Lola Albright

Lola Albright (born July 20, 1925 in Akron, Ohio) is an American singer and actress. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. ... Birds eye view of downtown Akron Akron is located in Summit County, Ohio. ...

The beautiful and blonde Albright worked as a model before heading to Hollywood where she made her motion picture debut with a bit part in 1948's The Pirate following which she had a secondary but important role in the acclaimed 1949 hit film, Champion. However, this was the era of many blondes, notably Marilyn Monroe, and for the next ten years Lola Albright continued to work primarily in secondary roles in more than twenty films including several 'B' Westerns. As well, she acted in guest roles on a number of television series. One of the worlds most famous blondes Marilyn Monroe, who was in fact a natural brunette Blond (feminine, blonde) is a hair colour found in certain mammals characterised by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and higher levels of the pale pigment phæomelanin, in common with red or... Model may refer to more than one thing : For models in society, art, fashion, and cosmetics, see; role model model (person) supermodel figure drawing modeling section In science and technology, a model (abstract) is understood as an abstract or theoretical representation of a phenomenon,see; geologic modeling model (economics) model... For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... See also: 1948 in film 1949 1950 in film 1940s in film 1950s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America Adams Rib Jolson Sings Again Pinky I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc Academy Awards Best Picture: All the... Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress of the 20th century. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...

In 1958 Lola Albright earned the part of 'Edie Hart' in the trend-setting Peter Gunn television series produced by Blake Edwards and directed by Robert Altman with theme music that made Henry Mancini famous. In it, she played a nightclub singer who was the romantic interest of the "super-cool" private detective 'Peter Gunn' played by Craig Stevens. In 1959, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series. Her role called for singing, something she had been doing since childhood, and her celebrity led to the releasing of her 1959 music album "Dreamsville" in which her songs were backed by Mancini and his orchestra. Peter Gunn was an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. ... Blake Edwards (b. ... Robert Altman (born February 20, 1925) is an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a somewhat skewed perspective. ... Henry Mancini, born Enrico Nicola Mancini, (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted composer and arranger. ... Craig Stevens ( July 8, 1918 – May 10, 2000) was an American motion picture and television actor. ... An Emmy Award. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ...

Lola Albright's popularity as a result of the "Peter Gunn" series led to a number of major film roles including Elvis Presley's 1962 film, Kid Galahad and with Alain Delon and Jane Fonda in the 1964 French film Les Felins by renowned director René Clément. She continued to perform both in film and as a guest actor on a number of television series until her retirement in the early 1980s. Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ... Alain Delon Alain Delon (born November 8, 1935) is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. ... Jane Seymour Fonda is an Academy Award winning American actress, model, writer, producer, activist and philanthropist. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... René Clément, born on March 18, 1913 in Bordeaux, in the Gironde département of France - died on March 17, 1996, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, was a film director and screenwriter. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...

External link

• Lola Albright (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017030/) at the Internet Movie Database