Lola Albright Profile

Lola Albright

	(Lois Jean Albright)
20 July 24/25	is born in Akron, Ohio, to John Paul and Marion Alma Albright, both evangelistic singers
?	attends King Grammar School and West High School
?	at age 15 she obtains a job as receptionist-typist at radio station WAKR
?	at age 18 she moves to Cleveland for a job as a stenographer and switchboard operator with NBC at WTAM
?	moves to station WJW and starts playing bits on their variety and dramatic programs
44	marries a radio executive, who has children from a former marriage, and moves with him to Chicago
?	top photographer Paul Hesse encourages her to consider a career in films
	her parents relocate to Southern California
47	MGM tests her and puts her under contract
48	under the name of Lola Deem, she appears in Easter Parade. Fellow actress Elaine Sterling, a.k.a. Sara Shane, will later remember her breathtaking beauty.
Early 50s	is a frequent model for pinup painter Gil Elvgren
50	misses out on The Asphalt Jungle. Her part goes to newcomer Marilyn Monroe.
	stars with Jack Carson in The Good Humor Man. They start to date seriously.
April 50	will marry Carson after his divorce from Kay St. Germaine
1 August 52	marries Carson at the Little Brown Church in the Valley near Los Angeles
57	her marriage has become shaky
10 November 58	receives a divorce from Carson in Los Angeles, stating that their careers clashed. Jack wanted a wife at home, and she, a career.
19 May 61	marries pianist and restaurant owner William C. Chadney at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas
?	the Chadneys have a trial separation but eventually reconcile
December 74	divorces Chadney in Los Angeles
23 March 17	dies at age 92 in a home in the Toluca Lake enclave of Los Angeles

Sources: Classic Images, Hollywood Players: The Forties by James Robert Parish, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Modern Screen, www.Ancestry.com
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