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Christine McIntyre(1911-1984)

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Christine McIntyre
One of five children, Christine Cecilia McIntyre was born in Nogales, Arizona, on April 26, 1911, to John and Edna (nee Barnaby) McIntyre. In the early 1930s, Christine received a Bachelor of Music degree at Chicago Musical College, where she honed her operatic soprano voice (which can be heard in a handful of her movies); she also began her radio career in Chicago. By 1936, she was acting on the professional stage in L.A., starring in plays such as "The Bird of Paradise" with actors like Pierce Lyden. She broke into movies with a small role in Swing Fever (1937), signing for feature films with RKO. This led to a series of B westerns with stars like Buck Jones, Johnny Mack Brown, and Ray Corrigan. Then, in 1944, with her hair newly dyed blonde, she was discovered by producer Hugh McCollum at Columbia Pictures and signed a ten-year contract to do shorts for the studio. Over the next decade, she worked with comedians such as Andy Clyde, Hugh Herbert, and Shemp Howard (solo), not to mention both Joe Besser and Joe DeRita. However, she will forever be remembered for her prolific work with The Three Stooges. A favorite concert piece of hers, Johann Strauss' "Voice of Spring," was the basis for the 1945 Stooges short Micro-Phonies (1945), considered by many Stooge fans as the trio's finest effort and which also provides the best example of Christine's beautifully pure operatic soprano voice as she sings the above-mentioned aria (which Curly Howard, as "Senorita Cucaracha," hilariously lip-synchs to). Always focused, always a presence onscreen, Christine developed into a first-rate comedic actress--her timing was impeccable and she wasn't afraid to get "down and dirty" with slapstick experts such as the Stooges (she even beat up poor Shemp Howard in the classic Sulhanen ilman morsianta (1947), then knocked him through a door), and it was merely through unfortunate twists of fate that she never segued over into television at the same time that funnywomen Lucille Ball and Imogene Coca were making their small-screen marks. Though Christine's career at Columbia consisted mostly of comedy shorts, she did show up in occasional features, often westerns. In 1953, near the end of her Columbia contract, she married radio producer/writer/actor J. Donald Wilson (not to be confused with Jack Benny's announcer Don Wilson), and soon after retired from show business. Christine and J. Donald spent the next 30 years developing joint careers in real estate. The former actress passed away in Van Nuys, California, on July 8, 1984, six months after her husband.
BornApril 16, 1911
DiedJuly 8, 1984(73)
BornApril 16, 1911
DiedJuly 8, 1984(73)
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Christine McIntyre in Shivering Sherlocks (1948)
Shemp Howard and Christine McIntyre in Dopey Dicks (1950)
Christine McIntyre in Pardon My Terror (1946)
Christine McIntyre in Pardon My Terror (1946)
Christine McIntyre and Duke York in Shivering Sherlocks (1948)
Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Danny Lewis, Christine McIntyre, and Brian O'Hara in Three Hams on Rye (1950)
Christine McIntyre and Leonard Penn in Wanted: Dead or Alive (1951)
Johnny Mack Brown and Christine McIntyre in Colorado Ambush (1951)
Maude Eburne, Buck Jones, Robert Lowery, Christine McIntyre, and Silver in Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
Robert Lowery and Christine McIntyre in Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
Christine McIntyre and Dennis Moore in Frontier Feud (1945)
Johnny Mack Brown, Jack Ingram, and Christine McIntyre in Frontier Feud (1945)

Known for:

Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, and Philip Van Zandt in Scotched in Scotland (1954)
Scotched in Scotland
7.1
Short
  • Lorna Doone
  • 1954
Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Christine McIntyre in All Gummed Up (1947)
All Gummed Up
7.5
Short
  • Mrs. Serena Flint
  • 1947
Olin Francis, Fred Scott, and Al St. John in The Rangers' Round-Up (1938)
The Rangers' Round-Up
6.0
  • Mary
  • 1938
Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, and Emil Sitka in Bubble Trouble (1953)
Bubble Trouble
7.0
Short
  • Serena Flint
  • 1953

Credits

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Actress

  • Gypped in the Penthouse (1955)
    Of Cash and Hash
    7.0
    Short
    • Gladys Harmon
    • 1955
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, and Philip Van Zandt in Scotched in Scotland (1954)
    Scotched in Scotland
    7.1
    Short
    • Lorna Doone
    • 1954
  • The Fire Chaser (1954)
    The Fire Chaser
    5.9
    Short
    • Mae Knott
    • 1954
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Christine McIntyre in Knutzy Knights (1954)
    Knutzy Knights
    6.8
    Short
    • Princess Elaine
    • 1954
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Ruth Godfrey, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, and Norma Randall in Pals and Gals (1954)
    Pals and Gals
    6.6
    Short
    • Nell
    • 1954
  • Doggie in the Bedroom
    Short
    • Wally's Wife
    • 1954
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, and Emil Sitka in Bubble Trouble (1953)
    Bubble Trouble
    7.0
    Short
    • Serena Flint
    • 1953
  • Oh, Say Can You Sue
    Short
    • Mrs. Jack (Betty) Wilson
    • 1953
  • Jock Mahoney in The Range Rider (1951)
    The Range Rider
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Belle Clayton
    • Ruby Doyle
    • Sharon
    • 1951–1952
  • Stuart Randall in Mark Saber (1951)
    Mark Saber
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Lanie Winters
    • 1952
  • The Gink at the Sink
    Short
    • Pearl the Plumber
    • 1952
  • Kent Taylor in Boston Blackie (1951)
    Boston Blackie
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Peggy Kent
    • 1951
  • Racket Squad (1950)
    Racket Squad
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Abercrombie
    • 1951
  • She Took a Powder
    Short
    • 1951
  • Wally Brown, Jack Kirkwood, and Christine McIntyre in From Rogues to Riches (1951)
    From Rogues to Riches
    Short
    • Kennedy's Wife
    • 1951

Soundtrack

  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Christine McIntyre in Squareheads of the Round Table (1948)
    Squareheads of the Round Table
    7.4
    Short
    • performer: "Oh, Elaine" (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Christine McIntyre in Out West (1947)
    Out West
    7.4
    Short
    • performer: "The Last Rose of Summer" (Flowtow)
    • 1947
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard in Micro-Phonies (1945)
    Micro-Phonies
    8.1
    Short
    • performer: "Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410" (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Pistol Packin' Nitwits
    4.5
    Short
    • performer: "Father, Dear Father"
    • 1945
  • Mona Barrie, Rex Bell, Raymond Hatton, and Buck Jones in Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
    Dawn on the Great Divide
    5.9
    • performer: "Beautiful Dreamer" (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton in Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
    Blondie Takes a Vacation
    6.8
    • performer: "Love in Bloom" (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Olin Francis, Fred Scott, and Al St. John in The Rangers' Round-Up (1938)
    The Rangers' Round-Up
    6.0
    • performer: "Just a Spanish Shawl"
    • 1938

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Christine MacIntyre
  • Height
    • 1.60 m
  • Born
    • April 16, 1911
    • Nogales, Arizona, USA
  • Died
    • July 8, 1984
    • Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Spouse
    • J. Donald WilsonJune 27, 1953 - January 26, 1984 (his death)
  • Children
    • No Children
  • Parents
      John Edward McIntyre
  • Relatives
      Marian Edna McIntyre Walecki(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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    Widely considered by fans to have been as important to The Three Stooges as Margaret Dumont was to The Marx Brothers.
  • Nickname
    • Christine MacIntyre

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