Lois Andrews (1924 - 1968)

American Actress. Born in Huntington Park, California, as Lorraine Gourley, she played in films during the 1940s and early 1950s. She is perhaps best known for her first role in 1943 as the comic strip character Dixie Dugan in the Twentieth Century Fox film of the same name. While still in her teens, she was […]

Lois Austin (1901 - 1957)

Actress. She appeared in 58 movies in the 1940s and 1950s, usually playing society ladies, although many of her roles were uncredited. She is remembered particularly for her role as “Mom” in the sexploitation thriller “Mom and Dad” (1944). In the 1951 television series “The Amos ‘n Andy Show”, she played Harriet Harrington and Mrs […]

Lois Collier (1922 - 1999)

Motion Picture Actress. She was known as a “Queen of the B’s” for her participation in many popular low-budget, or “B”, movies. She appeared in Jungle Queen (1945), Cobra Woman (1944), Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941), West of Cimarron (1941), The Phantom Plainsmen (1942), Santa Fe Scouts (1943), Ladies Courageous (1944), The Crimson Canary (1945), […]

Lois Hall (1926 - 2006)

Actress. Her career began as a leading lady in Westerns for Republic Pictures and spanned six decades. Her notable films include “Every Girl Should be Married” (1948), “Love Happy” (1949), “My Blue Heaven” (1950), “Carrie” (1952), and “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1954). On television  she appeared in “The Lone Ranger”, “Marcus Welby, M.D.”, “Little […]

Lois Hamilton (1952 - 1999)

Lois Hamilton was born Lois Aurino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at Temple University in her native Philadelphia before going on to the University of Florence in Florence, Italy, where she received degrees in Psychology and Fine Arts. Her looks brought an opportunity with the Ford Modeling Agency where she became one of its top models […]

Lois Marshall (1924 - 1997)

Lois Catherine Marshall, CC (January 29, 1924–February 19, 1997) was a Canadian soprano. Her husband, Weldon Kilburn, had been her early coach and piano accompanist. Born in Toronto, Lois Marshall “began voice studies at age 12 with Weldon Kilburn (at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto), her accompanist and coach until 1971 and to whom […]

Lois Maxwell (1927 - 2007)

Moving to Hollywood at the age of 20, Lois Maxwell won the actress Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in the Shirley Temple comedy That Hagen Girl (1947).[3] In 1949, she participated in a Life magazine photo layout, in which she posed with another up-and-coming actress, Marilyn Monroe. It was at […]

Lois Moran (1909 - 1990)

Lois Moran (March 1, 1909 – July 13, 1990) was an American film actress. She was born Lois Darlington Dowling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Sedona, Arizona. Her career began in 1921, and Moran appeared in a couple of silent movies in the early 1920s. She is probably best known for her role, as Laurel Dallas, […]

Lois Nettleton (1927 - 2008)

Lois Nettleton was born on August 16, 1927 in Oak Park, Illinois to Virginia and Edward L. Nettleton. She was Miss Chicago of 1948 as well as a semifinalist at the Miss America 1948 Pageant. Her professional acting career began in 1949. She understudied Barbara Bel Geddes in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ […]

Lois Ramsey (1922 - 2016)

Actress. Born Lois June Dickson, she was a prominent actress who was known for her performances as eccentric old ladies on various television series. Her first acting role was in the television series “Consider Your Verdict” which aired from 1962 to 1963. She would go on to have a long career in television with such […]

Lois Wilson (1894 - 1988)

Popular actress of the 1910s thru 1950s. Celebrated silent-era actress who successfully transitioned into ‘talkies,’ appearing in many motion pictures of the 1930s and 40s. After her screen career, she went on to work on the live stage and in television. Sister of actress Diana Kane. (bio by: A.J. Marik) Cause of death: Pneumonia

Lola Cardona (1936 - 2006)

Stage and Screen Actress. She was born in Valencia (Spain) and died in Madrid (Spain). She began her career on stage, becoming one of the most important stage actresses in Spain. She appeared in more than 50 plays such as “El Milagro de Anna Sullivan,” “El Tragaluz,” “Hay que Deshacer la Casa” and “Los Verdes […]

Lola Flores (1923 - 1995)

Lola Flores, a native of Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz (Andalucía, Spain) was an icon of traditional Andalusian folklore, recognized throughout Spain as well as internationally. She became a famous dancer and singer of Andalusian folklore at a very young age, performing flamenco, copla, and chotis and appearing in films from 1939 to 1987. She […]

Lola Gaos (1921 - 1993)

Noted Spanish screen and stage actress. She is best remembered for her films “Esa Pareja Feliz,” “Tristana,” and “Furtivos.” On stage she appeared in “Espectros” and “La Casa de Bernarda Alba.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Lola Greene Baldwin (1970 - 1957)

First Policewoman of the United States. Born Aurora “Lola” Greene in Elmira, New York. Her father died in 1877, causing Lola to quit high school to earn money. She taught school for a number of years in New York and Nebraska before marrying LeGrand Baldwin in 1884. During her remaining years in Lincoln, she found […]

