Lois Collier
Acting
Born March 21, 1919, Salley, South Carolina, USA
Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. 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, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars. Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California. In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.
Filmography
- 1958Missile Monsters — Helen
- 1956Jungle Safari — Pamela Courtney
- Screen Director's Playhouse — Lady Elaine
- Boston Blackie — Mary Wesley
- 1951Rhythm Inn — Betty Parker
- Dick Tracy — Fluff
- 1950Flying Disc Man from Mars — Helen Hall
- 1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance — Anne Howe Palooka
- 1949Miss Mink of 1949 — Alice Forrester
- 1948Arthur Takes Over — Margaret Bixby
- 1948Out of the Storm — Ginny Powell
- 1947Slave Girl — Aleta
- 1946A Night in Casablanca — Annette
- 1946Girl on the Spot — Kathy Lorenz
- 1946The Cat Creeps — Gay Elliot
- 1946Wild Beauty — Linda Gibson
- 1945Jungle Queen — Pamela Courtney
- 1945Penthouse Rhythm — Linda Reynolds
- 1945The Crimson Canary — Jean Walker
- 1945The Naughty Nineties — Miss Caroline Jackson
- 1944Cobra Woman — Veeda
- 1944Follow the Boys — Lois Collier (uncredited)
- 1944Jungle Woman — Joan Fletcher
- 1944Ladies Courageous — Jill Romilly
- 1944Prices Unlimited
- 1944Weird Woman — Margaret Mercer
- 1943Get Going — Doris
- 1943My Son, The Hero — Nancy Cavanaugh
- 1943Santa Fe Scouts — Claire Robbins
- 1943She's for Me — Eileen Crane
- 1943Young Ideas — Co-ed (uncredited)
- 1942Blondie Goes to College — Coed
- 1942Raiders of the Range — Jean Travers
- 1942The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine — Receptionist
- 1942The Man Who Returned to Life — Mary Tuller
- 1942The Phantom Plainsmen — Judy Barrett
- 1942Westward Ho — Anne Henderson
- 1941Gauchos of El Dorado — Ellen
- 1941Ice-Capades — Audition Girl
- 1941Outlaws of Cherokee Trail — Doris Sheldon
- 1941Sailors on Leave — Pretty Brunette (uncredited)
- 1941West of Cimarron — Doris Conway
- 1940Girls of the Road — Road Girl (Uncredited)