Lois Collier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.1859

Gender

Female

Birthday

21-Mar-1919

Age

(107 years old)

Place of Birth

Salley, South Carolina, USA

Also Known As
  • Lois Collyer
  • Madelyn Earle Jones

Lois Collier

Biography

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.


Credits

Miss Mink of 1949 Miss Mink of 1949 (1949) Character: Alice Forrester
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
My Son, The Hero My Son, The Hero (1943) Character: Nancy Cavanaugh
Learning that his long-unseen son is soon to arrive for a visit, a small-time con-man enlists the help of his cronies to help him pretend to be a wealthy and important businessman. Comedy.
Rhythm Inn Rhythm Inn (1951) Character: Betty Parker
A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a local club if he will let the band "borrow" their instruments at night. The clerk's girlfriend, however, thinks that the band singer is after more than her boyfriend's songs.
Penthouse Rhythm Penthouse Rhythm (1945) Character: Linda Reynolds
Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline
Missile Monsters Missile Monsters (1958) Character: Helen
A warlord from Mars recruits an Earth industrialist with a Nazi past to manufacture weapons by means of which Mars can take over the Earth. Feature version of the 1951 movie serial "Flying Disc Man from Mars".
She's for Me She's for Me (1943) Character: Eileen Crane
Two lawyers fall for their beautiful client.
Arthur Takes Over Arthur Takes Over (1948) Character: Margaret Bixby
A young woman must find a way to break the news to her parents and a stuffy suitor that she is now married to a sailor.
The Man Who Returned to Life The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) Character: Mary Tuller
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
Prices Unlimited Prices Unlimited (1944) Character: N/A
Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely lifted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.
Girls of the Road Girls of the Road (1940) Character: Road Girl (Uncredited)
The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, job-seekers and fugitives - either running from or toward something as they hitch-hike their way across the United States.
Follow the Boys Follow the Boys (1944) Character: Lois Collier (uncredited)
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.
Ice-Capades Ice-Capades (1941) Character: Audition Girl
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating on a different New York rink and pass her off as Karen. The scheme backfires when promoter Larry Herman takes a look at Bob's film and decides to make the skater a star. Unfortunately, it's actually amateur (and illegal immigrant) Marie Bergin in the newsreel footage, not the great figure skater from Switzerland. Chaos ensues as Bob tries to straighten everybody out.
The Crimson Canary The Crimson Canary (1945) Character: Jean Walker
When a conniving female singer turns up dead, with the evidence pointing to the band’s drummer, jazz trumpeter Danny Brooks attempts to clear him—only to implicate himself and the rest of the band in the process. Can a jazz-loving police detective and Danny’s fiancée solve the case before the next downbeat?
Westward Ho Westward Ho (1942) Character: Anne Henderson
The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Joslin, here played respectively by Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis. Our heroes converge on a small town to solve a series of mysterious bank robberies.
Wild Beauty Wild Beauty (1946) Character: Linda Gibson
In this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle doctor who helps the boy save his beloved steed from the cruel industrialist who has been slaughtering horses and using their hides for making shoes. Read more at http://www.allmovie.com/movie/wild-beauty-v117011#MPOP1dAiWrjP7tqA.99
A Night in Casablanca A Night in Casablanca (1946) Character: Annette
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Jungle Queen Jungle Queen (1945) Character: Pamela Courtney
A young girl journeys to Africa to find her father, an explorer who vanished in the jungle.
Cobra Woman Cobra Woman (1944) Character: Veeda
A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.
Young Ideas Young Ideas (1943) Character: Co-ed (uncredited)
A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
The Naughty Nineties The Naughty Nineties (1945) Character: Miss Caroline Jackson
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941) Character: Doris Sheldon
The Cherokee Strip is off limits to the Rangers, so that is where badman Lemar operates from. When the Rangers capture his brother and the jury sentences him to hang, Lemar starts killing the jurists. Then the scoundrels kidnap the Captain's daughter Doris... Written by Tony Fontana
Out of the Storm Out of the Storm (1948) Character: Ginny Powell
