Full Name Launa Anderson Role Film actress Name Lona Andre | Years active 1933–1947 Occupation Actress | |
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Died September 18, 1992, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies Custer's Last Stand, Our Relations, Lost in the Stratosphere, Death in the Air, The Merry Widow Similar People Elmer Clifton, Edward Norris, Ann Sheridan, Sheila Ryan, Harry Lachman | ||
1936 PILOT X (aka Death In The Air) - John Carroll, Lona Andre - Full movie
Lona Andre (March 2, 1915 – September 18, 1992) was an American film actress.
Contents
- 1936 PILOT X aka Death In The Air John Carroll Lona Andre Full movie
- Skybound 1935 ADVENTURE
- Biography
- Filmography
- References
Skybound (1935) ADVENTURE
Biography
Born Launa Anderson in Nashville, Tennessee, Andre attracted attention with her first films in Hollywood and was named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. After a strong finish in the Paramount Panther Woman Contest- won by Kathleen Burke - she was signed to a movie contract by Paramount Pictures. When Paramount did not renew her option, Andre worked as a freelance artist.
During the 1930s she appeared frequently in films, usually as the lead in "B" pictures, and by the end of the decade had starred in more than fifty films.
In 1934 Andre was part of the cast of School For Girls along with Toby Wing, Lois Wilson, Sidney Fox, and Dorothy Lee and in 1936 appeared alongside Laurel and Hardy in their feature film Our Relations.
In June 1935, Andre eloped to Santa Barbara, California to marry MGM actor Edward Norris. Andre filed for an annulment action four days after her marriage in Tijuana, Mexico. In October 1942, she married Richard E. Patton. She was later married to salesman, James T. Bolling, and was divorced from him in March 1947. (An Associated Press story dated May 23, 1947, reported that a judge granted the divorce "yesterday", which would have been May 22, 1947.)
In 1938 Andre set a world's golfing record for women by shooting 156 holes of golf in 11 hours and 56 minutes on the Lake Norconian, California course. Her best round was 91 for 18 holes and her worst was 115.
Her acting career was greatly diminished during the 1940s, and she made her last film appearance in 1949 in Two Knights from Brooklyn. After her film career ended she became a successful businesswoman and never returned to acting.
She was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.