Lola AlbrightAKA:
Lois Jean Albright
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
07/20/1925 Birthplace:
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biography
A charming but often miscast leading actress, with a tough style reminiscent of Barbara Stanwyck, Lola Albright was shown at her best in "A Cold Wind in August" (1961). She won the Best Actress award at the 1966 Berlin Film Festival for her performance in "Lord Love a Duck" as Tuesday Weld's mother who turns suicidal when she thinks she has ruined her daughter's life. Albright was also known to TV viewers as Edie Hart, the girlfriend of Craig Stevens' "Peter Gunn" (NBC, 1958-60; ABC 1960-61).Albright was a switchboard operator, stenographer and photographer's model while doing bit dramatic
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milestones
Year
Milestone
Raised in Akron, Ohio
In the early 1940s worked as receptionist at Akron radio station, occasionally performing in bit parts
1943
Began working regularly as radio performer; then worked as model
1947
Signed to a contract by MGM
1948
Film debut in a bit part in "The Pirate"
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