Lois Collier
Biography
Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars. Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California. In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.
Known For
Screen Director's Playhouse
Boston Blackie
Dick Tracy
A Night in Casablanca
Cobra Woman
Jungle Woman
Follow the Boys
The Man Who Returned to Life
All Movies (40)
- Missile Monsters1958 · as Helen
- Jungle Safari1956 · as Pamela Courtney
- Rhythm Inn1951 · as Betty Parker
- Flying Disc Man from Mars1950 · as Helen Hall
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance1950 · as Anne Howe Palooka
- Miss Mink of 19491949 · as Alice Forrester
- Out of the Storm1948 · as Ginny Powell
- Arthur Takes Over1948 · as Margaret Bixby
- Slave Girl1947 · as Aleta
- Wild Beauty1946 · as Linda Gibson
- The Cat Creeps1946 · as Gay Elliot
- A Night in Casablanca1946 · as Annette
- Girl on the Spot1946 · as Kathy Lorenz
- The Crimson Canary1945 · as Jean Walker
- Penthouse Rhythm1945 · as Linda Reynolds
- The Naughty Nineties1945 · as Miss Caroline Jackson
- Jungle Queen1945 · as Pamela Courtney
- Jungle Woman1944 · as Joan Fletcher
- Cobra Woman1944 · as Veeda
- Follow the Boys1944 · as Lois Collier (uncredited)
- Prices Unlimited1944
- Weird Woman1944 · as Margaret Mercer
- Ladies Courageous1944 · as Jill Romilly
- She's for Me1943 · as Eileen Crane
- Young Ideas1943 · as Co-ed (uncredited)
- Get Going1943 · as Doris
- Santa Fe Scouts1943 · as Claire Robbins
- My Son, The Hero1943 · as Nancy Cavanaugh
- The Phantom Plainsmen1942 · as Judy Barrett
- Westward Ho1942 · as Anne Henderson
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine1942 · as Receptionist
- Raiders of the Range1942 · as Jean Travers
- The Man Who Returned to Life1942 · as Mary Tuller
- Blondie Goes to College1942 · as Coed
- West of Cimarron1941 · as Doris Conway
- Gauchos of El Dorado1941 · as Ellen
- Sailors on Leave1941 · as Pretty Brunette (uncredited)
- Outlaws of Cherokee Trail1941 · as Doris Sheldon
- Ice-Capades1941 · as Audition Girl
- Girls of the Road1940 · as Road Girl (Uncredited)
All TV Shows (3)
- Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Lady Elaine
- Boston Blackie1951 · as Mary Wesley
- Dick Tracy1950 · as Fluff