Actor
Lorna Gray
July 26, 1917 · Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She was known as Adrian Booth since 1945. Although she had a film test at Universal Studios and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures.
As a Columbia contract player she appeared in the studio's shorts and serials, including Flying G-Men (starring Robert Paige), Pest from the West (starring Buster Keaton), and You Nazty Spy! (starring The Three Stooges). When her Columbia contract lapsed, she found work at Monogram Pictures, where she worked with action star Frankie Darro.
Notable work
Often works with
Don Beddoe
9 titles together
The Man They Could Not Hang, You Nazty Spy!, Three Sappy People
Dick Curtis
5 titles together
The Man They Could Not Hang, You Nazty Spy!, Rockin' Thru the Rockies
James Craig
4 titles together
The Man They Could Not Hang, The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, Cafe Hostess
Stanley Brown
4 titles together
The Man They Could Not Hang, The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, Adventure in Sahara
Pierre Watkin
3 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Dakota, Rock Island Trail
Dick Elliott
3 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Amazing Mr. Williams, Rock Island Trail
Full filmography · 58
The Sea Hornet
as Ginger Sullivan
1951
Yellow Fin
as Nurse Jean Elliott
1951
Oh! Susanna
as Lia Wilson
1951
The Savage Horde
as Livvy Weston
1950
Rock Island Trail
as Aleeta
1950
Brimstone
as Molly
1949
Hideout
as Betty, alias Hannah Kelly (as Adrian Booth)
1949
The Last Bandit
as Kate Foley / Kate Sampson
1949
The Plunderers
as Julie Ann McCabe (as Adrian Booth)
1948
The Gallant Legion
as Connie Faulkner
1948
California Firebrand
as Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
1948
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Dell Parker
1948