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Louise Currie

Actress / Film Actress | * 04/07/1913 († 100, 09/08/2013) | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
Louise Currie (born Louise Gunter; April 7, 1913 – September 8, 2013) was an American film actress, active from 1940 into the early 1950s. ()

A B movie and serial actress of the 1940s. Born Louise Gunter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Moving to Hollywood, Currie enrolled in Max Reinhardt's drama school. “At the time, I was not necessarily a movie fan, but once I came to California, of course, that’s what California’s allabout, the movie industry.” Attracting the interest of movie scouts while appearing in one of the school’s stage productions, Currie surprised them by expressing no desire at that point to enter movies. She wanted to wait until she graduated, and was better equipped as an actress, before she decided her next career move. When she was ready, she signed with agent Sue Carol. After she made a movie at Columbia, Harry Cohn wanted to put her under contract, but Currie would have none of it – she thought it “would maybe be more interesting to freelance.” She stated in 1999 that that was “more fun for me because I was able to pick and choose and do what I wanted, rather than all the little contract players who had to do exactly as they were told and go into films that they didn’t want or like. So, I had my independence, and I chose to do it that way.” The not-overly-ambitious Currie worked steadily during the next few years, with small, uncredited parts in As and leads in Poverty Row flicks. She found herself in a bunch of Westerns – her bullwhip-carrying role in Gun Town was her favorite – and also as the heroine in Bela Lugosi’s The Ape Man. She was again menaced by Bela in Voodoo Man. Her most enduring and fondly remembered credit is Adventures of Captain Marvel, considered by many the greatest cliffhanger of all time; two years later, she acted for 12 episodes opposite another serial marvel: The Masked Marvel. Currie enjoyed the fast-paced shooting schedules of her B movies and serials: “Fortunately, I had enough training that I could do my scenes and not mess them up, not muff the lines. And I thought that was more stimulating and interesting than pictures like Citizen Kane [in which she played a reporter], where you just sat on a set for endless hours, doing nothing – which to me was just a trial and a bore. So I sort of enjoyed the activity, and the fact that you could do something quickly and do it well, and have it finished... But I’m sure that most of the people that started with big A productions would never have understood that, or been able to cope with it!”.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Western | Mystery

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Movies with Louise Currie as Actress(33)

as Alice Hamilton1966 Sakima and the Masked Marvel
as Secretary1951 Queen for a Day
as Miss Quigley1949 And Baby Makes Three
as Peggy Cartwright1947 The Chinese Ring
as Joan Summers1947 Second Chance
as Marian Gordon1947 Backlash
as Helen Brimstead1947 Three on a Ticket
as Heidi1947 The Crimson Key
as Buckskin Jane Sawyer1946 Gun Town
as Florabelle Bannister1946 Wild West
as Stella Saunders1944 Voodoo Man
as Louise Cortland1944 Million Dollar Kid
as Katherine Reynolds1944 Forty Thieves
as Alice Hamilton1943 The Masked Marvel
as Billie Mason1943 The Ape Man
as Susie - the New Bride1943 His Wedding Scare
as WAAC1943 Around the World
as Mrs. Egbert Slipp1943 A Blitz on the Fritz
as Nancy Drew1942 Stardust on the Sage
as Marjorie1942 The Bashful Bachelor
as Fay Springer1942 Tireman, Spare My Tires
as Betty Ainsley1941 The Pinto Kid
as Betty Wallace1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)1941 Citizen Kane
as Gail Sargent1941 Dude Cowboy
as Miss Mink1941 Double Trouble
as Jane (uncredited)1941 Look Who's Laughing
as Ann Roberts1940 Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Molly Fitzgerald1940 Billy the Kid Outlawed
as Marion (uncredited)1940 You'll Find Out
as Bordine's Girlfriend1940 The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Born: Monday, 04/07 1913 (April) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 09/08 2013 (September) in Santa Monica (aged: 100)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Sarah Lawrence College
Louise Currie frequently works together with these people:
Bela Lugosi (5x, Actor)
Orson Welles (4x, Actor)
Tom Steele (4x, Actor)
Allan Dwan (4x, Crew)
Vernon L. Walker (4x, Crew)
James V. Kern (4x, Crew)
Eddie Parker (4x, Actor)
Dave Stuckey (4x, Crew)
Byron Foulger (3x, Actor)
Frank O'Connor (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:486087, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024