Lona Andre
Lona Andre (born March 2, 1915 in Nashville , Tennessee , † September 18, 1992 in Los Angeles , California ), born Launa Anderson , was an American film actress who appeared in a variety of films, especially in the 1930s. When she got fewer and fewer film offers in the 1940s, she withdrew from the film business and from then on worked as a real estate agent .
Life
1932 Lona Andre took part in a nationwide competition that the film company Paramount Pictures had proclaimed to cast the role of panther woman in the horror film The Island of Lost Souls (original title Island of Lost Souls ). Lona Andre took second place in the final selection. The role went to competition winner Kathleen Burke , but Paramount was so taken with the young woman that she soon made several film offers. Also in 1932 Andre was elected one of the so-called WAMPAS Baby Stars .
Lona Andre first appeared in front of the camera in the 1933 western The Mysterious Rider , in which she played the lead female role. In her next film, The Woman Accused , she played (albeit an insignificantly small supporting role) alongside film stars such as Cary Grant , Nancy Carroll and John Halliday . In her particularly active early years of 1933 and 1934, she took part in a total of 20 films, 10 of which were shot each year. Only two of these films were given a German title: Escape from Yesterday and The Merry Widow . In the latter film, Maurice Chevalier played the lead role.
In 1935 Lona Andre married her fellow actor Edward Norris , but the marriage was annulled after just four days . In the 1940s, Lona Andre was married twice, but these two marriages did not last long either. Their last marriage was divorced in 1947, and in the same year she made her last short film, The Case of the Baby Sitter . The Internet Movie Database comments on her acting career as follows: "An attractive actress whose main characteristic was her cute dimples, Lona Andre has played leading actresses in supporting and supporting roles in major films for most of her career."
Her remains are in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale , California, where a number of celebrities are buried; including Elizabeth Taylor , Ronald Reagan and Michael Jackson .
Filmography (selection)
In the following filmography only films with a German title are mentioned:
- 1933: Escape from yesterday ( pick-up )
- 1934: The Merry Widow ( The Merry Widow ) - with Maurice Chevalier
- 1935: Rivals of the Gas Station ( One Run Elmer ) - short film with Buster Keaton
- 1935: Broadway Melody of 1936 ( Broadway Melody of 1936 ) - with Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor
- 1936: Laurel and Hardy: The Doppelgangers ( Our Relations ) - with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- 1936: The Plainsman ( The Plainsman ) - with Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur
- 1942: Abbott and Costello among cannibals ( Pardon My Sarong ) - with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Web links
- Lona Andre at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lona Andre: A Starlet Who Got Stuck (article from March 2, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lona Andre (1915–1992) at www.findagrave.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andre, Lona |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Launa (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nashville , Tennessee , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1992 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |