Lola Albright

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Lola Albright
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Albright as Edie Hart in Peter Gunn , 1959
Born
Lola Jean Albright

(1924-07-20)July 20, 1924
DiedMarch 23, 2017(2017-03-23) (aged 92)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, model
Years active1947–1984
Spouses
  • Warren Dean
    (m. 1944;div. 1949)
  • (m. 1952;div. 1958)
  • Bill Chadney
    (m. 1961;div. 1975)
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Lola Jean Albright (July 20, 1924 – March 23, 2017) was an American singer and actress, best known for playing the sultry singer Edie Hart, the girlfriend of private eye Peter Gunn, on all three seasons of the TV series Peter Gunn .

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Early years

Albright was born in Akron, Ohio, to Marion A. (née Harvey) and John Paul Albright, both of whom were gospel music singers. Lola's mother also was born in Ohio but her father was a native of North Dakota, who in 1930 supported the family by working as an inspector in a local insulating business. [1] [2]

Albright attended King Grammar School and was graduated from West High School in Akron in 1942. [3] [4] She sang in public at a young age and studied piano for 20 years. Beginning when she was 15 years old, she worked after school as a receptionist at radio station WAKR in Akron. [5] She left WAKR at the age of 18 and moved to Cleveland, taking a job as a stenographer at WTAM radio. Her first radio performance came on WJW in Cleveland. [3] Moving to Chicago, she worked as a photographer's model and was discovered by a talent scout, which led to her moving to Hollywood at the age of 23. [6]

Film

Albright made her motion-picture debut with a small singing role in the 1947 musical comedy The Unfinished Dance , and then appeared the following year in two Judy Garland movies: The Pirate and Easter Parade . She first gained studio and public notice in the 1949 film noir production Champion with her portrayal of the wife of a manipulative boxing manager; she falls for a prizefighter played by Kirk Douglas. [7] For the next several years, she appeared in secondary roles in over 20 films, including several B Westerns. Among them was a co-starring role in the slapstick comedy The Good Humor Man in 1950 with future husband Jack Carson.

Some of the films in which Albright appeared were Tulsa (1949), starring Susan Hayward; The Silver Whip (1953), in which she played Dale Robertson's love interest; and The Tender Trap (1955), in which she was one of several women trying to trap a bachelor, played by Frank Sinatra, into marriage.

In the early 1950s, Albright was also a frequent model for pinup painter Gil Elvgren. [8]

A Cold Wind in August

In 1961, she starred in Alexander Singer's A Cold Wind in August  a low-budget, black-and-white, independent film as a divorced burlesque show stripper in her 30s who becomes involved in a torrid romance with a 17-year-old boy. [7] Critic Pauline Kael offered high praise for Albright's performance. [9] In 1985, The New York Times also lauded Albright's acting in the film. [10] With respect to her personal assessment of her role in A Cold Wind in August, Albright said in 1961, "Some people come up to me and say, 'Lola, you shouldn't play that kind of part. It isn't you.' Well, I count to 10, bite my tongue, and then tell them that I'm an actress: I don't want to play myself." [11]

Later films

Her performance in A Cold Wind in August gave fresh impetus to her film career, leading to roles in Elvis Presley's musical Kid Galahad in 1962, in which she played the hard-boiled, long-time girlfriend of a cynical boxing manager played by Gig Young, and in French director René Clément's Joy House as a wealthy widow with a passion for handing out meals to the poor (albeit with an ulterior motive). In Lord Love a Duck (1966) she portrayed a cocktail waitress who turns suicidal when she thinks she has ruined her daughter Tuesday Weld's life. The next year, she was in the Western epic The Way West .

She gave up her feature-film career in 1968 after completing her work in The Impossible Years , a generation-gap farce in which she performed as Alice Kingsley, the despairing wife of a professor of psychiatry played by David Niven and the mother of two teenaged daughters. [7]

Television

With Craig Stevens in Peter Gunn (1960) Craig Stevens Lola Albright Peter Gunn 1960.jpg
With Craig Stevens in Peter Gunn (1960)
Eric Fleming and Allyn Joslyn in Rawhide (1964) Eric Fleming Lola Albright Allyn Joslyn Rawhide 1964.JPG
Eric Fleming and Allyn Joslyn in Rawhide (1964)

Unlike other film actors who were slow to begin acting in television, Albright was actively working in the medium from 1951. She appeared on the anthology series Lux Video Theatre in the episode "Inside Story". [3] Later she had a recurring role on The Bob Cummings Show in the 1950s, and made guest appearances on television series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Tales of Tomorrow (episode - All the Time in the World) The Thin Man , Gunsmoke , Rawhide , Laredo , Burke's Law , The Dick Van Dyke Show , My Three Sons , The Beverly Hillbillies , Bonanza (two episodes, including S6 E21 "The Search" 1965), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , Medical Center , Kojak , Columbo , McMillan & Wife , Quincy, M.E. , Starsky & Hutch , The Incredible Hulk , and Branded .

In 1958, Albright was cast in Peter Gunn, the television detective series produced by Blake Edwards and scored by Henry Mancini. She played sultry Edie Hart, a nightclub singer and the romantic interest of Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens). "She was perfect casting for that role because she had an off-the-cuff kind of jazz delivery that was very hard to find," Mancini said in 1992. "Just enough to believe that she'd be singing in that club and that she shouldn't be on Broadway or doing movies." [11] Over the course of 114 episodes produced for Peter Gunn, Albright sang in 38 of them, covering jazz classics such as "How High the Moon", [7] "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", "Easy Street", and "Day In, Day Out".

When actress Dorothy Malone had to undergo emergency surgery, Albright filled in for her as the character Constance MacKenzie on the primetime soap opera Peyton Place . At the time, Albright called the role "one of the biggest challenges of my theatrical career." [12] She continued to perform in films and to make guest appearances on television until her retirement in 1984. [7]

Music

Albright singing on Kraft Music Hall (1962) Lola Albright 1962.JPG
Albright singing on Kraft Music Hall (1962)

Columbia Records signed Albright as a vocalist, leading to the release of her album Lola Wants You in 1957. [5] [13] Albright's subsequent role on Peter Gunn and her performances singing on that series led directly to her second album, Dreamsville (1959), which was arranged by Henry Mancini and featured his orchestra. [14] Albright is one of the few nonmovie-soundtrack singers for whom Mancini arranged.

Recognition

In 1959, Albright was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series for her work on Peter Gunn. [15] In 1966, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival for her role in Lord Love a Duck . [16]

Personal life

Albright married and divorced three times. Her first marriage, to Cleveland radio announcer Warren K. Deem, occurred in 1944. They divorced in 1949. From 1951 to 1958, her second husband was actor Jack Carson, who had been her co-star in The Good Humor Man (1950). (Another source says that they married August 1, 1952, and divorced November 10, 1958.) [3]

Following her retirement from acting, Albright spent her remaining years living in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. In 2014, she fell and fractured her spine, an injury that contributed to a general decline in her health over the next three years. On March 23, 2017, Albright died at her home at the age of 92. [2] [17]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1947 The Unfinished Dance Fashion house associateUncredited
1948 The Pirate Manuela's friendUncredited
Easter Parade Hat modelUncredited
Julia Misbehaves MannequinUncredited
1949 Champion Palmer
Tulsa Candy Williams
The Girl from Jones Beach VickieUncredited
Bodyhold Mary Simmons
1950 The Good Humor Man Margie Bellew
Beauty on Parade Kay Woodstock
When You're Smiling Peggy Martin
He's a Cockeyed Wonder Actress in Drive-In movieUncredited
The Killer That Stalked New York Francie Bennet
Sierra Passage Ann Walker
1952 Arctic Flight Martha Raymond
1953 The Silver Whip Waco
1955 Treasure of Ruby Hills May
The Magnificent Matador Mona Wilton
The Tender Trap Poppy Masters
1957 Pawnee Meg Alden
The Monolith Monsters Cathy Barrett
Oregon Passage Sylvia Dane
1958 Seven Guns to Mesa Julie Westcott
1961 A Cold Wind in August Iris Hartford
1962 Kid Galahad Dolly Fletcher
1964 Joy House Barbara
1966 Lord Love a Duck Marie Greene
1967 The Way West Rebecca 'Becky' Evans
The Money Jungle Peggy Lido
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? Roberta Lane
The Impossible Years Alice Kingsley
The Helicopter Spies Azalea

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Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1951 Lux Video Theatre JenniferSeason 1 Episode 38: "Inside Story"
Lux Video Theatre MiriamSeason 2 Episode 13: "Stolen Years"
Armstrong Circle TheatreSeason 1 Episode 39: "Twenty-One Days"
1952 All Star Revue Guest vocalistEpisode: "2.24"
Tales of Tomorrow Carol WilliamsSeason 1 Episode 38: "The Miraculous Serum"
1953 Racket Squad Nancy MetcalfeSeason 3 Episode 16: "The System"
1954 Fireside Theatre JoyceSeason 6 Episode 32: "Invitation to Marriage"
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse JaneSeason 1 Episode 28: "Borrow My Car"
Duffy's TavernSherrySeason 1 Episode 20: "Archie Faces Marriage"
Adventures of the FalconSeason 1 Episode 23: "The Golden Phony"
1955 The Bob Cummings Show Kay Michaels(Season 2 Episode 3: "Bob Meets Fonda's Sister"), (Season 2 Episode 4: "Too Many Cooks"), (Season 2 Episode 5: "Bob Falls in Love"), (Season 2 Episode 6: "Hawaii Calls"), and (Season 2 Episode 9: "Wedding, Wedding, Who's Having a Wedding?")
Screen Directors Playhouse Nancy WheelerSeason 1 Episode 4: "Arroyo"
It's a Great Life MarilynSeason 2 Episode 9: "Double Date"
Gunsmoke Lucy HuntSeason 1 Episode 13: "Reed Survives"
1956 The Bob Cummings Show Kay MichaelsSeason 2 Episode 16: "The Letter"
Four Star Playhouse Beverly HudsonSeason 4 Episode 18: "No Limit"
The People's Choice DancerSeason 1 Episode 31: "Sock, the Budget Balancer"
Celebrity Playhouse Season 1 Episode 39: "Girl at Large"
The Red Skelton Hour Guest (as herself)Season 5 Episode 15: "Willie Resists Girls"
The Red Skelton Hour PriscillaSeason 6 Episode 7: "The First Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims"
1957 The Bob Cummings Show Kay MichaelsSeason 3 Episode 32: "Bob Calls Kay's Bluff"
The Red Skelton Hour Foreign SpySeason 7 Episode 8: "Bolivar the Repairman"
Code 3 CarolSeason 1 Episode 38: "Sunset Strip"
1958 The Thin Man Katherine WestSeason 1 Episode 29: "The Tennis Champ"
Panic! Karen AdamsSeason 2 Episode 12: "Fingerprints"
Target Season 1 Episode 39: "The Jewel Thief"
Peter Gunn Edie HartEpisodes: "The Kill", "Streetcar Jones", "The Vicious Dog", "The Blind Pianist", "The Frog", "Lynn's Blues", "Rough Buck", "Image of Sally", "The Man with the Scar", "The Torch", "The Leaper".
1959 Peter Gunn Edie HartEpisodes: "The Fuse", "Let's Kill Timothy", "Murder on the Midway", "Pecos Pete", "Scuba", "Edie Finds a Corpse", "The Ugly Frame", "The Lederer Story", "Breakout", "Skin Deep", "February Girl", "Love Me to Death", "The Family Affair", "Lady Windbell's Fan", "Bullet for a Badge", "Kill from Nowhere", "Vendetta", "The Coffin", "The Portrait", "Protection", "Crisscross", "Edge of the Knife", "Death Is a Red Rose", "The Feathered Doll", "Kidnap", "The Rifle", "The Game", "The Price Is Murder", "The Briefcase", "The Wolfe Case".
1960 Peter Gunn Edie HartEpisodes: "Hot Money", "Spell of Murder", "Sentenced", "The Hunt", "Sing a Song of Murder", "The Long, Long Ride", "The Deadly Proposition", "The Murder Clause", "The Dummy", "Slight Touch of Homicide", "Wings of an Angel", "Death Watch", "Witness in the Window", "Send a Thief", "The Semi-Private Eye", "The Heiress", "Baby Shoes", "The Passenger", "The Maître d'", "The Candidate", "The Judgement", "The Death Frame", "Death Across the Board", "The Long Green Kill", "Take Five for Murder", "Dream Big", "Dream Deadly", "Sepi".
Michael ShayneMarie LeonardSeason 1 Episode 4: "Framed in Blood"
1961 Peter Gunn Edie HartEpisodes: "The Royal Roust", "Bullet in Escrow", "I Know It's Murder", "A Kill and a Half", "The Deep End", "Portrait in Leather", "Come Dance with Me and Die", "Cry Love, Cry Murder", "A Penny Saved", "Short a Motive", "The Most Deadly Angel", "Till Death Do Us Part", "Death Is a Four Letter Word", "Deadly Intrusion", "Voodoo", "Murder on the Line".
The United States Steel Hour Season 8 Episode 20: "Famous"
King of DiamondsMargie HowardSeason 1 Episode 1: "The Wizard of Ice"
The Detectives Edna CravenSeason 3 Episode 11: "The Queen of Craven Point"
