Lois Collier
Actor
Biography
Collier's acting career started in 1938, when she had a small but credited role in A Desperate Adventure, starring Ramon Novarro and Marian Marsh. From 1940 through 1949, her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies. During that period, she often starred opposite western stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Dennis Moore. In 1950, she starred in the sci-fi serial The Flying Disc Man from Mars.
Collier was sometimes called the Fourth Mesquiteer because seven of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers movies featured her as the female lead. Collier played Carol in the soap opera Dear John, which ran on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning December 6, 1948, she was featured in You, a program on KMGM in Los Angeles, California.
In 1949, Collier co-starred in City Desk, a drama about activity in the newsroom of a newspaper. From 1950 through 1957, she starred mostly on television series episodes. She played Mary, the hero's girlfriend and sidekick, in 58 episodes of the television series Boston Blackie, which ran from 1951 to 1954. She retired from acting after 1957.
Filmography
Weird Woman
as Margaret Mercer 1944
The Naughty Nineties
as Miss Caroline Jackson 1945
Cobra Woman
as Veeda 1944
Jungle Woman
as Joan Fletcher 1944
The Cat Creeps
as Gay Elliot 1946
Follow the Boys
as Lois Collier (uncredited) 1944
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Helen Hall 1950
Blondie Goes to College
as Coed 1942
Ice-Capades
as Audition Girl 1941
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Receptionist 1942
Young Ideas
as Co-ed (uncredited) 1943
Missile Monsters
as Helen 1958
Jungle Queen
as Pamela Courtney 1945
Girls of the Road
as Road Girl (Uncredited) 1940
Out of the Storm
as Ginny Powell 1948
Ladies Courageous
as Jill Romilly 1944