Acting
Community Rating
4.8
TMDB estimate
Born
August 30, 1909
Died
August 29, 2010 (age 100)
Born in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hollywood actress of the Thirties and Forties who played Pamela Armitage opposite John Wayne in I Cover the War (1937) and enjoyed starring roles in a series of Westerns with the likes of William “Hopalong Cassidy” Boyd. Born in Melbourne, Australia, she emigrated to America, where she studied at Pasadena College. Then moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Starred in The Women (1938) on Broadway before heading to Hollywood’s Paramount Pictures, where she featured in The Secret of Treasure Island (1938), House of Errors (1942), with comedian Harry Langdon, and with Brenda Joyce in Thumbs Up (1943). Later had a part-time radio show and appeared on stage and television.
Two Fisted Justice
as Joan Hodgins
1943
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House of Errors
as Molly
1942
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Underground Rustlers
as Irene Bently
1941
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Mrs. French (uncredited)
1941
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Wrangler's Roost
as Molly Collins
1941
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West of Pinto Basin
as Joan Brown
1940
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Bar 20 Justice
as Ann Dennis
1938
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The Secret of Treasure Island
as Toni Morrell
1938
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Partners of the Plains
as Lorna Drake
1938
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I Cover the War!
as Pamela Armitage
1937
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