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| name = Lorna Gray | image = Lorna Gray Federal Operator 99 02 (cropped).jpg | caption = Gray in Federal Operator 99, 1945 | birth_name = Virginia Pound | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|7|26}} | birth_place = Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|04|30|1917|7|26}} | death_place = Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1937–1951 | other_names = Lorna Gray, Adrian Booth, Adrian Brian, Adrian Booth Brian | spouse = David Brian (1949–1993; his death) | signature = LG-Signature-ABB.png }} Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She was known as Adrian Booth since 1945. Early yearsGray was born Virginia Pound in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1] After her father's millinery business was a victim of the Great Depression, the family split up. Before appearing in films, Gray sang with a group in Cleveland called Ben Yost's Varsity Coeds, who performed primarily in movie theaters before the movie began.[2] CareerAlthough she had a film test at Universal Studios and a brief contract with Paramount Pictures, she made her first big film for Columbia Pictures. As a Columbia contract player she appeared in the studio's shorts and serials, including Flying G-Men (starring Robert Paige), Pest from the West (starring Buster Keaton), and You Nazty Spy! (starring The Three Stooges). When her Columbia contract lapsed, she found work at Monogram Pictures, where she worked with action star Frankie Darro.[3] Gray also starred opposite John Wayne in Red River Range (1938) and appeared in the title role in O, My Darling Clementine (1943), a country music film starring Roy Acuff as a singing sheriff.[4] In her Paramount films, such as Hold 'Em Navy, she was credited as Virginia Pound, but she was given the name Lorna Gray by Columbia and she used it from 1938 until 1945, when she left Columbia and moved to Republic Pictures. She appeared as Lorna Gray in Republic's Federal Operator 99, but subsequently adopted the name Adrian Booth.[5] At Republic, she often received co-star billing in Westerns, the only woman other than Dale Evans to be billed so highly at that studio.[2] She also starred in Republic's serial about the comic book superhero Captain America. Personal lifeIn 1945, shortly after signing a contract with Republic Pictures, she and the stunt performer Ruel F. Taylor were arrested for "suspicion of possessing marijuana in Los Angeles." A $1,000 bail set her free.[6] She was later exonerated after Taylor testified at his preliminary hearing that Gray had not used the marijuana and was not aware of it.[7] She married actor David Brian[8] on July 19, 1949,[2] and retired from motion pictures. As Adrian Booth, she was awarded the Golden Boot Award in 1998 and attended film festivals into her nineties.[5] She appeared as a guest at the annual Three Stooges convention held in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, on April 30, 2011. DeathGray died in Sherman Oaks, California on April 30, 2017, three months shy of her 100th birthday.[9][10] Filmography
References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Neill|first1=Frank|title=In Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5326066/long_beach_independent/|work=Long Beach Independent|agency=International News Service|date=February 9, 1950|location=California, Long Beach|page=24|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 20, 2016}} {{Open access}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Magers|first1=Boyd|last2=Fitzgerald|first2=Michael G.|title=Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television Westerns from the 1930s to the 1960s|date=2004|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=9780786420285|pages=45–52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2YvBhX8CZ0C&q=Adrian+Booth#v=snippet&q=Adrian%20Booth&f=false|language=en}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.republicpictures75th.com/celebs/bios/booth/bio2_adrianbooth.html | title=Adrian Booth biography | publisher=Republic Pictures 75th | accessdate=May 2, 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies28.htm | title=Lorna Gray/Adrian Booth | publisher=B-Westerns | accessdate=May 2, 2014}} 5. ^1 "Yo, Adrian! Adrian Booth at the Memphis Film Festival" The Blood-shot Eye (2007) {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20080719183458/http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/beifuss/archives/2007/06/adrian_booth.html |date=July 19, 2008 }} 6. ^{{cite web | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/michigan/benton-harbor/benton-harbor-news-palladium/1945/03-06?tag=virginia+pound&rtserp=tags/?ndt=by&py=1943&pey=1949&pep=virginia-pound/ | title=Virginia Pound, 1936 Bud Queen, Arrested On Marijuana Charge | publisher=Benton Harbor News Palladium | date=March 6, 1945 | accessdate=January 22, 2016 | pages=1}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Actress Exonerated in Marijuana Case|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5326319/the_bakersfield_californian/|work=The Bakersfield Californian|agency=Associated Press|date=March 7, 1945|location=California, Bakersfield|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 20, 2016}} {{Open access}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Fidler|first1=Jimmie|title=In Hollywood With Jimmie Fidler|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4871092/monroe_morning_world/|agency=Monroe Morning World|date=October 2, 1949|location=Louisiana, Monroe|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 20, 2016}} {{Open access}} 9. ^{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lorna-gray-dead-queen-columbia-republic-pictures-shorts-serials-was-99-999014 |title=Lorna Gray, Queen of Shorts and Serials at Columbia and Republic Pictures, Dies at 99 |first=Mike |last=Barnes |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 3, 2017 |issn=0018-3660}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/notable-deaths/article/adrian-booth-1917-2017|title=Adrian Booth (1917 - 2017)|first=Legacy.com|last=Staff|date=May 1, 2017|publisher=|accessdate=May 3, 2017}} External links
8 : 1917 births|2017 deaths|Actresses from Grand Rapids, Michigan|American film actresses|Film serial actresses|Paramount Pictures contract players|Western (genre) film actresses|20th-century American actresses |
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