Lois Andrews
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{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name =
| image = Lois Andrews pin-up, Yank, The Army Weekly (1943).png
| caption = Andrews in 1943
| birth_name = Lorraine Gourley
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|3|24}}
| birth_place = Huntington Park, California. U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|4|5|1924|3|24}}
| death_place = Encino, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{marriage|George Jessel|1940|1943|end=div}}
- {{marriage|David Street|1945|1946|end=annulled}}
- {{marriage|Steve Brodie|1946|1949|end=div}}
- {{marriage|Ernest Brunner
|1952}}
}}
| children = 1
| yearsactive = 1943–1951
}}
Lois Andrews (born Lorraine Gourley; March 24, 1924 – April 5, 1968) was an American actress who played in films during the 1940s and early 1950s.
She is perhaps best known for her first role in 1943 as the comic strip character Dixie Dugan in the Twentieth Century Fox film of the same name. Her husband, George Jessel, produced a number of films in which she had minor roles, including The Desert Hawk (1950), and Meet Me After the Show (1951).[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=101993 Erickson, Hal. Capsule review of Meet Me After the Show (1951) from AllMovieGuide.com, New York Times website.] Accessed March 28, 2009.
Personal life
Andrews was born in Huntington Park, California.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021022205/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1723/Lois-Andrews Capsule bio, New York Times website.] Accessed March 28, 2009. Andrews married four times. While still in her teens, Andrews was married to Jessel from 1940 to 1943.[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=116325 Erickson, Hal. Capsule review of Western Heritage (1948) from AllMovieGuide.com, New York Times.] Accessed March 28, 2009. They wed when she was 16, and they had a daughter, Jerilyn.{{cite news|title=Actress Will Wed Millionaire's Son|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5980741/the_fresno_bee_the_republican/|work=The Fresno Bee The Republican|agency=International News Service|date=August 9, 1944|location=California, Fresno|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 23, 2016}} {{Open access}}
Her second marriage (October 27, 1945), to actor-singer David Street, was annulled in April 1946.{{cite news|title=Lois Andrews Weds Actor Steve Brodie|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5980850/pottstown_mercury/|work=Pottstown Mercury|agency=Associated Press|date=November 7, 1946|location=Pennsylvania, Pottstown|page=13|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 22, 2016}} {{Open access}}
She was married to the actor Steve Brodie from October 14, 1946, until 1949. (Two newspaper articles say that she divorced Brodie March 3, 1949.){{cite news|title=Actress Lois Andrews Given Third Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5980962/council_bluffs_nonpareil/|work=Council Bluffs Nonpareil|agency=Associated Press|date=March 5, 1949|location=Iowa, Council Bluffs|page=7|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 22, 2016}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Lois Andrews Reports $50,000 Jewel Robbery|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5980574/the_bakersfield_californian/|work=The Bakersfield Californian|agency=International News Service|date=July 7, 1949|location=(California, Bakersfield)|page=20|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 22, 2016}} {{Open access}}
Andrews married musician and actor Ernest Brunner in December 1952.{{cite news|title=Actress Lois Andrews Reveals Fourth Spouse|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5981579/albuquerque_journal/|work=Albuquerque Journal|agency=International News Service|date=March 16, 1953|location=New Mexico, Albuquerque|page=9|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 23, 2016}} {{Open access}}
Death
Andrews died of lung cancer at the age of 44.
Filmography
- Dixie Dugan (1943) as Dixie Dugan
- Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) as Daisy
- Western Heritage (1948) as Cleo Raymond
- Rustlers (1949) as Trixie Fontaine
- The Desert Hawk (1950) as Maznah
- Meet Me After the Show (1951) as Gloria Carstairs
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0028749}}
- {{Find a Grave|19533}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in California
Category:People from Huntington Park, California
Category:20th-century American actresses
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