Cast & creator
Lori Nelson
Best known for Climax!, Climax!, Wanted: Dead or Alive
Lori Nelson was an American actress born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 1933. She began as a performer, dancing at the young age of 4, as well as winning a Little Miss America title. Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful. However, in 1952, she made it into her first role as Marjie Baile in Bend of the River. Many of her roles were large, but were mostly in 1950s B-movies. Today, she is acting sparingly, most recently in The Naked Monster. She costarred with Barbara Eden in the series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959). However, she also had a well-remembered role as Mara, the Mayor's daughter, opposite Van Johnson (who played two roles) in the 1957 made-for-TV musical film The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a motion picture which premiered on NBC and then went on to be syndicated and shown annually on local television stations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
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television credits
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1952–2014 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (37)
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Climax!
1954Climax!
Mary
1954
Wanted: Dead or Alive
White Antelope aka Doris Albright
1958
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Family Affair
1966
The Texan
1958
Sugarfoot
Ellen Conway
1957
The Millionaire
Lorraine Daggett
1955
Lock-Up
1959
How to Marry a Millionaire
1957
General Electric Theater
Sylvia
1953
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Bend of the River
Marjie Baile
1952
Revenge of the Creature
Helen Dobson
1955
Destry
Martha Phillips
1954
I Died a Thousand Times
Velma
1955
Day the World Ended
Louise Madison
1955
Pardners
Carol Kingsley
1956
Walking My Baby Back Home
Claire
1953
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Rosie Kettle
1955
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Mara
1957
Underwater!
Gloria
1955
Francis Goes to West Point
Barbara Atwood
1952
Secret Sins of the Father
Mrs. Lieber
1994
Mom, Can I Keep Her?
Stephanie
1998
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Rosie Kettle
1952
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Self
2014
The All American
Sharon Wallace
1953
Sincerely Yours
Sarah Cosgrove
1955
The Naked Monster
Dr. Helen Dobson
2005
Hot Rod Girl
Lisa Vernon
1956
Mohawk
Cynthia Stanhope
1956
Tumbleweed
Laura Saunders
1953
All I Desire
Lily Murdoch
1953
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Self
2000
Untamed Youth
Jane Lowe
1957
Outlaw's Son
Lila Costain
1957