Lenore Lonergan
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Lenore Lonergan was a stage and film actress during the 1930s and 1940s. Lonergan, whose grandfather, father and brother also were actors, made her stage debut at the age of 6, in Mother Lode
, starring Melvyn Douglas. In 1939, she played Dinah Lord, the younger sister of Katharine Hepburn
's Tracy Lord, in Phillip Barry's comedy The Philadelphia Story
. In The New York Times
, Brooks Atkinson wrote of Miss Lonergan's performance, As the brat of the family, Lenore Lonergan, of a famous theatrical tribe, acts with a stout sort of humor that suits her groaning little figure.
Miss Lonergan also played juvenile roles in Junior Miss
, by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields, and in Dear Ruth
, by Norman Krasna. She appeared in Crime Marches On, Fields Beyond, and in the film Tom, Dick and Harry
, among others.
Mother Lode
Mother lode is a principal vein or zone of veins of gold or silver ore. The term probably came from a literal translation of the Spanish veta madre, a term common in old Mexican mining...
, starring Melvyn Douglas. In 1939, she played Dinah Lord, the younger sister of Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, stage, and television. In a career that spanned 62 years as a leading lady, she was best known for playing strong-willed, sophisticated women in both dramas and comedies...
's Tracy Lord, in Phillip Barry's comedy The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart. Based on the Broadway play of the same name by Philip Barry, the film is about a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous...
. In The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, Brooks Atkinson wrote of Miss Lonergan's performance, As the brat of the family, Lenore Lonergan, of a famous theatrical tribe, acts with a stout sort of humor that suits her groaning little figure.
Miss Lonergan also played juvenile roles in Junior Miss
Junior Miss
Junior Miss is a collection of semi-autobiographical stories by Sally Benson first published in The New Yorker. Between 1929 and the end of 1941, the prolific Benson published 99 stories in The New Yorker, some under her pseudonym of Esther Evarts...
, by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields, and in Dear Ruth
Dear Ruth
Dear Ruth is a 1947 romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, and Edward Arnold. It was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. A teenage girl has a soldier for a pen pal, but uses her older sister's name and photograph...
, by Norman Krasna. She appeared in Crime Marches On, Fields Beyond, and in the film Tom, Dick and Harry
Tom, Dick and Harry
The phrase "Tom, Dick and Harry" is a placeholder for multiple unspecified people; "Tom, Dick or Harry" plays the same role for one unspecified person. The phrase most commonly occurs as "every Tom, Dick and Harry", meaning everyone, and "any Tom, Dick or Harry", meaning anyone, although Brewer...
, among others.