Lois Hall

Lois Grace Hall (August 22, 1926 – December 21, 2006) was an American actress.

Lois Hall
Lois Hall
Born(1926-08-22)August 22, 1926
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 2006(2006-12-21) (aged 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active1948–2006
Spouse(s)Maurice Willows (1953–1995) (his death)
Children3

Early years
Montgomery Clift and Lois Hall in the Broadway production of Patricia Collinge's Dame Nature (1938)

Hall was born on August 22, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota,[1] the daughter of Lois Grace (née Lambert), a teacher, and Ralph Stewart Hall, a businessman and inventor. She grew up initially in Pengilly, Minnesota, and later in California. While she was in high school, she began working with the stage crew at the Pasadena Playhouse. She eventually gained a scholarship there.[1]

Career

Hall's television appearances included Studio One, The Cisco Kid, Episode 112 of The Lone Ranger, Adventures of Superman, Highway Patrol, Marcus Welby, M.D., the penultimate episode of Little House on the Prairie and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also guest-starred in TV series such as CSI, Cold Case, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, and The Unit.

Hall's film debut came in Every Girl Should Be Married (1948).[1] She also appeared in Love Happy (1949), My Blue Heaven (1950), Carrie (1952), Night Raiders (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) in small roles, as well as in starring roles in pictures like Daughter of the Jungle (1949) and Pirates of the High Seas (1950). She is perhaps best known for her supporting role as Sister Constance in Kenneth Branagh's 1991 drama Dead Again. She was also seen in the hit films Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) and Flightplan (2005).

Personal life

In 1953, Hall married Maurice Willows, who died in 1995. She was a member of the Baháʼí Faith, visible giving talks on the religion in 1951,[2] and a long-serving secretary of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Los Angeles.[3] She also worked with the Human Relations Council for the City of Los Angeles, planning cross-cultural events and helping arrange after-school tutoring and enrichment classes for at-risk young people.

Hall died in Beverly Hills, California,[4] of a heart attack and stroke on December 21, 2006, aged 80.[5] She was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery next to her husband.

Partial filmography

References
  1. Magers, Boyd; Fitzgerald, Michael G. (July 2004). Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television Westerns from the 1930s to the 1960s. McFarland. pp. 104–109. ISBN 978-0-7864-2028-5. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
    • "Baha'is". Independent. Long Beach, California. 11 Aug 1951. p. 9. Retrieved Nov 21, 2021.
    • "Magic in the postoffice". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 8 Oct 1963. p. 14. Retrieved Nov 21, 2021.
    • "More than 150 Baha'is…". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 5 Jul 1980. p. 10. Retrieved Nov 21, 2021.
    • "Honors". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 30 May 1992. p. 236. Retrieved Nov 21, 2021.
    • "Lois Hall Willows (1926 - 2006)". Facebook.com. Los Angeles Baha'i Archives. April 15, 2015. Retrieved Nov 21, 2021.
  4. Willis, John; Monush, Barry (May 2010). Screen World 2007. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-55783-729-5. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  5. "Lois Hall, 80; actress' film and TV career spanned 57 years". Los Angeles Times. 5 January 2007. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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