Teala Loring
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Teala Loring was an American actress who appeared in over thirty films during the 1940s. Born Marcia Griffin in Denver, Colorado
, she was the sister of actors Debra Paget
, Lisa Gaye
, and Reull Shayne. At the start of her film career, she was sometimes credited as Judith Gibson.
From 1942, Loring appeared in uncredited or bit parts in films at Paramount
, turning up as a cigarette girl in Holiday Inn
and as a telephone operator in Double Indemnity, for example.
in 1945-46, she appeared in ten films released by Poverty Row
studio Monogram Pictures
, including two starring Kay Francis
, Allotment Wives
(1945) and Wife Wanted (1946). Of her portrayal of a young mother caught up in an illegal adoption scheme in 1945's Black Market Babies, The New York Times noted that Loring and co-star Maris Wrixon
"struggle fitfully with the lines accorded the two principal mothers" in what it called an "uninspired minor melodrama."
Having failed to achieve the success that sister Paget would capture in the 1950s, Loring made her final film, Arizona Cowboy (supporting Western star Rex Allen
in his screen debut), in 1950.
Loring died at the age of 84 in January 2007 from injuries she sustained in an automobile accident in Spring, Texas. She was married to Eugene Pickler, and had 6 children.
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, she was the sister of actors Debra Paget
Debra Paget
Debra Paget is an American actress and entertainer who rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s in a variety of feature films including Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments and Love Me Tender, the film début of Elvis Presley.-Early life and career:Paget was born in Denver, Colorado...
, Lisa Gaye
Lisa Gaye
Lisa Gaye is a former American actress, singer and dancer.She was born Lezlie Gae Griffin in Denver, Colorado. The family moved from Denver to Los Angeles in the 1930s to be close to the developing film industry. Her mother, actress Margaret Griffin, was determined that Gaye and her siblings would...
, and Reull Shayne. At the start of her film career, she was sometimes credited as Judith Gibson.
From 1942, Loring appeared in uncredited or bit parts in films at Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, turning up as a cigarette girl in Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn (film)
Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with music by Irving Berlin. The film has twelve songs written expressly for the film, the most notable being "White Christmas"...
and as a telephone operator in Double Indemnity, for example.
in 1945-46, she appeared in ten films released by Poverty Row
Poverty Row
Poverty Row is a slang term used in Hollywood from the late silent period through the mid-fifties to refer to a variety of small and mostly short-lived B movie studios...
studio Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures Corporation is a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to...
, including two starring Kay Francis
Kay Francis
Kay Francis was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress...
, Allotment Wives
Allotment Wives
Allotment Wives is a film noir starring Kay Francis in her final screen appearance. An army investigator tries to shut down a scam that preys on soldiers and unknowingly falls in love with the woman behind it.-Cast:*Kay Francis as Sheila Seymour...
(1945) and Wife Wanted (1946). Of her portrayal of a young mother caught up in an illegal adoption scheme in 1945's Black Market Babies, The New York Times noted that Loring and co-star Maris Wrixon
Maris Wrixon
Maris Wrixon was an American film and television actress. She appeared in over 50 films between 1939 and 1951....
"struggle fitfully with the lines accorded the two principal mothers" in what it called an "uninspired minor melodrama."
Having failed to achieve the success that sister Paget would capture in the 1950s, Loring made her final film, Arizona Cowboy (supporting Western star Rex Allen
Rex Allen
Rex Elvie Allen was an American film actor, singer and songwriter, known as the Arizona Cowboy, particularly known as the narrator in many Disney nature and Western film productions. For contributions to the recording industry, Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-Family...
in his screen debut), in 1950.
Loring died at the age of 84 in January 2007 from injuries she sustained in an automobile accident in Spring, Texas. She was married to Eugene Pickler, and had 6 children.
External links
- Brief biography and filmography at The New York Times
- New York Times review of Black Market Babies, April 1, 1946 (registration required).