Louise Allbritton

American actress (1920–1979)

Charles Collingwood

(m. 1946)

Louise Allbritton (July 3, 1920 – February 16, 1979) was an American film and stage actress born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her name was sometimes seen as Louise Albritton.^[1]

She played in such films as Pittsburgh (1942), Who Done It? (1942), Son of Dracula (1943), The Egg and I (1947), and Sitting Pretty (1948).^[2]

Early life and career

Allbritton was born in Oklahoma City on July 3, 1920, the daughter of E.E. Allbritton of Wichita Falls, Texas.^[3] She attended the University of Oklahoma and gained acting experience in the Pasadena Playhouse.^[4] Her father cut off her allowance in hopes that she would return home, but her contract with Universal Studios enabled her to continue in Hollywood.^[3]

During World War II, Allbritton performed overseas with a USO troupe, a group that "[g]ave show after show, many of them to the accompaniment of the thunder of enemy guns."^[5]

She was one of several replacements for the leading female role in the long-running Broadway production of The Seven Year Itch.^[6] On television, she played the title role in the NBC-TV series Concerning Miss Marlowe (1954)^[7] and co-starred in the CBS drama Stage Door (1950).^[7]^: 1008

Personal life

She was married to CBS news correspondent and author Charles Collingwood from 1946 until her death^[1] and retired several years after their marriage.^[4]

Death

Allbritton died of cancer on February 16, 1979, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where she and Collingwood had one of their homes.^[8]

Complete filmography

Not a Ladies' Man (1942) - Ethel Burlridge
Danger in the Pacific (1942) - Jane Claymore
Parachute Nurse (1942) - Helen Ames
Keeping Fit (1942, Short) - Miss Allbritton
Who Done It? (1942) - Miss Allbritton
Pittsburgh (1942) - Shannon Prentiss
It Comes Up Love (1943) - Edie Ives
Good Morning, Judge (1943) - Elizabeth Christine Smith
Fired Wife (1943) - Tahitha 'Tig' Callahan Dunne
Crazy House (1943) - Louise Allbritton (uncredited)
Son of Dracula (1943) - Katherine Caldwell
Her Primitive Man (1944) - Sheila Winthrop
Follow the Boys (1944) - Herself (uncredited)
This Is the Life (1944) - Harriet West Jarrett
San Diego, I Love You (1944) - Virginia McCooley
Bowery to Broadway (1944) - Lillian Russell
Men in Her Diary (1945) - Isabel Glenning
That Night with You (1945) - Sheila Morgan
Tangier (1946) - Dolores
The Egg and I (1947) - Harriet Putnam
Sitting Pretty (1948) - Edna Philby
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) - Dr. Toni Neva
An Innocent Affair (1948) - Margot Fraser
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) - Rose of Cimarron
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) Season 1 Episode 30 "Never Again" - Renee Marlow
Felicia (1964) - Felicia (final film role)

Radio appearances

Year	Program	Episode/source
1943	Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre	Men in White^[9]
1944	Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre	Phantom Lady^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Monush, Barry (2003). "Louise Allbritton". The Encyclopedia of Film Actors from the Silent Era to 1965. Vol. 1. New York City: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. p. 8. ISBN 9781557835512. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ "America's Best-Dressed Women Named By Fashion Group; Six Are Newcomers". The Tampa Times. Florida, Tampa. Associated Press. March 21, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Wants to Show Dad". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo Daily News. August 14, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved May 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Katz, Ephraim (1979). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume. Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-50601-2. P.20.
^ "(Naugatuck War Fund ad)". The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune. November 8, 1944. p. 5. Retrieved May 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "To Be Featured on New TV Show." Picket Line Post & Mount Morris (NY) Union, 15 July 1954.
^ ^a ^b Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ "Louise Allbritton dead at 59". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 17, 1979. p. Part 2-Page 28. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Abel, Walter". radioGOLDINdex. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louise Allbritton.

Louise Allbritton at IMDb
Louise Allbritton and Charles Collingwood papers, circa 1917-1960 Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
ALLBRITTON, LOUISE (1920–1979) in the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture