Lori Nelson
Acting
Born August 15, 1933, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Lori Nelson was an American actress born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 1933. She began as a performer, dancing at the young age of 4, as well as winning a Little Miss America title. Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful. However, in 1952, she made it into her first role as Marjie Baile in Bend of the River. Many of her roles were large, but were mostly in 1950s B-movies. Today, she is acting sparingly, most recently in The Naked Monster. She costarred with Barbara Eden in the series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959). However, she also had a well-remembered role as Mara, the Mayor's daughter, opposite Van Johnson (who played two roles) in the 1957 made-for-TV musical film The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a motion picture which premiered on NBC and then went on to be syndicated and shown annually on local television stations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2005The Naked Monster — Dr. Helen Dobson
- 1998Mom, Can I Keep Her? — Stephanie
- E! True Hollywood Story
- 1994Secret Sins of the Father — Mrs. Lieber
- Family Affair
- Lock-Up
- The Texan
- Wanted: Dead or Alive — White Antelope aka Doris Albright
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- 1957Outlaw's Son — Lila Costain
- Sugarfoot — Ellen Conway
- 1957The Pied Piper of Hamelin — Mara
- 1957Untamed Youth — Jane Lowe
- 1956Hot Rod Girl — Lisa Vernon
- 1956Mohawk — Cynthia Stanhope
- 1956Pardners — Carol Kingsley
- 1955Day the World Ended — Louise Madison
- 1955I Died a Thousand Times — Velma
- 1955Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki — Rosie Kettle
- 1955Revenge of the Creature — Helen Dobson
- 1955Sincerely Yours — Sarah Cosgrove
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- The Millionaire — Lorraine Daggett
- 1955Underwater! — Gloria
- Climax! — Mary
- 1954Destry — Martha Phillips
- 1953All I Desire — Lily Murdoch
- General Electric Theater — Sylvia
- 1953The All American — Sharon Wallace
- 1953Tumbleweed — Laura Saunders
- 1953Walking My Baby Back Home — Claire
- 1952Bend of the River — Marjie Baile
- 1952Francis Goes to West Point — Barbara Atwood
- 1952Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair — Rosie Kettle
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2014Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins — Self
- 2000Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle — Self