Leona Elaine Winona DaVinna (April 17, 1920 – November 17, 2020), known professionally as Kay Morley, was an American actress who worked in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. She was primarily known for her work in B movies.[1]
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| Born | Leona Elaine Winona DaVinna April 17, 1920 Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 100) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Crane Lloyd Baird |
| Children | 1 |
Morley died on November 17, 2020, at her home in Palm Springs, California, aged 100.[2]
Biography edit
Leona Elaine Winona DaVinna was born on April 17, 1920, in Pocatello, Idaho, and she spent her childhood on a Native American reservation where her father was superintendent.[3] She later recounted that she was visiting a friend in Hollywood when she was spotted by an agent at a soda counter.[3]
Morley got her start in Hollywood as a Goldwyn glamour girl. She appeared in a series of films in the 1940s, including Up in Arms and The Princess and the Pirate. In the 1950s, she worked mostly in television.[4]
She was married twice: to actor Richard Crane and to Lloyd Baird. She and Crane had at least one child together.[5][6][7]
Selected filmography edit
- Sealed Cargo (1951)
- Trails End (1949)
- Outlaw Brand (1948)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- Campus Honeymoon (1948)
- Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
- Code of the Saddle (1947)
- Six-Gun Serenade (1947)
- Betty Co-Ed (1946)
- It's a Pleasure (1945)
- The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
- Youth Aflame (1944)
- Show Business (1944)
- Up in Arms (1944)
References edit
- ^ Schaefer, Eric (1999). "Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!": A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822323747.
- ^ Elaine DeVinna Crane Baird
- ^ a b "Girls Get Goldwyn Chance". The Chicago Tribune. 3 Oct 1943. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Youth Aflame, Starring New Hollywood Find". The North Adams Transcript. 6 Apr 1945. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Marjorie Adams' Movie Question Box". The Boston Globe. 21 Jun 1961. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Newcomers Score Hits". The Lansing State Journal. 26 Sep 1948. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Snapshots of Hollywood". The San Francisco Examiner. 13 May 1944. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
External links edit
- Kay Morley at IMDb
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