Lona Andre

Born: 1915-03-02

From Wikipedia Lona Andre (March 2, 1915 – September 18, 1992) was an American film actress. Born Launa Anderson in Nashville, Tennessee, Andre attracted attention with her first films in Hollywood and was named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. After winning the Paramount Panther Woman Contest, she was signed to a movie contract by Paramount Pictures. When Paramount did not renew her option, Andre worked as a freelance artist. During the 1930s she appeared frequently in films, usually as the lead in "B" pictures, and by the end of the decade had starred in more than fifty films. In 1934 Andre was part of the cast of School For Girls along with Toby Wing, Lois Wilson, Sidney Fox, and Dorothy Lee and in 1936 appeared alongside Laurel and Hardy in their feature film Our Relations. In June 1935, Andre eloped to Santa Barbara, California to marry MGM actor Edward Norris. Andre filed for an annulment action four days after her marriage in Tijuana, Mexico. She was later married to salesman, James T. Bolling, and was divorced from him in March 1947. In 1938 Andre set a world's golfing record for women by shooting 156 holes of golf in 11 hours and 56 minutes on the Lake Norconian, California course. Her best round was 91 for 18 holes and her worst was 115. Her acting career was greatly diminished during the 1940s, and she made her last film appearance in 1949 in Two Knights From Brooklyn. After her film career ended she became a successful businesswoman and never returned to acting. She was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.


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Our Relations

as Lily
Released: 1936-09-15

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and...

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The Merry Widow

as Maid to Sonia (uncredited)
Released: 1934-11-02

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

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Pardon My Sarong

as Girl on Bus with Tommy (uncredited)
Released: 1942-08-07

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for...

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Custer's Last Stand

as Belle Meade
Released: 1936-01-02

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous...

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Border Brigands

as Diane
Released: 1935-05-31

Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.

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School for Girls

as Peggy
Released: 1934-03-22

After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory...

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Lucky Terror

as Ann Thornton / Madame Fatima
Released: 1936-02-20

A sharpshooter in a traveling sideshow is falsely accused of murdering a local miner.

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The Old-Fashioned Way

as Girl in Audience (uncredited)
Released: 1934-07-13

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of...

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Too Much Harmony

as Show Girl
Released: 1933-09-23

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

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International House

as Chorus Queen
Released: 1933-05-27

Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But,...

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Pilot X

as Helen Gage
Released: 1936-12-01

Aircraft are being shot down by a large black plane with a big "X" painted on the wing. The...

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Pick-up

as Party Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1933-03-24

The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both...

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Woman Unafraid

as Peggy
Released: 1934-03-27

A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother...

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Race Suicide

as Florence Davis
Released: 1938-01-01

A District Attorney decides to go after a doctor who is targeting young women and talking them...

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By Your Leave

as Florence Purcell
Released: 1934-11-09

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.

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Two Heads on a Pillow

as Pamela Devonshire
Released: 1934-10-02

A lawyer handing a divorce case discovers the attorney for the opposition is his ex-wife.

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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

as (archive footage)
Released: 1992-04-05

Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of...

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The Woman Accused

as Cora Matthews
Released: 1933-02-17

Jeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan...

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Lost in the Stratosphere

as Sophie
Released: 1934-11-14

Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging...

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Ghost Valley Raiders

as Linda Marley
Released: 1940-03-23

Donald Barry, not yet Donald "Red" Barry, heads the cast of the Republic western Ghost Valley...

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The Girl in 419

as Chambermaid
Released: 1933-05-26

A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much...

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Custer's Last Stand

as Belle Mead
Released: 1936-04-02

The feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to...

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Trailing Trouble

as Patty Blair
Released: 1937-08-27

When mild mannered Friendly Fields is sent to the Blair ranch to work, he is mistaken for the...

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Happiness C.O.D.

as Beatrice Manning
Released: 1935-10-14

A young man, hard-pressed to pay off his mortgage and support his family, decides that he'll get...

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High Hat

as Dixie Durkin
Released: 1937-01-01

An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.

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The Great Hospital Mystery

as Miss White
Released: 1937-05-14

A nurse's brother who's pursued by the mob, hides out in a hospital by pretending to be a patient.

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Three on a Limb

as Molly
Released: 1936-01-03

Scoutmaster Elmer Brown loses his heart to the pretty carhop who works in a drive-in diner....

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College Humor

as Ginger
Released: 1933-07-05

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful...

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The Mysterious Rider

as Dorothy
Released: 1933-01-30

The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles...

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Come On, Marines!

as Shirley
Released: 1934-03-23

"Lucky" Davis, a ladies-man and a devil-may-care U. S. Marine Sergeant, is leading a...

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Sunset Murder Case

as Nita Madera
Released: 1938-11-11

Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed...

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Confessions of a Vice Baron

as Florence Davis (edited from 'Race Suicide') (archive footage)
Released: 1943-06-30

On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot recalls his various exploits in crimes such...

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Confessions of a Vice Baron

as Florence Davis (edited from 'Race Suicide') (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-30

On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot recalls his various exploits in crimes such...

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One Run Elmer

as The Girl
Released: 1935-02-22

Elmer owns a gas station out in the California desert. Soon he has a business rival in Jim, who...

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Slaves in Bondage

as Dona Lee
Released: 1937-07-24

Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring. She tells the Chief of Detectives...

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The Case Of The Baby-Sitter

as Maxine, gang moll
Released: 1947-07-26

The baby sitter is none other than veteran Hollywood tough guy Tom Neal. A private detective,...

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The Timid Young Man

as Helen
Released: 1935-10-25

Milton, a disappointed romantic, has sworn off women. He gives a lift to a female hitchhiker,...

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