Lois Moran

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Her soft Irish beauty highlighted many films in the late 1920s and 1930s, but film actress Lois Moran's major claim to fame was as F. Scott Fitzgerald's inspiration for the character of "Rosemary" in his classic novel Tender Is the Night. Lois trained in dance while young and moved to Paris with her mother at the age of 10 to study seriously... See full bio »

Born:

Lois Darlington Dowling
March 1, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

July 13, 1990 (age 81) in Sedona, Arizona, USA

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1974 Alice in the Cities
Airport Hostess

1954-1955 Waterfront (TV series)
May (Mom) Herrick

– Beached (1955) … May (Mom) Herrick

– Family Problems (1954) … May (Mom) Herrick

– Cap'n John's Dilemma (1954) … May (Mom) Herrick

– Term Paper (1954) … May (Mom) Herrick

– Cap'n Long John (1954) … May (Mom) Herrick

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1954 The Lineup (TV series)
Mrs. Warner

– The Christmas Story (1954) … Mrs. Warner

1932 Ladies Not Allowed (short)

1931 West of Broadway
Dot

1931 Men in Her Life
Julia Cavanaugh

1931 The Spider
Beverly Lane

1931 Transatlantic
Judy Kramer

1930 Under Suspicion
Alice Freil

1930 The Dancers
Diana

1930 Not Damaged
Gwen Stewart

1930 Mammy
Nora Meadows

1929 A Song of Kentucky
Lee Coleman

1929 Words and Music
Mary Brown

1929 Behind That Curtain
Eve Mannering Durand

1929 Joy Street
Marie Colman (Mimi)

1929 Belle of Samoa (short)
The Belle of Samoa

1929 Making the Grade
Lettie Ewing

1929 True Heaven
Judith

1928 Blindfold
Mary Brower

1928 The River Pirate
Marjorie Cullen

1928 Don't Marry
Priscilla Bowen/Betty Bowen

1928 Love Hungry
Joan Robinson

1928 Sharp Shooters
Lorette

1927 The Irresistible Lover
Betty Kennedy

1927 Publicity Madness

1927 The Whirlwind of Youth
Nancy Hawthorne

1927 The Music Master
Helene Stanton

1926 God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Mary

1926 Prince of Tempters
Monica

1926 Padlocked
Edith Gilbert

1926 The Road to Mandalay
Joe's Daughter

1926 The Living Dead Man
Adrienne Paleari

1926 The Reckless Lady
Sylvia Fleming

1926 Just Suppose
Linda Lee Stafford

1926/II Camille (short)
Alice Brown

1925 Stella Dallas
Laurel Dallas

1924 La galerie des monstres
Ralda/Ofélia

1924 Hot Air (short)

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(stage) Of Thee I Sing - played Mary Turner in original Broadway production, Music Box Theatre, December 1931.

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Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald reportedly based the character Rosemary on Moran when he wrote "Tender is the Night." See more »

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