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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hollywood, California, USA, 1920-11-10

Died: 1997-09-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	Stick to Your Guns	June Winters	50
2	1942	Broadway	TWA Stewardess	55
3	1942	Private Buckaroo	Joyce Mason	44
4	1942	The Silver Bullet	Nancy Lee	40
5	1942	Pardon My Sarong	Girl on Bus with Tommy (uncredited)	65
6	1942	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Nan Taylor	50
7	1942	Little Joe, the Wrangler	Janet Hammond	60
8	1942	The Old Chisholm Trail	Mary Lee	70
9	1943	Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground	Kay Randolph	0
10	1943	Hi, Buddy	Miss Russell	70
11	1943	Cheyenne Roundup	Ellen Randall	40
12	1943	Raiders of San Joaquin	Jane Carter	60
13	1943	Cowboy in Manhattan	Mitzi	0
14	1943	Frontier Law	Lois Rodgers	60
15	1943	The Lone Star Trail	Joan Winters	50
16	1943	Adventures of the Flying Cadets	Andre Mason	65
17	1943	Raiders of Sunset Pass	Betty Matthews	0
18	1944	Marshal of Gunsmoke	Ellen Carey	0
19	1944	Oklahoma Raiders	Donna Ross, aka El Vengador	75
20	1944	Guns of the Law	Lillian Wilkins	50
21	1944	Outlaw Trail	Alice Thornton	0
22	1944	Riders of the Santa Fe	Carla Anderson	70
23	1945	The Navajo Trail	Mary Trevor	0
24	1945	Under Western Skies	Charity	58
25	1945	Gun Smoke	Jane Condon	38
26	1945	Beyond the Pecos	Ellen Tanner	50
27	1945	Renegades of the Rio Grande	Dolores Salezar	0
28	1945	Song of Old Wyoming	Vicky Conway	52
29	1945	The Lost Trail	Jane Burns	0
30	1946	Moon Over Montana	Gwynn Randal	0
31	1946	Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways	Gail Nolan	37
32	1946	Trigger Fingers	Jane Caldwell	0
33	1947	Over the Santa Fe Trail	Carolyn	0
34	1947	Buffalo Bill Rides Again	Dale Harrington	50
35	1947	Pioneer Justice	Betty Walters	50
36	1947	Ghost Town Renegades	Diane Trent	40
37	1947	Stage to Mesa City	Margie Watson	0
38	1947	The Fighting Vigilantes	Abby Jackson	50
39	1947	Shadow Valley	Mary Ann Jarvis	0
40	1947	Where the North Begins	Mary Rockwell	60
41	1947	Trail of the Mounties	Kathie McBain	0
42	1948	Tornado Range	Mary King	0
43	1948	The Hawk of Powder River	Vivian Chambers	55
44	1948	Range Renegades	Belle Morgan	0
45	1948	The Tioga Kid	Jenny Morgan	50
46	1997	Beverly Hills Family Robinson	Production Assistant	40

Jennifer Holt

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