From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 studios shorts and serials including Flying GMen 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 Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range 1938 and appeared in the title role in O My Darling Clementine 1943 a country music film starring Roy Acuff as a singing sheriff In her Paramount films such as Hold Em Navy she was credited as Virginia Pound but she was given the name Lorna Gray by Columbia and she used it from 1938 until 1945 when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures She appeared as Lorna Gray in Republics Federal Operator 99 but subsequently adopted the name Adrian Booth At Republic she often received costar billing in Westerns the only woman other than Dale Evans to be billed so highly at that studio She also starred in Republics serial about the comic book superhero Captain America Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Gray licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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