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Luana Walters

Luana Walters

Actor

Born July 22, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died May 19, 1963

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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.

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Trailer - The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Filmography

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Horrible Horror Poster

Horrible Horror Video1986Patricia Hunter, In clips from 'The Corpse Vanishes'

Girls in Prison Poster

Girls in Prison Feature Film1956Cellblock Guard

The She-Creature Poster

The She-Creature Feature Film1956Party Guest

Mighty Joe Young Poster

Mighty Joe Young Feature Film1949Nightclub Patron

Arthur Takes Over Poster

Arthur Takes Over Feature Film1948Newspaper Woman

Superman Poster

Superman Feature Film1948Lara

Bells of San Angelo Poster

Bells of San Angelo Feature Film1947Lodge Clerk

Shoot to Kill Poster

Shoot to Kill Feature Film1947Marian Langdon

Drums of Fu Manchu Poster

Drums of Fu Manchu Feature Film1943Mary Randolph

Bad Men of the Hills Poster

Bad Men of the Hills Feature Film1942Laurie Bishop

Captain Midnight Poster

Captain Midnight Feature Film1942Fury Shark

Down Texas Way Poster

Down Texas Way Feature Film1942Mary Hopkins

Inside the Law Poster

Inside the Law Feature Film1942Dora Mason

Lawless Plainsmen Poster

Lawless Plainsmen Feature Film1942Baltimore Bonnie

The Corpse Vanishes Poster

The Corpse Vanishes Feature Film1942Patricia Hunter

The Lone Star Vigilantes Poster

The Lone Star Vigilantes Feature Film1942Marcia Banning

Thundering Hoofs Poster

Thundering Hoofs Feature Film1942Nancy Kellogg

Across the Sierras Poster

Across the Sierras Feature Film1941Anne Woodworth

Arizona Bound Poster

Arizona Bound Feature Film1941Ruth Masters

Lovable Trouble Poster

Lovable Trouble Short Film1941Brunette Showgirl

No Greater Sin Poster

No Greater Sin Feature Film1941Sandra James

Road Agent Poster

Road Agent Feature Film1941Teresa

The Kid's Last Ride Poster

The Kid's Last Ride Feature Film1941Sally Rowell

Blondie Plays Cupid Poster

Blondie Plays Cupid Feature Film1940Millie

Drums of Fu Manchu Poster

Drums of Fu Manchu Feature Film1940Mary Randolph

Millionaire Playboy Poster

Millionaire Playboy Feature Film1940Resort Girl

Misbehaving Husbands Poster

Misbehaving Husbands Feature Film1940Jane Forbes

The Durango Kid Poster

The Durango Kid Feature Film1940Nancy Winslow

The Range Busters Poster

The Range Busters Feature Film1940Carol Thorp

The Return of Wild Bill Poster

The Return of Wild Bill Feature Film1940Kate Kilgore

The Tulsa Kid Poster

The Tulsa Kid Feature Film1940Mary Wallace

Cafe Society Poster

Cafe Society Feature Film1939Cigarette Girl

Disbarred Poster

Disbarred Feature Film1939Office Worker

Eternally Yours Poster

Eternally Yours Feature Film1939Girl at Shower

Fangs of the Wild Poster

Fangs of the Wild Feature Film1939Carol Dean

Honeymoon in Bali Poster

Honeymoon in Bali Feature Film1939Girl Having Her Fortune Told

Hotel Imperial Poster

Hotel Imperial Feature Film1939Nurse

I'm from Missouri Poster

I'm from Missouri Feature Film1939Hat Check Girl

King of Chinatown Poster

King of Chinatown Feature Film1939Nightclub Girl

Law of the Wolf Poster

Law of the Wolf Feature Film1939Ruth Adams

Mexicali Rose Poster

Mexicali Rose Feature Film1939Anita Loredo

Mutiny on the Blackhawk Poster

Mutiny on the Blackhawk Feature Film1939

Paris Honeymoon Poster

Paris Honeymoon Feature Film1939Ángela

St. Louis Blues Poster

St. Louis Blues Feature Film1939Dancer

The Magnificent Fraud Poster

The Magnificent Fraud Feature Film1939Brunette

Undercover Doctor Poster

Undercover Doctor Feature Film1939Nurse

Algiers Feature Film1938Native Waitress

Assassin of Youth Poster

Assassin of Youth Feature Film1938Joan Barry

Marie Antoinette Poster

Marie Antoinette Feature Film1938Woman in Gaming House

Say It in French Poster

Say It in French Feature Film1938Hat Check Girl

Thanks for the Memory Poster

Thanks for the Memory Feature Film1938Model

The Buccaneer Poster

The Buccaneer Feature Film1938Suzette

The First Chair Short Film1938Girl

Where the West Begins Poster

Where the West Begins Feature Film1938Lynne Reed

A Star Is Born Poster

A Star Is Born Feature Film1937

Souls at Sea Poster

Souls at Sea Feature Film1937Eloise

Under Strange Flags Poster

Under Strange Flags Feature Film1937Dolores de Vargas

Youth on Parole Poster

Youth on Parole Feature Film1937Salesgirl

Aces and Eights Poster

Aces and Eights Feature Film1936Juanita Hernandez

Ride 'Em Cowboy Poster

Ride 'Em Cowboy Feature Film1936Lillian Howard

Shadow of Chinatown Poster

Shadow of Chinatown Feature Film1936Sonya Rokoff - aka The Dragon Lady [Chs. 1-14]

Shadow of Chinatown Poster

Shadow of Chinatown Feature Film1936Sonya Rokoff

Suzy Feature Film1936Check Room Girl

The Speed Reporter Poster

The Speed Reporter Feature Film1936May

Broadway Melody of 1936 Poster

Broadway Melody of 1936 Feature Film1935Showgirl

The Merry Widow Poster

The Merry Widow Feature Film1934Maid to Sonia

The Third Sex Poster

The Third Sex Feature Film1934Elinor Gordon

Fighting Texans Poster

Fighting Texans Feature Film1933JoAnn Carver

Midshipman Jack Poster

Midshipman Jack Feature Film1933Gloria

Secrets of Hollywood Feature Film1933A Young Actress

End of the Trail Poster

End of the Trail Feature Film1932Luana

Miss Pinkerton Poster

Miss Pinkerton Feature Film1932First Nurse

Two Seconds Poster

Two Seconds Feature Film1932Tart

Reaching for the Moon Poster

Reaching for the Moon Feature Film1930Undetermined Subordinate Role

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