Adventures in Paradise Nita GrahamSeason 3 Episode 10: "One Way Ticket"
General Electric Theater Cathy ArmstrongSeason 10 Episode 4: "Cat in the Cradle"
1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents LisaSeason 7 Episode 18: "The Woman Who Wanted to Live"
Saints and SinnersEmily FielderSeason 1 Episode 1: "Dear George, the Siamese Cat Is Missing"
My Three Sons Paulette FrancisSeason 3 Episode 14: "Going Steady"
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Ruth BurkeSeason 1 Episode 9: "The Black Curtain"
1963 The Beverly Hillbillies Gloria BucklesSeason 1 Episode 27: "Granny's Spring Tonic"
The Third Man EdieEpisode: "The Way of McEagle"
The Eleventh Hour Lillian MarnellSeason 2 Episode 1: "Cold Hands, Warm Heart"
Burke's Law Shirley MillsSeason 1 Episode 4: "Who Killed Harris Crown?"
1964 Burke's Law Jennifer CarlisleSeason 1 Episode 27: "Who Killed WHO IV?"
Burke's Law Eve ChapinSeason 2 Episode 3: "Who Killed Cassandra Cass?"
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Eva MartinSeason 3 Episode 8: "Misadventure"
The Dick Van Dyke Show Paula MarshallSeason 3 Episode 24: "How to Spank a Star"
Dr. Kildare Gertrude CareySeason 3 Episode 29: "A Nickel's Worth of Prayer"
Rawhide Maribelle Ashton-WarnerSeason 6 Episode 25: "Incident of the Banker"
Mr. Broadway Duff DanielsSeason 1 Episode 11: "Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones"
Wagon Train Leonora ParkmanSeason 8 Episode 8: "Those Who Stay Behind"
1965 Burke's Law Peggy FrostSeason 2 Episode 17: "Who Killed Mother Goose?"
Burke's Law DeeDee BookerSeason 2 Episode 27: "Who Killed Nobody Somehow?"
Laredo Lilah EvansSeason 1 Episode 17: "Above the Law"
Will BannerTV movie
Rawhide Lottie DentonSeason 7 Episode 30: "The Gray Rock Hotel"
Branded Ann WilliamsSeason 2 Episode 3: "Mightier Than the Sword"
Bonanza AnnSeason 6 Episode 21: "The Search"
Peyton Place Constance Mackenzie CarsonEpisodes: "2.39", "2.40","2.41" (credit only), "2.42", "2.43" (credit only), "2.44", "2.45", "2.46" (credit only), "2.47", "2.48" (credit only).
1966 Peyton Place Constance Mackenzie CarsonEpisodes: "2.49", "2.50" (credit only), "2.51" (credit only), "2.52".
Branded Ann WilliamsSeason 2 Episode 31: "Cowards Die Many Times"
Branded Ann WilliamsSeason 2 Episode 32: "Kellie"
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Edith WoodlandSeason 3 Episode 21: "Runaway Boy"
1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation Mrs. PineTV movie
Bonanza Dolly BantreeSeason 8 Episode 18: "A Bride for Buford"
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Vickie TateSeason 4 Episode 25: "To Sleep, Perchance to Scream"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Azalea(Season 4 Episode 4: The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part I) and (Season 4 Episode 5: The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part II) (Released in 1968 as the feature-length film The Helicopter Spies)
Ready and WillingWilma O'BrienTV movie
Cimarron Strip Stacey HoustonSeason 1 Episode 11: "The Beast That Walks Like a Man"
1972 Medical Center Madeline BarrisSeason 4 Episode 3: "Condemned"
1973 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Mary FiskeSeason 1 Episode 5: "My Secret Mother"
Kojak Celia LambSeason 1 Episode 7: "The Corrupter"
1974 Medical Center GraceSeason 5 Episode 16: "No Escape"
1975The Nurse KillerHannahTV movie
Police Story MinnieSeason 3 Episode 2: "The Cutting Edge"
1976 McMillan & Wife Nurse FisherSeason 5 Episode 5: "The Deadly Cure"
Starsky and Hutch Lola TurkelSeason 1 Episode 22: "Bounty Hunter"
Columbo Clare DaleySeason 6 Episode 1: "Fade in to Murder"
1977 Delta County, U.S.A. Dossie WilsonTV movie
TerracesDorothea CabeTV movie
1978 Switch Millie TateSeason 3 Episode 12: "Who Killed Lila Craig?"
1981 The Incredible Hulk Elizabeth Collins(Season 4 Episode 12: "The First") and (Season 4 Episode 13: "The First: Part II")
1983 Quincy M.E. Liz McKennaSeason 8 Episode 19: "Murder on Ice"
1984 Airwolf Beatrice MorettiSeason 2 Episode 6: "Sins of the Past" (final television appearance)

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