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Jennifer Holt

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1920-11-10

Birth Place

Hollywood, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

1943

6.5

Movie
Beverly Hills Family Robinson

Beverly Hills Family Robinson

1997

4.0

Movie
Beyond the Pecos

Beyond the Pecos

1945

5.0

Movie
Broadway

Broadway

1942

5.5

Movie
Buffalo Bill Rides Again

Buffalo Bill Rides Again

1947

5.0

Movie
Cheyenne Roundup

Cheyenne Roundup

1943

4.0

Movie
Cowboy in Manhattan

Cowboy in Manhattan

1943

0.0

Movie
Deep in the Heart of Texas

Deep in the Heart of Texas

1942

5.0

Movie
Frontier Law

Frontier Law

1943

6.0

Movie
Ghost Town Renegades

Ghost Town Renegades

1947

4.0

Movie
Gun Smoke

Gun Smoke

1945

3.8

Movie
Guns of the Law

Guns of the Law

1944

5.0

Movie
Hi, Buddy

Hi, Buddy

1943

7.0

Movie
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

1946

3.7

Movie
poster

Johnny Midnight

1960

0.0

TV
Little Joe, the Wrangler

Little Joe, the Wrangler

1942

6.0

Movie
Marshal of Gunsmoke

Marshal of Gunsmoke

1944

0.0

Movie
Moon Over Montana

Moon Over Montana

1946

0.0

Movie
Oklahoma Raiders

Oklahoma Raiders

1944

7.5

Movie
Outlaw Trail

Outlaw Trail

1944

0.0

Movie
Over the Santa Fe Trail

Over the Santa Fe Trail

1947

0.0

Movie
Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

1942

6.5

Movie
Pioneer Justice

Pioneer Justice

1947

5.0

Movie
Private Buckaroo

Private Buckaroo

1942

4.9

Movie
Raiders of San Joaquin

Raiders of San Joaquin

1943

6.0

Movie
Raiders of Sunset Pass

Raiders of Sunset Pass

1943

0.0

Movie
Range Renegades

Range Renegades

1948

0.0

Movie
Renegades of the Rio Grande

Renegades of the Rio Grande

1945

0.0

Movie
Riders of the Santa Fe

Riders of the Santa Fe

1944

7.0

Movie
Shadow Valley

Shadow Valley

1947

0.0

Movie
Song of Old Wyoming

Song of Old Wyoming

1945

5.2

Movie
Stage to Mesa City

Stage to Mesa City

1947

0.0

Movie
Stick to Your Guns

Stick to Your Guns

1941

5.0

Movie
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

1943

0.0

Movie
The Fighting Vigilantes

The Fighting Vigilantes

1947

5.0

Movie
The Hawk of Powder River

The Hawk of Powder River

1948

5.5

Movie
The Lone Star Trail

The Lone Star Trail

1943

5.0

Movie
The Lost Trail

The Lost Trail

1945

0.0

Movie
The Navajo Trail

The Navajo Trail

1945

0.0

Movie
The Old Chisholm Trail

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942

7.0

Movie
The Silver Bullet

The Silver Bullet

1942

4.0

Movie
The Tioga Kid

The Tioga Kid

1948

5.0

Movie
Tornado Range

Tornado Range

1948

0.0

Movie
Trail of the Mounties

Trail of the Mounties

1947

0.0

Movie
Trigger Fingers

Trigger Fingers

1946

0.0

Movie
Under Western Skies

Under Western Skies

1945

5.8

Movie
Where the North Begins

Where the North Begins

1947

6.0

Movie