Donald Lewis is a low-paid clerk in a high-profile shipbuilding firm. When the company is robbed in broad daylight, Lewis gathers up $100,000 on his own and skeedaddles, figuring that the lost funds will be attributed to the holdup. Before his girlfriend Ginny can persuade him to go straight, the hapless Lewis finds himself hotly pursued by cops and crooks alike.
West of Cimarron West of Cimarron (1941) Character: Doris Conway
The Mesquiteers return to Texas after the Civil War to find Army carpetbaggers fighting the local bushwackers. They quickly learn that Capt. Hawks and his men are the culprits and join up with Morgan and his men.
Sailors on Leave Sailors on Leave (1941) Character: Pretty Brunette (uncredited)
If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.
The Phantom Plainsmen The Phantom Plainsmen (1942) Character: Judy Barrett
In 1937 the life in out West has not changed much. The boys are working at the Wyoming ranch of Captain Marvin herding horses which he sells to Kurt Redman. Marvin will not sell any horses to any army, but the boys find out that Redman is a German agent shipping the horses directly to the Third Reich. When Marvin tries to stop Redman, his son Tad, who is studying medicine in Germany, is arrested and held hostage. Marvin must fire the boys as the sneaky German agents take over the ranch, but the boys will not give up their attempt to stop them.
Gauchos of El Dorado Gauchos of El Dorado (1941) Character: Ellen
It's "The Three Mesquiteers" again. Gaucho escapes from Braden's gang only to be shot by them. The Mesquiteers drive away the outlaws and take his money on to his mother. But Isabella thinks Tucson is her long lost son and they don't have the heart to tell her he is dead.
Jungle Safari Jungle Safari (1956) Character: Pamela Courtney
Feature version of the 1945 Universal serial, JUNGLE QUEEN.
Blondie Goes to College Blondie Goes to College (1942) Character: Coed
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant does the same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too.
Flying Disc Man from Mars Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) Character: Helen Hall
Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which has become too dangerous); opposing his authority is Kent Fowler, who resists the alien plot, without understanding its details.
Get Going Get Going (1943) Character: Doris
Judy King, newly arrived in Washington, applies for a secretary job with a government agency and while being interviewed by Bob Carlton, an agent with the bureau, jokingly hints she may be a spy. While investigating her, he clears Judy and falls in love with her... and then uncovers a real Nazi spy ring.
The Cat Creeps The Cat Creeps (1946) Character: Gay Elliot
A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.
Girl on the Spot Girl on the Spot (1946) Character: Kathy Lorenz
Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the wings awaiting a cue. Lois Collier is the girl-on-the-spot of the title because she was on the scene of a murder. The police conclude she didn't do it and they use her to set a trap for the real killer, a G&S addict, by financing a Broadway production starring Collier.
Slave Girl Slave Girl (1947) Character: Aleta
Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becoming involved in middle-East tribal wars.
Santa Fe Scouts Santa Fe Scouts (1943) Character: Claire Robbins
This late entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" series stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmy Dodd as, respectively, Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Johnson. This time out, the Mesquiteers try to help young Tim Clay (John James), who's been framed for murder by villains who want to gain possession of Clay's ranch property.
Weird Woman Weird Woman (1944) Character: Margaret Mercer
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?
Raiders of the Range Raiders of the Range (1942) Character: Jean Travers
Daggett is out to stop the completion of an oil well. He cheats Foster at poker and then forces him to delay the drilling. But the Mesquiteers are on the job with Lulaby posing as a cleaning lady to get evidence.
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950) Character: Anne Howe Palooka
A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey Pennyworth's hometown.
Ladies Courageous Ladies Courageous (1944) Character: Jill Romilly
Loretta Young stars in this drama about female pilots during WWII.
Jungle Woman Jungle Woman (1944) Character: Joan Fletcher
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) Character: Receptionist
A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine, believed to be living there under an assumed name. The close-knit town of upstanding citizens is understandably upset by this venture, all the moreso when some of its citizens begin to be murdered. The radio personality and the local newspaper's young daughter collaborate on solving the murders while revealing Valentine, who has become one of the suspects.



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