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person_profile-Jennifer Holt

Jennifer Holt Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jennifer Holt

Date of Birth:

Nov 10, 1920

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 21, 1997

Biography of

Jennifer Holt

    From Wikipedia

    Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods. She and her brother Tim would both have careers in acting.

    She made her film debut using the stage name "Jacqueline Holt" in a 1941 western starring Hopalong Cassidy and went on to make forty-seven films during the 1940s. All but eight of her roles were in western films in which she appeared opposite cowboy stars such as Lash LaRue, Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown.

    Holt made her final film in 1949 then in 1950 co-hosted a television show called Panhandle Pete and Jennifer which ran for one season. During the remainder of the 1950s she made occasional guest appearances on television western series such as The Gabby Hayes Show and Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson. Although the popularity of western films had faded by the mid-1950s, during the 1970s western film festivals became popular with fans of the genre and she occasionally participated as a guest.

    Jennifer Holt was married several times, living for a while in Mexico and was in Dorset in England at the time of her death in 1997.

    Jennifer made a batch of westerns in the 1940s, primarily at Universal and PRC as the heroine to Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Rod Cameron, Buster Crabbe, Eddie Dean and Lash LaRue. Her first western was the Hopalong Cassidy STICK TO YOUR GUNS (Paramount, 1941). She also played the female lead in a couple of cliffhangers, ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS (Universal, 1943) and HOP HARRIGAN (Columbia, 1946).

    THE HAWK OF POWDER RIVER (Eagle-Lion/PRC, 1948) was Holt's favorite western role, as she portrayed the masked leader of a band of outlaws. She and most of her gang are gunned down by singing cowboy Eddie Dean in the film-ending shootout.

    Holt had several marriages, lived in the United States and Mexico, and resided in England at the time or her death in 1997. One of her marriages was to movie actor William Bakewell (1908-1993) whom she starred with in the HOP HARRIGAN chapter play. Bakewell may be best remembered as "Major Tobias Norton" in the 1950s Disney Fess Parker/Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier TV show.

    Even though her father Jack and brother Tim made scores of westerns and outdoorsy type films, Jennifer was never in any of their movies. And despite many reports throughout the years, an actor named David Holt (1927-2003) was NOT the brother of Jennifer and Tim Holt nor the son of Jack Holt.

    In the late 1940s - early 1950s, Jennifer hosted/participated in several television programs that originated in Chicago. One was her portrayal of "Aunt Judy" to the puppet "Uncle Mistletoe" in the 15 minute THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE MISTLETOE which was broadcast locally and over ABC. Chicago department store Marshall Fields did this program in response to competitor Montgomery Ward's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. After a couple years, Jennifer exited Mistletoe and did another children's program, PANHANDLE PETE AND JENNIFER, which originated from NBC in Chicago. That 15 minute series ran from 1950 - 1951.

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Jennifer Holt

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Filmography of

Jennifer Holt

Found 44 Movies in total

Beverly Hills Family Robinson

Production Assistant ( Actor )

... 1997

The Tioga Kid

Jenny Morgan ( Actor )

... 1948

Range Renegades

Belle Morgan ( Actor )

... 1948

The Hawk of Powder River

Vivian Chambers ( Actor )

... 1948

Tornado Range

Mary King ( Actor )

... 1948

Trail of the Mounties

Kathie McBain ( Actor )

... 1947

Where the North Begins

Mary Rockwell ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fighting Vigilantes

Abby Jackson ( Actor )

... 1947

Stage to Mesa City

Margie Watson ( Actor )

... 1947

Ghost Town Renegades

Diane Trent ( Actor )

... 1947

Pioneer Justice

Betty Walters ( Actor )

... 1947

Buffalo Bill Rides Again

Dale Harrington ( Actor )

... 1947

Over the Santa Fe Trail

Carolyn ( Actor )

... 1947

Trigger Fingers

Jane Caldwell ( Actor )

... 1946

... 1946

Moon Over Montana

Gwynn Randal ( Actor )

... 1946

The Lost Trail

Jane Burns ( Actor )

... 1945

Song of Old Wyoming

Vicky Conway ( Actor )

... 1945

Renegades of the Rio Grande

Dolores Salezar ( Actor )

... 1945

Beyond the Pecos

Ellen Tanner ( Actor )

... 1945

Gun Smoke

Jane Condon ( Actor )

... 1945

Under Western Skies

Charity ( Actor )

... 1945

The Navajo Trail

Mary Trevor ( Actor )

... 1945

Outlaw Trail

Alice Thornton ( Actor )

... 1944

Guns of the Law

Lillian Wilkins ( Actor )

... 1944

Oklahoma Raiders

Donna Ross, aka El Vengador ( Actor )

... 1944

Marshal of Gunsmoke

Ellen Carey ( Actor )

... 1944

Raiders of Sunset Pass

Betty Matthews ( Actor )

... 1943

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Andre Mason ( Actor )

... 1943

The Lone Star Trail

Joan Winters ( Actor )

... 1943

Frontier Law

Lois Rodgers ( Actor )

... 1943

Cowboy in Manhattan

Mitzi ( Actor )

... 1943

Raiders of San Joaquin

Jane Carter ( Actor )

... 1943

Cheyenne Roundup

Ellen Randall ( Actor )

... 1943

Hi, Buddy

Miss Russell ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

The Old Chisholm Trail

Mary Lee ( Actor )

... 1942

Little Joe, the Wrangler

Janet Hammond ( Actor )

... 1942

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Nan Taylor ( Actor )

... 1942

Pardon My Sarong

Girl on Bus with Tommy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Silver Bullet

Nancy Lee ( Actor )

... 1942

Private Buckaroo

Joyce Mason ( Actor )

... 1942

Broadway

TWA Stewardess ( Actor )

... 1942

Stick to Your Guns

June Winters ( Actor )

... 1941