Lois Hall

Lois Hall

Born: August 22, 1926
Died: January 1, 2006
in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Hall was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Lois Grace (née Lambert), a teacher, and Ralph Stewart Hall, a businessman and inventor. Hall's television appearances included Studio One, The Cisco Kid, Episode 112 of The Lone Ranger, Adventures of Superman, Highway Patrol, Marcus Welby, M.D., the penultimate episode of Little House on the Prairie and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Hall has been seen in such classic films as Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), Love Happy, My Blue Heaven, Carrie, Night Raiders, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in small roles, as well as in starring roles in pictures like Daughter of the Jungle and Pirates of the High Seas. She is perhaps best known for her supporting role as Sister Constance in Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed 1991 drama Dead Again, which also featured Raymond Cruz and Steven Culp.

She also guest-starred in TV series such as CSI, Cold Case, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, and The Unit. She was also seen in the hit films Gone in 60 Seconds and Flightplan

Movies for Lois Hall...

Title: Sons & Daughters
Character: Aunt Rae
Released: March 7, 2006
Type: TV
Family is always unpredictable, so why write a family comedy when you can live dangerously and improvise instead? Like real families, you never know what will happen when you give characters total freedom. Adult siblings Cameron, Sharon and Jenna have many years of shared history in this small town. Like every other family on the planet, their history includes many mistakes. This is proven by the multiple marriages and many children in their close extended clan.
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Title: The Unit
Released: March 7, 2006
Type: TV
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.
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Flightplan
Title: Flightplan
Character: Main Deck Grandma
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did she? No one on the plane believes Julia was ever onboard. And now Kyle, desperate and alone, can only count on her own wits to unravel the mystery and save her daughter.
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Lost
Title: Lost
Character: Old Woman
Released: October 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Trapped in a maze of endless desert highways, bound by a vital deadline, and pursued by an unseen menace....Jeremy Stanton is about to take the longest ride of his life. He will learn that when you reach the crossroads of life...you must be careful which way you turn.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Krystal Hogan
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Title: Nip/Tuck
Released: July 22, 2003
Type: TV
Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.
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Title: Six Feet Under
Character: Minister
Released: June 3, 2001
Type: TV
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Madeline Foster
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Gone in Sixty Seconds
Title: Gone in Sixty Seconds
Character: Old Woman
Released: June 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive.
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Title: Profiler
Released: September 21, 1996
Type: TV
Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia. Ally Walker starred as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters during the first three seasons, and was later replaced by Jamie Luner as profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season. Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, Erica Gimpel and Julian McMahon co-starred throughout the show's run. Caitlin Wachs played Dr. Waters daughter for the first two seasons, a role taken over by Evan Rachel Wood in 1998. Profiler shares a similar lead character and premise with the Fox Network series Millennium, created by Chris Carter. Both shows premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.
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Title: California Dreams
Character: Zuma Zelda
Released: September 12, 1992
Type: TV
California Dreams is an American teen-oriented sitcom that aired from 1992 to 1996 on Saturday mornings during NBC's Teen NBC programming block. It was created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon and executive produced by Peter Engel, all known for their work on Saved by the Bell.
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Dead Again
Title: Dead Again
Character: Sister Constance
Released: August 23, 1991
Type: Movie
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
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Title: Where's Rodney?
Character: Grandma
Released: June 11, 1990
Type: TV
Where's Rodney? is an unsold television pilot starring Rodney Dangerfield that was aired as a special on June 11, 1990. It was produced by Aaron Spelling Productions, Bedrock Productions, and Hanna-Barbera Productions, and aired on NBC.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Dr. Mary Warren
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Prime Risk
Title: Prime Risk
Character: Dr. Hall
Released: March 31, 1985
Type: Movie
While siphoning bank funds, computer-wise lovers spot a plot to sink the Federal Reserve.
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Schoolboy Father
Title: Schoolboy Father
Character: Mrs. Rogers
Released: October 15, 1980
Type: Movie
High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.
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Rage!
Title: Rage!
Character: Mary Ann's Mother
Released: September 25, 1980
Type: Movie
In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.
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A Woman for All Men
Title: A Woman for All Men
Character: Sarah
Released: August 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Irascible and domineering millionaire Walter McCoy marries the beautiful, but shady and duplicitous Karen Petrie. Walter's son Steve automatically becomes smitten with Karen while both Walter's daughter Cynthia and loyal housekeeper Sarah suspect that something is up. This provokes a tangled web of deception, infidelity, and even murder.
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Title: Man Called X
Released: January 27, 1956
Type: TV
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Title: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Character: Girl (uncredited)
Released: July 22, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. North
Released: October 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Character: Mrs. Winters
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Night Raiders
