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]
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
1943 portrait of Allbritton's husband Charles Collingwood by Henry Carr
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]
^ abMonush, 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. ISBN9781557835512. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ abKatz, Ephraim (1979). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume. Perigee Books. ISBN0-399-50601-2. 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.
^ abTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 206. ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
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