Lorraine Miller (actress)

Lorraine Miller (January 5, 1922 – February 6, 1978[citation needed] ) was an American actress. She is best known for appearing in the film The White Gorilla (1945).

Lorraine Miller
Miller in Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Born(1922-01-05)January 5, 1922
DiedFebruary 6, 1978(1978-02-06) (aged 56)
OccupationActress
Years active1936–1961
Spouse(s)Edward Buzzell
(m. 1949; div. 19??)

Miller was the daughter of Charles W. Miller, an electrical engineer. She attended Michigan State College before she became an actress.[1]

In 1944, a photograph of Miller that was printed on postcards resulted in a lawsuit. She sued Photo Specialty Company, Samuel Goldwyn, and others for $50,000, saying that the widely distributed postcards harmed her career, reduced her earning power, and embarrassed her. Taken when Miller worked for Goldwyn, the photograph showed Miller in black lingerie on a white fur rug and had the caption "Samuel Goldwyn's Most Cuddlesome Blonde". The lawsuit said that Miller had not given her consent for use of the image.[2] In 1945 she was a dancer at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe.[3]

On Broadway, Miller appeared in Happy Birthday (1946) and Magdalena (1948).[4]

She married American film actor and director Edward Buzzell on December 10, 1949,[5] in Palm Springs, California.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1936 Colleen Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1939 All Women Have Secrets Marie
1941 All-American Co-ed Cherry Queen (uncredited)
1941 Mitt Me Tonight (short)
1941 Ball of Fire Girl in Café (uncredited)
1942 She's in the Army Nightclub Singer
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm Dancer - 'Swing Shift' Number / Girl - Bob Hope Skit (uncredited)
1943 Happy Go Lucky Showgirl (uncredited)
1943 The Crystal Ball Garter Girl (uncredited)
1943 Riders of the Rio Grande Janet Owens
1943 Hi Diddle Diddle Director's Friend
1943 Beyond the Last Frontier Susan Cook
1943 Riding High Blanche (uncredited)
1944 Up in Arms Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair Bit Role (uncredited)
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
1944 Music for Millions Girl (uncredited)
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray Chorine (uncredited)
1945 Between Two Women Marion
1945 The White Gorilla Ruth Stacey
1945 Three in the Saddle Peggy Barlow
1945 Ziegfeld Follies Dancer (uncredited)
1945 Frontier Fugitives Ellen Williams
1945 Men in Her Diary Pat Mann
1945 Border Badmen Helen Stockton
1945 Mexicana Dancer (as Loretta Miller)
1945 The Lonesome Trail Elsie Melford
1946 Ambush Trail Alice Rhodes
1946 The Big Sleep Hatcheck Girl
1950 It's a Small World Buttons
1950 Rapture Marisa Hutton

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1954 I Led 3 Lives Sarah Holman 1 episode
1956 The Californians Lorraine Lathrop 1 episode
1960 The Donna Reed Show Woman 1 episode
1961 Target: The Corruptors! Joyce Grantham 1 episode

References

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  1. ^ "Lorraine Miller, former M. S. C. Student, Given Role in Hollywood". Lansing State Journal. United Press. September 9, 1941. p. 16. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Postcard Photo Stirs Ire of Film Actress". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. United Press. July 25, 1944. p. 20. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "New York, NY- New Year's Eve is just another job for the showgirls at".
  4. ^ "Lorraine Miller". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  5. ^ New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 12, 1949
  6. ^ "Movie Director Weds Actress Lorraine Miller". The Birmingham News. Associated Press. December 11, 1949. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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