
1953The Danny Thomas Show
Kathy O’Hara
1953The Danny Thomas Show
Kathy
1953
Cavalcade of America
Mrs. Field
1952Cavalcade of America
Lee Powell Coleman
1952Cavalcade of America
1952
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Racket Squad
1951
Letter to Loretta
Miss Cook
1953
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Wire Service
Phyllis Holley
1956
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Kathy Williams
1957
China Smith
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah McCoy
1951
The Pirate
Mrs. Mason
1977
General Electric Theater
Millie
1953Make Room for Granddaddy
Kathy Williams
1970
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
Judge
1972
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marietta
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Elise
1951Sweet Surrender
1987
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Nancy Partridge
1943
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Mrs. Martha Meade
1966
Girls' School
Nan (uncredited)
1938
Flesh and Fantasy
Justine (uncredited)
1943
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
Janet Thompson
1943
About Face
Betty Marlowe
1942
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
Blades of the Musketeers
Queen Anne
1950
Shantytown
Virginia Allen
1943
Hi, Buddy
Mary Parker
1943
The World of Tomorrow
Babs Middleton (archive footage)
1984
On Again—Off Again
Florence Cole
1937
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Gina Crane
1948
The Lost Volcano
Ruth Gordon
1950
Forty Naughty Girls
June Preston
1937
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
Babs
1939
Riding High
Mary Winslow
1950
The Argyle Secrets
Marla
1948
Air Hostess
Jennifer White
1949
Down Laredo Way
Valerie
1953
Port of Hell
Kay Walker
1954
Escape from Hong Kong
Valarie Hale
1942
Johnny Come Lately
Jane
1943
Side by Side
1988
New Orleans
Grace Voiselle
1947
Chain Gang
Rita McKelvey
1950
Rebel City
Jane Dudley
1953
High Flyers
Arlene Arlington
1937
Stop That Cab
Mary Thomas
1951
Moonlight in Havana
Patsy Clark
1942
Border Cafe
Janet Barry
1937
Mexican Manhunt
Sheila Barton
1953
Timber!
Yvette Lacour
1942
Hideaway
Joan Peterson
1937Venture of Faith
1951
Masked Raiders
Gale Trevett
1949