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Louise Currie
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Louise Currie
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-04-07,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Gender
Female
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!”

Filmography

Sakima and the Masked Marvel

6

Sakima and the Masked Marvel
1966-01-01

Million Dollar Kid

6.4

Million Dollar Kid
1944-02-28

5

Voodoo Man
1944-02-21

His Wedding Scare

0

His Wedding Scare
1943-01-15

4.2

The Ape Man
1943-03-05

4.9

Backlash
1947-03-01

3

Forty Thieves
1944-06-23

5

Second Chance
1947-07-18

The Chinese Ring

4.9

The Chinese Ring
1947-12-06

6

Dude Cowboy
1941-12-12

Stardust on the Sage

5

Stardust on the Sage
1942-05-25

And Baby Makes Three

4.875

And Baby Makes Three
1949-12-02

The Masked Marvel

4.7

The Masked Marvel
1943-11-06

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

8

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997-06-15

Billy the Kid Outlawed

0

Billy the Kid Outlawed
1940-07-20

The Crimson Key

4.3

The Crimson Key
1947-07-02

Christmas Holiday

6.4

Christmas Holiday
1944-07-31

0

Double Trouble
1941-11-21

Three on a Ticket

5.8

Three on a Ticket
1947-04-04

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

6.2

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940-12-24

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

4

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940-12-27

A Blitz on the Fritz

0

A Blitz on the Fritz
1943-01-22

Tireman, Spare My Tires

0

Tireman, Spare My Tires
1942-06-04

You'll Find Out

5.4

You'll Find Out
1940-11-22

8.008

Citizen Kane
1941-04-17

0

The Pinto Kid
1941-02-05

0

Wild West
1946-12-01

0

Gun Town
1946-01-18

Around the World

5

Around the World
1943-11-27

Adventures of Captain Marvel

6.2

Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941-03-28

Look Who's Laughing

5.5

Look Who's Laughing
1941-11-21

Queen for a Day

6

Queen for a Day
1951-07-07

The Bashful Bachelor

4.5

The Bashful Bachelor
1942-03-19

Lugosi: The Forgotten King

0

Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986-07-12