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Lona Andre is a Actor American born on 2 march 1915 at Nashville (USA)

Lona Andre

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Birth name Launa Anderson
Nationality USA
Birth 2 march 1915 at Nashville (USA)
Death 18 september 1992 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

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 a strong finish in the Paramount Panther Woman Contest- won by Kathleen Burke - 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.

Biography

Vie privée
Lona Andre s'est mariée en 1935 avec l'acteur Edward Norris, mais le mariage n'a duré que quatre jours.

Usually with

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
(3 films)
W. C. Fields
W. C. Fields
(2 films)
Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lona Andre (29 films)

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Actress

Confessions of a Vice Baron, 59minutes
Directed by Melville Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lloyd Ingraham, Lona Andre, Betty Compson, Lester Dorr, Sam Flint, Selmer Jackson
Roles Florence Davis (edited from 'Race Suicide') (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating49% 2.4790952.4790952.4790952.4790952.479095
Notorious mob boss James "Lucky" Lombardi looks back upon his life and career on the night of his execution.
Taxi, Mister, 46minutes
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors William Bendix, Grace Bradley, Joe Sawyer, Sheldon Leonard, Jack Norton, Frank Faylen
Roles Chorus Girl
Rating64% 3.2449253.2449253.2449253.2449253.244925
This script must be run from the command line
Pardon My Sarong, 1h24
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson
Roles Girl on Bus with Tommy (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.396523.396523.396523.396523.39652
Tommy Layton (Robert Paige), a wealthy bachelor, rents a city bus to take him from Chicago to Los Angeles. Once there he intends to participate in a yacht race to Hawaii. The bus drivers, Algy (Bud Abbott) and Wellington (Lou Costello), are chased by a detective (William Demarest) hired by the bus company. They escape capture by driving the bus off a fishing pier. Layton, who is now on his yacht, rescues them and hires them as his crew for the race. A competitor of his in the race, Joan Marshall (Virginia Bruce) has fired his original crew without his knowledge. He enacts revenge by kidnapping her and taking her along on the race.
Sunset Murder Case
Directed by Louis Gasnier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sally Rand, Esther Muir, Vince Barnett, Paul Sutton, Lona Andre, Reed Hadley
Roles Nita Madera
Rating47% 2.393772.393772.393772.393772.39377
Differences from novel
High Hat
High Hat (1937)
, 1h14
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy
Actors Frank Luther, Dorothy Dare, Lona Andre, Gavin Gordon, Franklin Pangborn, Esther Muir
Roles Dixie Durkin
Rating60% 3.000353.000353.000353.000353.00035
Swanee, the mentor and boyfriend of a classical singer, Elanda, who refuses to lower herself by singing swing music, until Swanee shows her the way.
Slaves in Bondage, 1h10
Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Gangster films
Actors Lona Andre, Donald Reed, Wheeler Oakman, Richard Cramer, Edward Peil Sr., Sam Lufkin
Roles Dona Lee
Rating44% 2.2370852.2370852.2370852.2370852.237085
The story tells the tale of how naive country girls are lured to the big city with the promise of employment only to be abducted and forced to work as prostitutes in decadent, high-class brothels.
Three on a Limb, 18minutes
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Lona Andre, Harold Goodwin, Barbara Bedford, Harold Goodwin, Grant Withers
Roles Molly
Rating58% 2.911412.911412.911412.911412.91141
Le chef scout Elmer Brown perd son cœur à cause de la jolie carhop qui travaille dans un restaurant avec service au volant. Son fiancé policier vient compliquer ses désirs romantiques. Lorsqu'il essaie d'éliminer Elmer en lui donnant des contraventions pour chaque infraction imaginable, la jeune fille a pitié du martyr Elmer et ils s'en vont ensemble. Elle l'informe qu'elle repousse également un autre prétendant, Oscar ; et pour aggraver les choses, son père soutient le flic tandis que sa mère fait la promotion d'Oscar. Finalement, les trois hommes finissent par se disputer sa main lors d'une cérémonie de mariage chaotique qui se termine par Elmer remportant sa bien-aimée.
Pilot X
Pilot X (1936)
, 1h9
Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames, Huntz Hall, Hans Joby, Gaston Glass
Roles Helen Gage
Rating51% 2.57812.57812.57812.57812.5781
Lucky Terror, 1h1
Directed by Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Lona Andre, George Chesebro, Eva McKenzie, Jack Rockwell, Horace B. Carpenter
Roles Ann Thornton / Madame Fatima
Rating60% 3.0474253.0474253.0474253.0474253.047425
Our Relations, 1h5
Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Alan Hale, Sidney Toler, James Finlayson, Arthur Housman
Roles Lily
Rating72% 3.641883.641883.641883.641883.64188
Laurel and Hardy star as both their famous Stan and Ollie characters and as Stan and Ollie's twin brothers Bert and Alf.
One Run Elmer, 19minutes
Directed by Buster Keaton, Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Buster Keaton, Lona Andre, Dewey Robinson, Harold Goodwin, Bobby Dunn
Roles The Girl
Rating61% 3.077853.077853.077853.077853.07785
Elmer possède une station-service dans le désert californien. Bientôt, il a un rival commercial en Jim, qui ouvre une autre station et essaie également de voler la petite amie d'Elmer. Elle joue les deux rivales l'une contre l'autre et, parce qu'elle est une fan de baseball, Elmer et Jim essaient de se montrer dans le grand match de baseball local.
Murder at the Vanities, 1h29
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson, Gertrude Michael, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney
Roles Lona, Earl Carroll Girl (Uncredited)
Rating64% 3.245293.245293.245293.245293.24529
Jack Ellery (Oakie) is staging a lavish musical revue, starring Eric Lander (Brisson), Ann Ware (Carlisle), and Rita Ross (Michael), supported by a cast of a hundred background singers/dancers (almost all women, and many scantily clad) and two full orchestras. On opening night, just before the show, somebody tries to kill Ware several times. Ellery calls in police lieutenant Murdock (McLaglen) of the homicide squad to investigate. During the show a private detective and then Rita are murdered. Ellery hides this from the rest of the performers, claiming the victims are just sick, and talks Murdock into investigating while the revue continues on, otherwise Ellery will go broke.