From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She was known as Adrian Booth since 1945. Although she had a film test at Universal Studios and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures. As a Columbia contract player she appeared in the studio's shorts and serials, including Flying G-Men (starring Robert Paige), Pest from the West (starring Buster Keaton), and You Nazty Spy! (starring The Three Stooges). When her Columbia contract lapsed, she found work at Monogram Pictures, where she worked with action star Frankie Darro. Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range (1938) and appeared in the title role in O, My Darling Clementine (1943), a country music film starring Roy Acuff as a singing sheriff. In her Paramount films, such as Hold 'Em Navy, she was credited as Virginia Pound, but she was given the name Lorna Gray by Columbia and she used it from 1938 until 1945, when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures. She appeared as Lorna Gray in Republic's Federal Operator 99, but subsequently adopted the name Adrian Booth. At Republic, she often received co-star billing in Westerns, the only woman other than Dale Evans to be billed so highly at that studio. She also starred in Republic's serial about the comic book superhero Captain America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 1951Oh! Susanna — Lia Wilson
• 1951The Sea Hornet — Ginger Sullivan
• 1951Yellow Fin — Nurse Jean Elliott
• 1950Rock Island Trail — Aleeta
• 1950The Savage Horde — Livvy Weston
• 1949Brimstone — Molly
• 1949Hideout — Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth)
• 1949The Last Bandit — Kate Foley / Kate Sampson
• 1948California Firebrand — Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
• 1948Lightnin' in the Forest — Dell Parker
• 1948The Gallant Legion — Connie Faulkner
• 1948The Plunderers — Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth)
• 1947Along the Oregon Trail — Sally Dunn
• 1947Exposed — Judith Foresman (as Adrian Booth)
• 1947Last Frontier Uprising — Mary Lou Gardner (as Adrian Booth)
• 1947Spoilers of the North — Jane Koster
• 1947Under Colorado Skies — Julia Collins (as Adrian Booth)
• 1946Daughter of Don Q — Dolores Quantero
• 1946Home on the Range — Bonnie Garth
• 1946Man from Rainbow Valley — Kay North
• 1946Out California Way — Gloria McCoy
• 1946Valley of the Zombies — Nurse Susan Drake
• 1945Adventures of Kitty O'Day — Gloria Williams
• 1945Dakota — Entertainer (uncredited)
• 1945Fashion Model — Yvonne
• 1945Federal Operator 99 — Rita Parker
• 1945Tell It to a Star — Mona St. Clair
• 1944Captain America — Gail Richards
• 1944The Girl Who Dared — Ann Carroll
• 1943O, My Darling Clementine — Clementine Cheshire
• 1943So Proudly We Hail — Lt. Toni Dacolli
• 1942Perils of Nyoka — Vultura
• 1942Ridin' Down the Canyon — Barbara Joyce
• 1941Father Steps Out — Helen Matthews
• 1941Tuxedo Junction — Joan Gordon
• 1940Bullets for Rustlers — Ann Houston
• 1940Cafe Hostess — Cafe Hostess
• 1940Convicted Woman — Frankie Mason
• 1940Deadwood Dick — Anne Butler
• 1940Drums of the Desert — Helene Laroche
• 1940Rockin' Thru the Rockies — Flossie
• 1940Up in the Air — Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
• 1940You Nazty Spy! — Mattie Herring (uncredited)
• 1939Coast Guard — (uncredited)
• 1939Flying G-Men — Babs McKay
• 1939Good Girls Go to Paris — Bridesmaid (uncredited)
• 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — Woman at Station (uncredited)
• 1939Outside These Walls — Secretary (uncredited)
• 1939Pest from the West — Conchita
• 1939The Amazing Mr. Williams — Nurse (uncredited)
• 1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt — Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited)
• 1939The Man They Could Not Hang — Janet Savaard
• 1939The Stranger from Texas — Jean Browning
• 1939Three Sappy People — Sherry Rumsford
• 1938Adventure in Sahara — Carla Preston
• 1938Red River Range — Jane Mason
• 1938Smashing the Spy Ring — Nurse Anna Loring
• 1937Hold 'Em Navy — Girl

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story — Self (uncredited)