Lois Collier
Born
March 21, 1919
Died
January 27, 1999 (79 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Salley, South Carolina, USA
Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars.
Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California.
In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.
Missile Monsters
Helen
1958
Jungle Safari
Pamela Courtney
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
Lady Elaine · (1 episode)
1955
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
(58 episodes)
1951
Rhythm Inn
Betty Parker
1951
Flying Disc Man from Mars
Helen Hall
1950
Dick Tracy
Fluff · (4 episodes)
1950
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Anne Howe Palooka
1950
Miss Mink of 1949
Alice Forrester
1949
Out of the Storm
Ginny Powell
1948
Arthur Takes Over
Margaret Bixby
1948
Slave Girl
Aleta
1947
Wild Beauty
Linda Gibson
1946
The Cat Creeps
Gay Elliot
1946
A Night in Casablanca
Annette
1946
Girl on the Spot
Kathy Lorenz
1946
The Crimson Canary
Jean Walker
1945
Penthouse Rhythm
Linda Reynolds
1945
The Naughty Nineties
Miss Caroline Jackson
1945
Jungle Queen
Pamela Courtney
1945
Jungle Woman
Joan Fletcher
1944
Cobra Woman
Veeda
1944
Prices Unlimited
1944
Weird Woman
Margaret Mercer
1944
Ladies Courageous
Jill Romilly
1944
She's for Me
Eileen Crane
1943
Young Ideas
Co-ed (uncredited)
1943
Get Going
Doris
1943
Santa Fe Scouts
Claire Robbins
1943
My Son, The Hero
Nancy Cavanaugh
1943
The Phantom Plainsmen
Judy Barrett
1942
Westward Ho
Anne Henderson
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Receptionist
1942
Raiders of the Range
Jean Travers
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Mary Tuller
1942
Blondie Goes to College
Coed
1942
West of Cimarron
Doris Conway
1941
Gauchos of El Dorado
Ellen
1941
Sailors on Leave
Pretty Brunette (uncredited)
1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Doris Sheldon
1941
Ice-Capades
Audition Girl
1941
Girls of the Road
Road Girl (Uncredited)
1940