Biography
Lori Nelson was an American actress born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 1933. She began as a performer, dancing at the young age of 4, as well as winning a Little Miss America title. Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful. However, in 1952, she made it into her first role as Marjie Baile in Bend of the River. Many of her roles were large, but were mostly in 1950s B-movies. Today, she is acting sparingly, most recently in The Naked Monster. She costarred with Barbara Eden in the series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959). However, she also had a well-remembered role as Mara, the Mayor's daughter, opposite Van Johnson (who played two roles) in the 1957 made-for-TV musical film The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a motion picture which premiered on NBC and then went on to be syndicated and shown annually on local television stations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies & TV Shows
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Bend of the River (1952) — Marjie Baile
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Revenge of the Creature (1955) — Helen Dobson
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E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
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Day the World Ended (1955) — Louise Madison
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Pardners (1956) — Carol Kingsley
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All I Desire (1953) — Lily Murdoch
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Family Affair (1966)
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Destry (1954) — Martha Phillips
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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — White Antelope aka Doris Albright
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I Died a Thousand Times (1955) — Velma
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Untamed Youth (1957) — Jane Lowe
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Underwater! (1955) — Gloria
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957) — Mara
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Tumbleweed (1953) — Laura Saunders
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Mohawk (1956) — Cynthia Stanhope
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Francis Goes to West Point (1952) — Barbara Atwood
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The Naked Monster (2005) — Dr. Helen Dobson
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Climax! (1954)
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Hot Rod Girl (1956) — Lisa Vernon
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The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) — Rosie Kettle
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Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (2000) — Self
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Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) — Rosie Kettle
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Sincerely Yours (1955) — Sarah Cosgrove
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Sugarfoot (1957) — Ellen Conway
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Lock-Up (1959)
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General Electric Theater (1953) — Sylvia
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The Texan (1958)
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Outlaw's Son (1957) — Lila Costain
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The Millionaire (1955) — Lorraine Daggett
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Mom, Can I Keep Her? (1998) — Stephanie
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Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) — Claire
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The All American (1953) — Sharon Wallace
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Secret Sins of the Father (1994) — Mrs. Lieber
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How to Marry a Millionaire (1957)
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Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins (2014) — Self