Lorna Gray

Born: 1917-07-26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She was known as Adrian Booth since 1945. Although she had a film test at Universal Studios and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures. As a Columbia contract player she appeared in the studio's shorts and serials, including Flying G-Men (starring Robert Paige), Pest from the West (starring Buster Keaton), and You Nazty Spy! (starring The Three Stooges). When her Columbia contract lapsed, she found work at Monogram Pictures, where she worked with action star Frankie Darro. Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range (1938) and appeared in the title role in O, My Darling Clementine (1943), a country music film starring Roy Acuff as a singing sheriff. In her Paramount films, such as Hold 'Em Navy, she was credited as Virginia Pound, but she was given the name Lorna Gray by Columbia and she used it from 1938 until 1945, when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures. She appeared as Lorna Gray in Republic's Federal Operator 99, but subsequently adopted the name Adrian Booth. At Republic, she often received co-star billing in Westerns, the only woman other than Dale Evans to be billed so highly at that studio. She also starred in Republic's serial about the comic book superhero Captain America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Woman at Station (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-19

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...

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The Man They Could Not Hang

as Janet Savaard
Released: 1939-08-17

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is...

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So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Toni Dacolli
Released: 1943-09-09

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head...

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You Nazty Spy!

as Mattie Herring (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-19

In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When...

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Dakota

as Entertainer (uncredited)
Released: 1945-12-15

In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko...

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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-27

Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

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Coast Guard

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-04

Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas...

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Good Girls Go to Paris

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-20

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English...

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Convicted Woman

as Frankie Mason
Released: 1940-01-31

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

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Three Sappy People

as Sherry Rumsford
Released: 1939-12-01

The stooges are phone repairmen who are mistaken for the psychiatrists in whose office they are...

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The Plunderers

as Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1948-10-30

Hero Rod Cameron kills Sheriff Sam Borden at point-blank range and in front of several witnesses...

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Red River Range

as Jane Mason
Released: 1938-12-22

The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex...

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Brimstone

as Molly
Released: 1949-08-15

A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the...

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Nurse (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-22

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...

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Captain America

as Gail Richards
Released: 1944-02-05

Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who...

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Daughter of Don Q

as Dolores Quantero
Released: 1946-06-27

When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed...

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Up in the Air

as Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
Released: 1940-09-09

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in...

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The Savage Horde

as Livvy Weston
Released: 1950-05-22

A charismatic gunfighter who is on the run takes refuge in a frontier cattle town and attempts...

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The Last Bandit

as Kate Foley / Kate Sampson (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1949-02-25

About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick...

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Valley of the Zombies

as Nurse Susan Drake
Released: 1946-05-26

A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.

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The Girl Who Dared

as Ann Carroll
Released: 1944-08-05

A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears...

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The Sea Hornet

as Ginger Sullivan
Released: 1951-11-06

"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the...

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The Gallant Legion

as Connie Faulkner
Released: 1948-05-24

When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of...

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Rock Island Trail

as Aleeta
Released: 1950-05-18

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.

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Hideout

as Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1949-03-08

Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning...

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Tuxedo Junction

as Joan Gordon
Released: 1941-11-25

The Weaver Brothers and Elviry have migrated from their usual hard-scrabble digs in the Ozarks...

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Pest from the West

as Conchita
Released: 1939-06-16

A millionaire vacationing in Mexico falls for a local girl and sets out to win her.

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Adventure in Sahara

as Carla Preston
Released: 1938-11-15

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and...

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Flying G-Men

as Babs McKay
Released: 1939-01-28

Four flying G-Men protect America against enemy spies; one of the four assumes the identity of...

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Adventures of Kitty O'Day

as Gloria Williams
Released: 1945-01-19

A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.

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Smashing the Spy Ring

as Nurse Anna Loring
Released: 1938-12-29

G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.

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Ridin' Down the Canyon

as Barbara Joyce
Released: 1942-12-30

Roy Rogers takes on crooked wartime profiteers in the musical western Ridin' Down the Canyon....

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Outside These Walls

as Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-04

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper....

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Out California Way

as Gloria McCoy (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1946-12-15

Newcomer Monte Hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young Danny McCoy...

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O, My Darling Clementine

as Clementine Cheshire
Released: 1943-12-31

"Dapper Dan" Franklin and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of...

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Perils of Nyoka

as Vultura
Released: 1942-06-27

Professor Campbell's expedition into the hills of Libya obtains a papyrus which might reveal the...

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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 2002-02-05

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were...

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Fashion Model

as Yvonne
Released: 1945-03-02

When two employees of a clothing factory are murdered, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a...

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California Firebrand

as Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1948-04-01

Directed by Philip Ford in 1948. When cowboy Monte Hale (Monte Hale) returns home to investigate...

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Home on the Range

as Bonnie Garth
Released: 1946-04-18

Two brothers settle a wilderness, one builds the largest cattle ranch in the state while the...

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Spoilers of the North

as Jane Koster
Released: 1947-04-23

When the Alaska fishing season ends, a crooked cannery owner, who owes a huge delivery of salmon...

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Cafe Hostess

as Cafe Hostess
Released: 1940-01-11

A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the...

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Oh! Susanna

as Lia Wilson
Released: 1951-03-01

Unable to keep peace between frontier Indians and the US Cavalry, a heroic Captain risks...

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Hold 'Em Navy

as Girl
Released: 1937-11-04

Two football players fight over the same girl.

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Exposed

as Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1947-09-08

A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.

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Last Frontier Uprising

as Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1947-02-01

Singing cowboy Monte Hale plays "himself" in the Republic western Last Frontier Uprising....

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Drums of the Desert

as Helene Laroche
Released: 1940-10-06

On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion...

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Along the Oregon Trail

as Sally Dunn
Released: 1947-08-30

The period is the 1840's and Greg Thurston is out to establish his own empire out of a large...

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Under Colorado Skies

as Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth)
Released: 1947-12-15

Monte Hale has been working as a teller in a Texas bank during the summer to earn money for his...

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Yellow Fin

as Nurse Jean Elliott
Released: 1951-10-14

WWII veteran Mike Donovan decides to sell his fishing boat after suffering a a series of...

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Man from Rainbow Valley

as Kay North
Released: 1946-06-15

When unscrupulous rodeo promoter Colonel Winthrop gets the idea of capturing "Outlaw" and making...

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The Stranger from Texas

as Jean Browning
Released: 1939-12-02

Things get under way when US marshal Tom (Starrett) finds himself in the midst of a range war....

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Tell It to a Star

as Mona St. Clair
Released: 1945-08-16

Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the...

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Rockin' Thru the Rockies

as Flossie
Released: 1940-03-08

The stooges are frontier guides leading a minstrel show west. When hostile Indians run the...

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Deadwood Dick

as Anne Butler
Released: 1940-07-19

Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.

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Lightnin' in the Forest

as Dell Parker
Released: 1948-03-25

Psychiatrist David Lamont is pressured into "analyzing" the madcap but glamorous niece of a...

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Father Steps Out

as Helen Matthews
Released: 1941-07-19

Story concerns railroad tycoon J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty) taking over a rival line, being sent...

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Bullets for Rustlers

as Ann Houston
Released: 1940-03-05

Steve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the...

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Federal Operator 99

as Rita Parker
Released: 1945-07-07

Jerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of...

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