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.
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Hollywood, California, USA
    Birthday
    11/10/1920
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4.9
Stick to Your Guns
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5
Stage to Mesa City
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0
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4
The Tioga Kid
The Tioga Kid
5
Raiders of Sunset Pass
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0
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
6.5
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
0
Range Renegades
Range Renegades
0
The Hawk of Powder River
The Hawk of Powder River
5.5
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The Navajo Trail
0
Oklahoma Raiders
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7.5
Guns of the Law
Guns of the Law
5
The Lone Star Trail
The Lone Star Trail
5
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
5
Trigger Fingers
Trigger Fingers
0
Tornado Range
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0
Beyond the Pecos
Beyond the Pecos
5
The Lost Trail
The Lost Trail
0
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Deep in the Heart of Texas
5
Gun Smoke
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3.8
Shadow Valley
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0
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Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
3.7
Ghost Town Renegades
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4
Broadway
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5.5
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Little Joe, the Wrangler
6
Hi, Buddy
Hi, Buddy
7
The Old Chisholm Trail
The Old Chisholm Trail
7
Raiders of San Joaquin
Raiders of San Joaquin
6
Cheyenne Roundup
Cheyenne Roundup
4
Outlaw Trail
Outlaw Trail
0
Frontier Law
Frontier Law
6
Marshal of Gunsmoke
Marshal of Gunsmoke
0
Renegades of the Rio Grande
Renegades of the Rio Grande
0
Song of Old Wyoming
Song of Old Wyoming
5.2
The Fighting Vigilantes
The Fighting Vigilantes
5
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Over the Santa Fe Trail
0
Pioneer Justice
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5
Where the North Begins
Where the North Begins
6
Trail of the Mounties
Trail of the Mounties
0
Riders of the Santa Fe
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7
Cowboy in Manhattan
Cowboy in Manhattan
0
Beverly Hills Family Robinson
Beverly Hills Family Robinson
4
Moon Over Montana
Moon Over Montana
0
Pardon My Sarong
Pardon My Sarong
6.521
Under Western Skies
Under Western Skies
5.8
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