Lola Lane (1909 - 1981)

Actress. Born Dorothy Mullican in Macy, Indiana, she began her career in a musical act with her sisters actresses Priscilla and Rosemary Lane in 1920s. Together they started performing on Broadway when they were signed to Warner Bros. Studios in 1937 and as sisters they appeared “Four Wives” (1939). On her own, she appeared in […]

Lola Lizarán (1970 - 2003)

Actress. She was born in Esparreguera, Barcelona, Catalunya. There, she performed the role of Virgin Mary in the traditional Holy Week (Passió) of the village. She worked on stage, television and cinema. On stage, she appeared among others in “Doña Florentina y su Amor Homero” and “The Little Shop of Horrors.” She is fondly remembered […]

Lola Membrives (1888 - 1969)

Legendary Actress. One of the greatest performers of the Spanish repertory. Born Dolores Membrives Fernández in Buenos Aires, she made her debut in Spain in 1902. When she returned to Buenos Aires in 1905, she began an artistic career that lasted more than sixty years. (bio by: 380W)

Lola Montez (1821 - 1861)

Entertainer, American Folk Figure. Cause of death: Pneumonia

Lolita Torres (1930 - 2002)

Singer and actress. Born Beatriz Mariana Torres, she was one of the top actresses of Argentina’s golden era of cinema. Her cinema career made her very popular in countries like Spain and Russia. (bio by: 380W)

Lon Chaney (1883 - 1930)

Actor. He moved from the stage to the screen in 1912, gradually getting more important parts, until his work in the 1919 film ‘The Miracle Worker’ established his reputation as one of the best character actors in Hollywood. Four years later, in 1923, his reputation increased even more with the release of ‘The Hunchback of […]

Lon Chaney, Jr (1906 - 1973)

Actor. One of the most emblematic horror film stars of the 1940s. Though given the name “Creighton Chaney” by his parents, he took the name “Lon Chaney, Jr.” at the behest of a producer who wished to capitalize on the reputation of his father, who had starred in such silent classics as “The Hunchback of […]

Lona Andre (1915 - 1992)

Actress. From 1933 to 1949 this attractive brunette with the famous dimples appeared in more than fifty films becoming one of Hollywood’s most noticeable stars. Born Launa Anderson in Nashville, Tennessee she first gained media attention in 1932 when she was named a “Baby Star” by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers. After her […]

Loni Heuser (1908 - 1999)

Motion Picture Actress. Born in Dusseldorf. Appeared in “Decision Before Dawn” (1951), “Schlagerparade” (Hit Parade) (1953), “Treue Husar, Der” (The Faithfull Hussar) (1954), “Blaue Nachtfalter, Der” (The Blue Nightreveler) (1959), “Saison in Salzburg” (Season in Salzburg) (1961), “Frauenarzt Dr. Sibelius”( Dr. Sibelius) (1962), and “Kommissar X-Drei Goldene Schlangen” (The Island of Lost Girls) (1968). Married […]

Loni Nest (1915 - 1990)

Actress. A child star, she is remembered for her numerous appearances in German silent films of the 1920s. Born Eleonore Nest, she was raised in Berlin and got her start in show business when her image on a Sunday School poster for her father’s church was spotted by a movie executive. Loni made her silver […]

Lonnie “Ted” Binion (1943 - 1998)

Casino magnate. His family started The Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas.  Family links:  Parents:  Benny Binion (1904 – 1989)  Francis Jane Henderson Binion (1916 – 1994)  Sibling:  Barbara Shirlen Binion Fechser (1934 – 1983)*  Lonnie Binion (1943 – 1998) *Calculated relationship

Lonnie Mack (1941 - 2016)

Lonnie Mack Lonnie Mack, the blues-rock pioneer who influenced an entire generation of guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, died Thursday at a medical facility near his home in Smithville, Tennessee. Mack was 74. Alligator Records confirmed the guitar great’s death, adding that Mack had died of natural causes. In […]

Lonny Chapman (1920 - 2007)

Lonny Chapman was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but lived thereafter in Joplin, Missouri. He graduated from Joplin High School and, in 1940, from Joplin Junior College, the predecessor institution of Missouri Southern. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps served in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, Chapman graduated from […]

Lorayne Duval (1910 - 1996)

Actress. American stage and silent-screen figure. She appeared with Reginald Denny in the 1929 comedy “His Lucky Day.” (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Lord Richard Attenborough (1923 - 2014)

English Actor, Director, Producer, and Academy Award Winner. He is probably best remembered for his roles in the films “Brighton Rock” (1947), “The Great Escape” (1963), “10 Rillington Place” (1971), “Miracle on 34th Street” (1971) and “Jurassic Park” (1993) as well as the Academy Award winning director and producer for “Ghandi” (1973). Born Richard Samuel […]