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Louise Currie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1913-04-07

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Louise Currie

Biography

a B movie and serial actress of the 1940s. Born Louise Gunter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Moving to Hollywood, Currie enrolled in Max Reinhardt's drama school. “At the time, I was not necessarily a movie fan, but once I came to California, of course, that’s what California’s all about, the movie industry.” Attracting the interest of movie scouts while appearing in one of the school’s stage productions, Currie surprised them by expressing no desire at that point to enter movies. She wanted to wait until she graduated, and was better equipped as an actress, before she decided her next career move. When she was ready, she signed with agent Sue Carol. After she made a movie at Columbia, Harry Cohn wanted to put her under contract, but Currie would have none of it – she thought it “would maybe be more interesting to freelance.” She stated in 1999 that that was “more fun for me because I was able to pick and choose and do what I wanted, rather than all the little contract players who had to do exactly as they were told and go into films that they didn’t want or like. So, I had my independence, and I chose to do it that way.” The not-overly-ambitious Currie worked steadily during the next few years, with small, uncredited parts in As and leads in Poverty Row flicks. She found herself in a bunch of Westerns – her bullwhip-carrying role in GUN TOWN was her favorite – and also as the heroine in Bela Lugosi’s THE APE MAN. She was again menaced by Bela in VOODOO MAN. Her most enduring and fondly remembered credit is ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, considered by many the greatest cliffhanger of all time; two years later, she acted for 12 episodes opposite another serial marvel: THE MASKED MARVEL. Currie enjoyed the fast-paced shooting schedules of her B movies and serials: “Fortunately, I had enough training that I could do my scenes and not mess them up, not muff the lines. And I thought that was more stimulating and interesting than pictures like CITIZEN KANE [in which she played a reporter], where you just sat on a set for endless hours, doing nothing – which to me was just a trial and a bore. So I sort of enjoyed the activity, and the fact that you could do something quickly and do it well, and have it finished... But I’m sure that most of the people that started with big A productions would never have understood that, or been able to cope with it!” 

Also Known For

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Sakima and the Masked Marvel

Jan 01, 1966

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58

Million Dollar Kid

Feb 28, 1944

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50

Voodoo Man

Feb 21, 1944

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NA

His Wedding Scare

Jan 15, 1943

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42

The Ape Man

Mar 05, 1943

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49

Backlash

Mar 01, 1947

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30

Forty Thieves

Jun 23, 1944

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50

Second Chance

Jul 18, 1947

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49

The Chinese Ring

Dec 06, 1947

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60

Dude Cowboy

Dec 12, 1941

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50

Stardust on the Sage

May 25, 1942

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49

And Baby Makes Three

Dec 02, 1949

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47

The Masked Marvel

Nov 06, 1943

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80

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

Jun 15, 1997

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NA

Billy the Kid Outlawed

Jul 20, 1940

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43

The Crimson Key

Jul 02, 1947

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63

Christmas Holiday

Jul 31, 1944

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NA

Double Trouble

Nov 21, 1941

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58

Three on a Ticket

Apr 04, 1947

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62

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Dec 24, 1940

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40

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

Dec 27, 1940

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NA

A Blitz on the Fritz

Jan 22, 1943

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NA

Tireman, Spare My Tires

Jun 04, 1942

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54

You'll Find Out

Nov 22, 1940

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80

Citizen Kane

Apr 17, 1941

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NA

The Pinto Kid

Feb 05, 1941

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NA

Wild West

Dec 01, 1946

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NA

Gun Town

Jan 18, 1946

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50

Around the World

Nov 27, 1943

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63

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Mar 28, 1941

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55

Look Who's Laughing

Nov 21, 1941

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60

Queen for a Day

Jul 07, 1951

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45

The Bashful Bachelor

Mar 19, 1942

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75

Make Way for Tomorrow

May 09, 1937

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NA

Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror

Jan 01, 2016