Luana Walters

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

July 22, 1912

Died

May 19, 1963 (age 50)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Luana Walters

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Luana Walters (July 22, 1912 - May 19, 1963) was a motion picture actress from Los Angeles, California. Walters was an expert horsewoman which led to her discovery as an actress at a rodeo in Palm Springs, California. She won a woman's bucking contest which was being watched by a movie scout, who noticed her. Her film career began when she visited a friend on a United Artists lot. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. was excited about her screen possibilities and arranged for a film test. However, only three days later Fairbanks went to Europe, and the test was never completed. Not long afterwards Joe Schenck saw Walters on the dance floor at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, California. After viewing the abbreviated test made by Fairbanks, Schenck offered her a contract with United Artists. The studio did not make a movie in the next six months so Walters' option was not taken up. Walters' screen credits start with an uncredited role in Reaching For The Moon (film) (1930). Her skill as an equestrian helped her in parts in westerns like Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936), Where The West Begins (1938), Mexicali Rose (1939), and Law Of The Wolf (1939). On many occasions Walters made films in which her role was cut out. This began when she made Reaching for the Moon (film) with Fairbanks. Her parts were also deleted from Spawn of the North (1938) and Souls At Sea (1937). The former was a Carole Lombard feature and the latter paired Walters with Robert Cummings. Walters was the first actress to portray Superman's biological mother Lara in a live-action format. She appeared in "Superman Comes to Earth", the first chapter of the 1948 Superman movie serial. Portions of this depiction appear in flashback in "At the Mercy of Atom Man!", the seventh chapter of the 1950 serial Atom Man vs. Superman. In the latter portion of her career Walters was in a number of B-Movie films, most of them of the sci-fi and horror genres. She plays a female reporter on the trail of a fiend's story in The Corpse Vanishes (1942), with Bela Lugosi. She appears as a cellblock guard in Girls In Prison (1956). Her final role came in The She Creature (1956). Luana Walters died of liver failure due to alcoholism in Los Angeles in 1963. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luana Walters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

1956FilmGirls in Prisonas Cellblock guard1948FilmArthur Takes Overas Newspaper Woman1947FilmShoot to Killas Marian Langdon (as Susan Walters)1943FilmDrums of Fu Manchuas Mary Randolph1942FilmBad Men of the Hillsas Laurie Bishop1942FilmThundering Hoofsas Nancy Kellogg1942FilmDown Texas Wayas Mary Hopkins1942FilmThe Corpse Vanishesas Patricia Hunter1942FilmInside the Lawas Dora Mason1942FilmLawless Plainsmenas Baltimore Bonnie Dixon1942FilmCaptain Midnightas Fury Shark1942FilmThe Lone Star Vigilantesas Marcia Banning1941FilmNo Greater Sinas Sandra James1941FilmArizona Boundas Ruth Masters1941FilmAcross the Sierrasas Anne Woodworth1941FilmThe Kid's Last Rideas Sally Rowell1940FilmMisbehaving Husbandsas Jane Forbes1940FilmBlondie Plays Cupidas Millie1940FilmThe Range Bustersas Carol Thorp1940FilmThe Tulsa Kidas Mary Wallace1940FilmThe Durango Kidas Nancy Winslow1940FilmThe Return of Wild Billas Kate Kilgore1940FilmDrums of Fu Manchuas Mary Randolph1940FilmMillionaire Playboyas Resort Girl1939FilmEternally Yoursas Girl at Shower (uncredited)1939FilmHoneymoon in Balias Girl Having Her Fortune Told (uncredited)1939FilmMutiny on the Blackhawk1939FilmLaw of the Wolfas Ruth Adams1939FilmHotel Imperialas Nurse (uncredited)1939FilmMexicali Roseas Anita Loredo1939FilmKing of Chinatownas Nightclub Girl (uncredited)1939FilmCafe Societyas Cigarette Girl1939FilmParis Honeymoonas Angela1939FilmFangs of the Wildas Carol Dean1938FilmSay It in Frenchas Hat Check Girl1938FilmThanks for the Memoryas Model (uncredited)1938FilmMarie Antoinetteas Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)1938FilmAssassin of Youthas Joan Barry1938FilmThe Buccaneeras Suzette1938FilmWhere the West Beginsas Lynne Reed1937FilmYouth on Paroleas Salesgirl (uncredited)1937FilmUnder Strange Flagsas Dolores de Vargas1936FilmShadow of Chinatownas Sonya Rokoff1936FilmShadow of Chinatownas Sonya Rokoff1936FilmRide 'Em Cowboyas Lillian Howard1936FilmAces and Eightsas Juanita Hernandez1936FilmThe Speed Reporteras May1934FilmThe Third Sexas Elinor Gordon1933FilmFighting Texansas Jo Ann Carver1932FilmEnd of the Trailas Luana1932FilmTwo Secondsas Tart (uncredited)1932FilmMiss Pinkertonas First Nurse (uncredited)

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