Louise Latimer (actress)

{{short description|American actress}}

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| image = Louise-lattimer-trailer.jpg

| caption = Louise Latimer in trailer to California Straight Ahead! (1937)

| name = Louise Latimer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|3|6}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|6|16|1913|3|6}}

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| yearsactive = 1934–1937

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{marriage | Erwin Gelsey|1936||}}

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Louise Latimer (March 6, 1913 – June 16, 1973) was an American film actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1937 California Straight Ahead!.

On Broadway, Latimer portrayed Jean in The Scene of the Crime (1940) and Lydia in When in Rome (1934).{{cite web |title=Louise Latimer |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/louise-latimer-49005 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=April 10, 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200410014516/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/louise-latimer-49005 |archivedate=April 10, 2020}} She arrived in California on December 19, 1935, to begin working in films. She studied with drama coach Lela E. Rogers.{{cite news |last1=Lindeman |first1=Edith |title=Hollywood's Young Stars Are Made, Not Born |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/828040678/?match=1&terms=%22Louise%20Latimer%22%20actress |access-date=August 30, 2024 |work=Richmond Times Dispatch |date=June 29, 1936 |page=6|via = Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}

During World War II, she was active with the American Red Cross and various Catholic charities, helping to promote the war effort.{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}