Lois Collier (21 March 1919 – 27 October 1999) was an American film actress born in Salley, South Carolina

Salley, South Carolina

Salley is a town in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 410 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area...

. She was sometimes credited as Lois Collyer.

Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro

Ramón Novarro

Ramón Novarro was a Mexican leading man actor in Hollywood in the early 20th century. He was the next male "Sex Symbol" after the death of Rudolph Valentino...

 and Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh was an American film actress, and later, environmentalist.-Early life:Violet Ethelred Krauth was born on October 17, 1913 in Trinidad, British West Indies , the youngest of four children of a German chocolate manufacturer and his French-English wife.Due to World War I, Violet's...

. From 1940 through 1949 her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele

Bob Steele (actor)

Bob Steele was an American actor. He was born Robert Adrian Bradbury in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. After years of touring, the family settled down in Hollywood in the late 1910s, where his father, Robert N...

, Tom Tyler

Tom Tyler

Tom Tyler was an American actor in silent and sound motion pictures, best known for his portrayal of superhero Captain Marvel in the acclaimed 1941 movie serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel.-Biography:...

, and Dennis Moore

Dennis Moore (actor)

Dennis Moore was an actor who specialized in western films and film serials....

. In 1950 she starred in the sci-fi serial

Serial (film)

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 The Flying Disc Man From Mars. From 1950 through 1957 she starred mostly on television series episodes, playing in fifty eight episodes of the television series Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle . Originally a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's novels, he became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television—an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."-Literature:Jack...

, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.

She died of Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease

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 on October 27, 1999, while living in a retired actors community in the Woodland Hills area of Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

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.

Television

• Dick Tracy .... Fluff (5 episodes, 1950)
  • "Chopper" (1950) TV Episode
  • "The Mole: Part 1" (????) TV Episode .... Fluff
  • "The Mole: Part 2" (????) TV Episode .... Fluff
  • "The Mole: Part 3" (????) TV Episode .... Fluff
  • "The Payroll Robbery" (????) TV Episode .... Fluff
• Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950) .... Anne Howe Palooka
• Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) .... Helen Hall
• Rhythm Inn (1951) .... Betty Parker
• The Unexpected - "Beyond Belief" (1952) TV Episode
• Boston Blackie .... Mary Wesley (58 episodes, 1951–1953)
• Letter to Loretta - "600 Seconds" (1955) TV Episode (as Lois Collyer) Gloria Joy
• Cavalcade of America - "Sunrise on a Dirty Face" (1955) TV Episode .... Marion
• Damon Runyon Theater - "A Job for Macarone" (1955) TV Episode .... Mary Peering
• Cheyenne - "West of the River" (1956) TV Episode .... Ruth McKeever
• Screen Directors Playhouse - "The Sword of Villon" (1956) TV Episode .... Elaine
• It's a Great Life - "Operation for Earl" (1956) TV Episode .... Nurse
• Strange Stories (1 episode, 1956) - "Con Game" (1956) TV Episode
• Broken Arrow (1 episode, 1957) - Johnny Flagstaff
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show -
  • "Ronnie Gets an Agent" (1956) TV Episode .... Devlin's Secretary
  • "The Plumber's Union" (1957) TV Episode .... Julie Ames
• The Web (1 episode, 1957) - Easy Money TV Episode

Movies

• A Desperate Adventure, aka It Happened in Paris (UK) (1938) .... Angela
• Girls of the Road (1940) (uncredited)
• Ice-Capades, aka Music in the Moonlight (USA: reissue title) (1941) (uncredited) Audition Girl
• Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
  Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
  Outlaws of Cherokee Trail is a 1941 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck.- Cast :* Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Lois Collier as Doris Sheldon...
  
  (1941) .... Doris Sheldon
• Sailors on Leave (1941) (uncredited) .... Pretty Brunette
• Gauchos of El Dorado
  Gauchos of El Dorado
  Gauchos of El Dorado is a 1941 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck.- Cast :* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Lois Collier as Ellen...
  
  (1941) .... Ellen
• West of Cimarron
  West of Cimarron
  West of Cimarron is a 1941 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck.- Cast :* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Lois Collier as Doris Conway* James Bush as Dr...
  
  (1941) .... Doris Conway
• Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) (uncredited) .... Receptionist
• Blondie Goes to College, aka The Boss Said 'No (UK)(1942) (uncredited) Coed
• A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) (uncredited)
• The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) (uncredited) Mary Tuller
• Yokel Boy (1942) ... aka Hitting the Headlines (UK) (uncredited) .... Stewardess
• Raiders of the Range
  Raiders of the Range
  Raiders of the Range is a 1942 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by John English.- Cast :* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Lois Collier as Jean Travers...
  
  (1942) .... Jean Travers
• The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine, aka Unforgotten Crime (USA: TV title)(1942) .... Receptionist
• The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) (uncredited) .... Cynthia, Girl at the Dance
• Westward Ho
  Westward Ho (1942 film)
  Westward Ho is a 1942 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by John English.- Cast :* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Evelyn Brent as Mrs...
  
  (1942) .... Anne Henderson
• The Phantom Plainsmen
  The Phantom Plainsmen
  The Phantom Plainsmen is a 1942 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by John English.- Cast :* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Rudolph Anders as Colonel Eric Hartwig The Phantom Plainsmen is a 1942 American Western "Three...
  
  (1942) .... Judy Barrett
• My Son, the Hero (1943) .... Nancy Cavanaugh
• Santa Fe Scouts
  Santa Fe Scouts
  Santa Fe Scouts is a 1943 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Howard Bretherton.- Cast :* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke* Jimmie Dodd as Lullaby Joslin* Lois Collier as Claire Robbins* John James as Tim Clay...
  
  (1943) .... Claire Robbins
• Get Going (1943) .... Doris
• Young Ideas (1943) (uncredited) .... Co-ed
• She's for Me (1943) .... Eileen Crane
• Ladies Courageous (1944) .... Jill
• Weird Woman (1944) .... Margret Mercer
• Prices Unlimited (1944)
• Cobra Woman (1944) .... Veeda
• Jungle Woman (1944) .... Joan Fletcher
• Jungle Queen (1945) .... Pamela Courtney
• The Naughty Nineties (1945) .... Miss Caroline Jackson
• Penthouse Rhythm (1945) .... Linda Reynolds, Junior's Secretary
• The Crimson Canary (1945) .... Jean Walker
• Girl on the Spot (1946) .... Kathy Lorenz
• A Night in Casablanca
  A Night in Casablanca
  A Night in Casablanca was the twelfth Marx Brothers movie, starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx. The picture was directed by Archie Mayo and written by Joseph Fields and Roland Kibbee, and is generally considered one of the better of the Marx Brothers' later films.-Plot:Set in...
  
  (1946) .... Annette
• The Cat Creeps (1946) .... Gay Elliott
• Wild Beauty (1946) .... Linda Gibson
• Slave Girl (1947) .... Aleta
• Arthur Takes Over (1948) .... Margaret Bixby
• Out of the Storm (1948) .... Ginny Powell
• Miss Mink of 1949 (1949) .... Alice Forrester

External links

• Lois Collier at b-westerns.com