Larri Thomas is an American

United States

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 actress. She began her career by participating in a string of television commercials. Eventually, she managed to sign a contract with NBC

NBC

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, putting her on such shows as Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The show's creator was Blake Edwards...

, and even The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

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.

She became one of the six Goldwyn Girls

Goldwyn Girls

The Goldwyn Girls were a musical stock company of female dancers employed by Samuel Goldwyn. Famous actresses whose career included a stint in the Goldwyn Girls include Lucille Ball, Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Ann Sothern, Jane Wyman, Virginia Bruce, Virginia Grey, Mary Meade, and Virginia...

, picked by Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn

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 to go on tour for the movie, Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls (film)

Guys and Dolls is a 1955 musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The film was made by the Samuel Goldwyn Company and distributed by MGM. It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay...

, in which she managed to make a brief appearance. Over her career, she made it to movies such as Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins (film)

Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...

and Island of Love. She appeared in movies and television with Dean Martin

Dean Martin

Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...

.

Personal life/later years

In December 1955, she married John Bromfield

John Bromfield

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, star of the syndicated

Television syndication

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 crime drama Sheriff of Cochise

Sheriff of Cochise

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, from whom she was divorce

Divorce

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d in 1959. In 1972, she managed to make it into one of her biggest roles, as Henrietta Hippo on the television show New Zoo Revue

New Zoo Revue

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. Today, Larri Thomas is married to Bruce Hoy, retired, and participates in a number of charity benefits, such as the Professional Dancers Society.

Filmography

• Coach
  Coach (TV series)
  Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles...
  
  .... Woman #1 (1 episode, 1993)

"Christmas of the Van Damned" (1993) TV Episode .... Woman #1

• Earth Girls Are Easy
  Earth Girls Are Easy
  Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 American musical comedy film directed by Julien Temple. It stars Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Michael McKean, Julie Brown, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans. The film is marketed with the tagline "An out-of-this-world, down-to-earth comedy adventure"...
  
  (1988) .... Curl Up and Dye Dancer
• In God We Tru$t
  In God We Tru$t
  In God We Tru$t is a comedy film starring Marty Feldman, Louise Lasser and Peter Boyle. A biting religious satire, it was also produced, directed, and co-written by Marty Feldman.This was Andy Kaufman's first major role in a motion picture...
  
  (1980)
• New Zoo Revue (1972) TV Series .... Henrietta Hippo (unknown episodes)
• Frankie and Johnny
  Frankie and Johnny
  -Films:*Frankie and Johnny , 1936 film co-starring Lilyan Tashman*Frankie and Johnny , a film starring Elvis Presley*Frankie and Johnny , a 1991 film based on McNally's play-Other:...
  
  (1966) (uncredited) .... Earl Barton dancer
• The Silencers
  The Silencers
  The Silencers is the title of a 1962 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, the fourth in a series of books featuring assassin Matt Helm.-Plot summary:...
  
  (1966) (uncredited) .... Specialty Dancer
• The Dean Martin Show
  The Dean Martin Show
  The Dean Martin Show is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes. It was broadcast by NBC and hosted by crooner Dean Martin...
  
  .... Regular (3 episodes, 1965)
• The Sound of Music
  The Sound of Music
  The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
  
  (1965) .... Stand-in for Julie Andrews

Episode dated October 28, 1965 TV Episode (uncredited) .... Regular

Episode dated September 23, 1965 TV Episode (uncredited) .... Regular

Episode dated September 16, 1965 TV Episode (uncredited) .... Regular

• The Nurses .... Helen Walsh (1 episode, 1964)
• The Prisoner
  The Prisoner
  The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama.The series follows a British former...
  
  Part 1 (1964) TV Episode (as Lorie Thomas) .... Helen Walsh
• Mary Poppins
  Mary Poppins (film)
  Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...
  
  (1964) (uncredited) .... Woman in Carriage
• Robin and the 7 Hoods
  Robin and the 7 Hoods
  Robin and the 7 Hoods is a 1964 American musical film that transplants the Robin Hood legend to a 1930s Chicago gangster setting. Directed by Gordon Douglas and produced by Frank Sinatra, with a screenplay by David R. Schwartz, the movie stars members of the Rat Pack as well as Bing Crosby, Peter...
  
  (1964) (uncredited) .... Dancer
• Island of Love (1963) (uncredited)
• His Model Wife (1962) (TV) (as Lorrie Thomas)
• The Music Man (1962) (uncredited) .... High School Girl
• The Beat Generation (1959) (uncredited)
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960...
  
  .... Miss Hairdo (1 episode, 1959)

"Lucy Wants a Career" (1959) TV Episode .... Miss Hairdo

• Peter Gunn
  Peter Gunn
  Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The show's creator was Blake Edwards...
  
  .... Sharon Moore (1 episode, 1958)
• Rough Buck (1958) TV Episode .... Sharon Moore
• South Pacific
  South Pacific (film)
  South Pacific is a 1958 musical romance film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, and based on James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific...
  
  (1958) (uncredited) .... Nurse in Thanksgiving show
• Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956) .... Vivian, the dancer
• Guys and Dolls
  Guys and Dolls (film)
  Guys and Dolls is a 1955 musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The film was made by the Samuel Goldwyn Company and distributed by MGM. It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay...
  
  (1955) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl
• Love Me or Leave Me
  Love Me or Leave Me (film)
  Love Me or Leave Me is a 1955 biographical film which tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star. It stars Doris Day as Etting, James Cagney as gangster Martin "Moe the Gimp" Snyder, her first husband and manager, and Cameron Mitchell as pianist/ arranger Myrl...
  
  (1955) (uncredited) .... Chorus girl