- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 7, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- September 8, 2013
Louise Currie
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 all about, 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 …
Filmography
movieLugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016 · Self
movieLugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997 · Self
Sakima and the Masked Marvel
movieSakima and the Masked Marvel
1966 · Alice Hamilton
movieQueen for a Day
1951 · Secretary
movieAnd Baby Makes Three
1949 · Miss Quigley
movieThe Chinese Ring
1947 · Peggy Cartwright
movieSecond Chance
1947 · Joan Summers
movieThe Crimson Key
1947 · Heidi
movieThree on a Ticket
1947 · Helen Brimstead
movieBacklash
1947 · Marian Gordon
movieWild West
1946 · Florabelle Bannister
movieGun Town
1946 · Buckskin Jane Sawyer
movieForty Thieves
1944 · Katherine Reynolds
movieChristmas Holiday
1944 · Stewardess (uncredited)
movieMillion Dollar Kid
1944 · Louise Cortland
movieVoodoo Man
1944 · Stella Saunders
movieAround the World
1943 · WAAC
movieThe Masked Marvel
1943 · Alice Hamilton
movieThe Ape Man
1943 · Billie Mason
movieA Blitz on the Fritz
1943 · Mrs. Egbert Slipp
movieHis Wedding Scare
1943 · Susie - the New Bride
Tireman, Spare My Tires
movieTireman, Spare My Tires
1942 · Fay Springer
movieStardust on the Sage
1942 · Nancy Drew
movieThe Bashful Bachelor
1942 · Marjorie
movieDude Cowboy
1941 · Gail Sargent
movieDouble Trouble
1941 · Miss Mink
movieLook Who's Laughing
1941 · Jane (uncredited)
movieCitizen Kane
1941 · Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
movieAdventures of Captain Marvel
1941 · Betty Wallace
movieThe Pinto Kid
1941 · Betty Ainsley
movieBilly the Kid's Gun Justice
1940 · Ann Roberts
movieA Volta do Besouro Verde
1940 · Bordine's Girlfriend
movieYou'll Find Out
1940 · Marion (uncredited)
movieBilly the Kid Outlawed
1940 · Molly Fitzgerald
movieMake Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)