Other names Lita Ward Role Film actress Name Amelita Ward | Years active 1943 - 1949 Occupation Actress | |
Born July 17, 1923 Magnolia, West VirginiaUnited States Children Leo Gorcey Jr., Jan Gorcey Movies The Jungle Captive, The Falcon In Danger, Clancy Street Boys, Gildersleeve's Ghost, Seven Days Ashore Similar People Leo Gorcey, John H Auer, Bernard Gorcey, Sam Katzman, Frank McDonald | ||
Amelita Ward (1923–1987) was an American film actress. She played supporting roles in over 20 films between 1943 and 1949, generally in B Pictures such as Gangway for Tomorrow and The Falcon in Danger (1943). She was sometimes credited as Lita Ward.
Ward's father was Claude "Bud" Ward, a production manager for NBC.
Two producers discovered Ward while they were in Harlingen, Texas, filming scenes on location. That led to her first film role, in Aerial Gunner (1943).
Ward married Leo Gorcey on February 10, 1949, in Ensenada, Mexico. They had two children and later divorced in February 1956.
Selected filmography
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