Lola Albright ~ Bio

Come take a peek at our guest star forum. Here you will find bios on many of our Bonanza guest stars. We offer guest star pictures of the day and regular guest star discussions.

Moderator: CowgirlAtHeart

Locked
User avatar
Gillie
Global Moderator
Global Moderator
Posts: 57424
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:35 pm
Badges: 664
Stories: 2
Who is your favorite Bonanza character?: Adam
Location: Northern California

Global Moderator St Patrick's Day Puzzlers 2024 Oscar Chat 2024 Lorne Greene Birthday 2024
Valentine's Day Card Guess the Guest Star 5 - 2024 Happy 16th Anniversary Happy New Year 2024
Holiday Participation 2023 Winter Memories 23/24 Deck The Halls Hometown Holiday Dec. 2023
Christmas Bauble 2023 Holiday Music 2023 Dan Birthday 2023 Thanksgiving Recipe 2023

View all badges

Lola Albright ~ Bio

Post by Gillie »

Lola Albright
Image

Lola Albright was born July 20, 1925 in Akron, Ohio.
Her job as a switchboard operator at a a local radio station
led to on-air work in minor roles.
She also worked as a model before heading to Hollywood in 1947.

Image

She began her 66-year career with an uncredited role in Unfinished Dance
which featured many who would also go on to long careers
—Danny Thomas, Cyd Charisse, Elinor Donahue, and Margaret O’Brian.

Image

After Unfinished Dance, she found work as an MGM singing extra in The Pirate (1948), and Easter Parade (1948).
Image

Lola worked throughout the 50’s, guest starring in many television shows includeing seven appearances as Kay Michaels in the Bob Cummings Show.

In 1958, she landed the role of sultry Edie Hart on the detective series Peter Gunn.
Image

Image
They made the cover of TV Guide.

Her popularity as sultry, dusky-voiced nightclub singer Edie Hart
on TV's Peter Gunn 1958 series
inspired two record albums, Lola Wants You and Dreamsville.

Image
Released 1957

Image
Released 1959

Lola received critical acclaim for her performances in A Cold Wind in August (1961), Joy House (1964), and How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967).
Image

In A Cold Wind in August, she "stirs the libido as a very classy ex-stripper Iris Hartford, an intoxicating woman who seduces a naive and inexperienced working-class boy, Vito Pellegrino (Scott Marlowe) who falls deeply in love with her."

Image

She also appeared five times on Burke’s Law between 1963-1965.

Image

In her many screen appearances, she was often cast as a saloon girl or entertainer.
Image

She won the "Best Actress" Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1966 for Lord Love a Duck where she played Tuesday Weld's mother.
Image

Lola appeared twice on Bonanza: once as Ann in The Search in 1965 where she and Adam search for Tom Burns...
Image

...and then as Dolly Bantree in A Bride for Buford in 1967.
Image
Dolly Bantree with Dan and Jack Elam in a Bride for Buford.
:thanks chey

Lola Albright married three times, though the name of her first husband remains obscure. Her second husband was Jack Carson. They co-starred in the movie, The Good Humor Man in 1950.
Image

The were married from 1951 to 1958.
Image

She married Bill Chadney, a jazz pianist, who played Emmet the piano player in Peter Gunn. The ceremony was held on May 20, 1961 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas; that marriage lasted until 1975. Bill opened three restaurants in the Los Angeles area. The Chadney's restaurants, which featured nightly live jazz and specialized in prime rib and steaks, were frequented by people from Hollywood. At the Burbank Chadney's, it was not unusual to see Johnny Carson, Bob Hope or Tom Brokaw hanging out with the denizens of the nearby NBC studios. Sounds like fun!

She retired in 1984 from acting,
but she appears to have returned in 2013 after a 30 year absence,
IMdb listed her as appearing as Kelly
in the television series, The Three Bits.
She would have been 88 years old in 2013.

Image

Lola Albright spent her remaining years living in Toluca Lake, California.
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 of natural causes at the age of 92.

A versatile and talented performer, she will be remembered.

Image

Image
Cold Wind in August promo
:bejules Proud Member of BHA
Proud owner of Adam's Guitar, Lafe's Auction June 2016

Adam to Joe: "You heard what he said. We look for little green men riding on hound dogs."
"Well, Jessie, I'm not just sure I pleased you." Jim Boyer
:grimesgirl
:dg

This topic has 13 replies

You must be a registered member and logged in to view the replies in this topic.


Register Login
 
Locked

Return to “Bonanza Guest Stars”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests