Lori March
{{short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lori March
| image = Lori March in One Step Beyond (The Open Window).jpg
| caption = March in an episode of One Step Beyond (1959)
| birth_name = Lori von Eltz
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|3|6}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|3|19|1923|3|6}}
| death_place = Redding, Connecticut, U.S.
| resting_place = Church of the Transfiguration
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1949-1982
| spouse = Alexander Scourby (1943–1985) (his death) (1 child)
Howard Taubman (1988–1996) (his death)
Milton L. Williams (1997–2008) (his death){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/arts/television/lori-march-secret-storm-actress-dies-at-90.html|title=Lori March, 'Secret Storm' Actress, Dies at 90|date=27 March 2013|work=The New York Times|accessdate=11 September 2016}}
| parents = Theodore von Eltz and Peggy Prior
Joseph Moncure March (adoptive father)
}}
Lori March (March 6, 1923 – March 19, 2013) was an American television actress. She was best known for her roles on daytime soap operas. Her obituary on the Television Academy's web site noted that she "was dubbed 'First Lady of Daytime Television'."{{cite news|title=Lori March, Memorable Matriarch of Daytime's Secret Storm|url=http://www.emmys.com/news/news/lori-march-memorable-matriarch-daytimes-secret-storm|accessdate=6 May 2017|date=May 21, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506005407/http://www.emmys.com/news/news/lori-march-memorable-matriarch-daytimes-secret-storm|archivedate=6 May 2017|page=6 March 2017}}
Radio
(1955) NBC Radio drama X-1 episode: Knock - Actor as Grace
Early years
March was born in Hollywood, California. She was the daughter of Theodore von Eltz, an actor, and Peggy Prior, a screenwriter. Poet Joseph Moncure March was her adoptive father.{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786476657|page=239|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQKhAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Lori+March%22&pg=PA239|accessdate=6 May 2017|language=en}} She attended Beverly Hills High School.{{cite news|last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Actress Lori March Scourby Dies at 90 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lori-march-scourby-secret-storm-twilight-zone-430803 |accessdate=5 May 2017 |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=March 25, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506004411/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lori-march-scourby-secret-storm-twilight-zone-430803 |archivedate=6 May 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown }} She studied theatre at HB Studio[https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ HB Studio Alumni] in New York City.
Stage
March's Broadway credits include Giants, Sons of Giants (1961), The Chalk Garden (1955), and Charley's Aunt (1953).{{cite web|title=("Lori March" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?shows=on&people=on&theatres=on&q=Lori+March&qasset=00000150-ac83-d16d-a550-ecbf84ca0002|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|accessdate=6 May 2017}}
Television
March played Lenore Bradley on the soap opera The Brighter Day{{r|etvs|page1=136}}. Her other soap operas and roles included Three Steps to Heaven (Jennifer),{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=1079|edition=2nd}} As the World Turns (Nurse Harris), The Secret Storm (Valerie Hill Ames Northcoate), One Life to Live (Adele Huddleston), The Edge of Night (Mrs. Hinson), Texas (Mildred Canfield), Another Life (Barbara Gilbert), The Guiding Light (Lady Agnes Gilmore), and Another World (Abigail Kramer). She appeared in 6 Perry Mason episodes including the role of defendant Paula Wallace in "The Case of the Wary Wildcatter" (1960),
defendant Edna Culross in "The Case of the Posthumous Painter" (1961) and murderess Olive Omstead in "The Case of the Capricious Corpse" (1962).
Personal life
In May 1943, March married actor Alexander Scourby.
Death
Selected television credits
- Man Against Crime (1953) (Season 4 Episode 37: "Black Leg-White Tie") as Margaret
- Three Steps to Heaven (1953–1954) (380 episodes) as Jennifer Alden
- The Brighter Day (1956–1958) as Lenore Bradley
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 5: "The $2,000,000 Defense") as Eve Ashley
- Perry Mason (1958–1964) (5 episodes) as Helen Lessing / Paula Wallace / Edna Culross / Olive Omstead / Madame Zillia
- The Twilight Zone (1960) (Season 1 Episode 14: "Third from the Sun") as Eve Sturka
- Dr. Kildare (1963) (Season 3 Episode 11: "The Backslider") as Ruth Keening
- The Secret Storm (1964–1974) (22 episodes) as Valerie Ames / Valerie Ames Northcote
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- One Life to Live (1979) (2 episodes) as Adele Huddleston
- The Edge of Night (1980) (5 episodes) as Mrs. Henson
- Texas (1982) (26 episodes) as Mildred Canfield
Film credits
- Ransom! (1956) as Elizabeth Stannard
- Lovers and Lollipops (1956) as Ann
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0545318}}
- {{IBDB name|477825}}
- {{iobdb name|34049}}
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Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:People from Redding, Connecticut
Category:21st-century American women
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