Title: Night Raiders
Character: Laura Davis
Released: February 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Whip arrives to investigate why night raiders are ransacking cabins but taking nothing....
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Texas City
Title: Texas City
Character: Lois Upton
Released: January 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Johnny Mack Brown substitutes brains for brawn during most of Texas City. Cast once more as a U.S. marshal, Johnny investigates when several government gold shipments are hijacked. Someone has been tipping of the outlaws as to when and where the supposedly secret shipments will take place. The principal suspect is dishonorably discharged cavalry officer Kirby (James Ellison), but Johnny has a gut feeling that Kirby is innocent on all counts.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Slaughter Trail
Title: Slaughter Trail
Character: Susan Wilson - School Teacher (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones. But this puts the Indians on the war path and they have to take refuge in an Army fort to avoid them. The Indians then arrive offering peace if the three men are turned over to them. The fort's commanding Officer wants peace but the rules say the men must be tried in a white man's court leaving the Indians no choice but to attack.
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Title: The Adventures of Kit Carson
Released: August 11, 1951
Type: TV
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.
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Secrets of Monte Carlo
Title: Secrets of Monte Carlo
Character: Susan Reeves
Released: June 20, 1951
Type: Movie
A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.
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Blazing Bullets
Title: Blazing Bullets
Character: Carol Roberts
Released: May 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Following his refusal to let his daughter Carol marry cowhand Bill Grant, rancher John Roberts is kidnapped, and Bill is hunted for the crime.
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Title: The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Released: April 15, 1951
Type: TV
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.
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Colorado Ambush
Title: Colorado Ambush
Character: Janet Williams
Released: January 14, 1951
Type: Movie
As was customary in his late Monogram westerns, Johnny Mack Brown plays an undercover agent in Colorado Ambush. Brown is sent to Colorado to stem the activities of a particularly vicious outlaw gang
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Frontier Outpost
Title: Frontier Outpost
Character: Alice Tanner
Released: December 29, 1950
Type: Movie
Federal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down an outlaw gang that is raiding government gold shipments bound for Fort Navajo.
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Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Title: Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Character: Anne Howe Palooka
Released: November 4, 1950
Type: Movie
Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
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Pirates of the High Seas
Title: Pirates of the High Seas
Character: Carol Walsh
Released: November 2, 1950
Type: Movie
For decades, pirates roamed the seas, searching for booty to plunder and coastal villages to terrorize. Who were these men and women? As you dig beneath the myth of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and other legendary warriors of the waters in this docudrama, you'll discover who they were and what motivated them to wreak havoc wherever they sailed. Includes the movie Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island.
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Cherokee Uprising
Title: Cherokee Uprising
Character: Mary Lou Harrison
Released: October 7, 1950
Type: Movie
The title insurrection in this low-budget Whip Wilson Western consists mainly of Iron Eyes Cody, who is conspiring to raid the wagon trains with crooked sheriff Marshall Reed and nefarious Indian agent Forrest Taylor.
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Title: The Beulah Show
Character: Julie
Released: October 3, 1950
Type: TV
The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African American actress.
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Texas Dynamo
Title: Texas Dynamo
Character: Julia Beck
Released: June 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Charles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty, Starrett not only plays Durango and his "alter ego" Steve Drake, but also takes on a third identity, that of a hired gun in the employ of the film's bad guys. As one critic noted, this may be the only western in which the hero is obliged to chase himself. Jock O'Mahoney -- later known as Jock Mahoney -- plays a secondary role, and also doubles for Starrett during the riskier stunt sequences.
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The Adventures of Sir Galahad
Title: The Adventures of Sir Galahad
Character: Lady of the Lake
Released: December 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Sir Galahad, a knight of the Round Table, searches for the legendary sword of Excalibur.
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Horsemen of the Sierras
Title: Horsemen of the Sierras
Character: Patty McGregor
Released: November 22, 1949
Type: Movie
When Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off Robin and claim the land for themselves. US Marshall Steve Saunders comes to the boy's rescue.
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Roaring Westward
Title: Roaring Westward
Character: Susan Braden
Released: September 14, 1949
Type: Movie
After claim jumper Sanders kills a miner, he changes clothes with Perry. In pursuit, the Marshal kills Perry claiming he was the murderer. Setting out to clear Perry's name, Jimmy works his way into the outlaw game. But Sanders overhears Jimmy's plans and he and his boss Morgan set a trap to kill Jimmy.
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Duke of Chicago
Title: Duke of Chicago
Character: Helen Cunningham
Released: March 15, 1949
Type: Movie
To save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.
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Daughter of the Jungle
Title: Daughter of the Jungle
Character: Ticoora
Released: February 8, 1949
Type: Movie
An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by savage natives by a white woman who appears out of nowhere, and it turns out she is a lost heiress who herself crash-landed in the jungle years before.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Amy March
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.