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Jennifer Holt‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1920-11-10

Popularity

star1.4

Jennifer Holt

Hollywood, California, USA

Jennifer Holt

Hollywood, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1920-11-10

Popularity

star1.4

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Private Buckaroo

Private Buckaroo‌
star4.9
calendar 1942

Stick to Your Guns

Stick to Your Guns‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Stage to Mesa City

Stage to Mesa City‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

The Silver Bullet

The Silver Bullet‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

The Tioga Kid

The Tioga Kid‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

Raiders of Sunset Pass

Raiders of Sunset Pass‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Adventures of the Flying Cadets‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Range Renegades

Range Renegades‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

The Hawk of Powder River

The Hawk of Powder River‌
star5.5
calendar 1948

The Navajo Trail

The Navajo Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Oklahoma Raiders

Oklahoma Raiders‌
star7.5
calendar 1944

Guns of the Law

Guns of the Law‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Lone Star Trail

The Lone Star Trail‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Buffalo Bill Rides Again

Buffalo Bill Rides Again‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Trigger Fingers

Trigger Fingers‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Tornado Range

Tornado Range‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Beyond the Pecos

Beyond the Pecos‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

The Lost Trail

The Lost Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Deep in the Heart of Texas‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

Gun Smoke

Gun Smoke‌
star3.8
calendar 1945

Shadow Valley

Shadow Valley‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways‌
star3.7
calendar 1946

Ghost Town Renegades

Ghost Town Renegades‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

Broadway

Broadway‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

Little Joe, the Wrangler

Little Joe, the Wrangler‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Hi, Buddy

Hi, Buddy‌
star7.0
calendar 1943

The Old Chisholm Trail

The Old Chisholm Trail‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Raiders of San Joaquin

Raiders of San Joaquin‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Cheyenne Roundup

Cheyenne Roundup‌
star4.0
calendar 1943

Outlaw Trail

Outlaw Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Frontier Law

Frontier Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Marshal of Gunsmoke

Marshal of Gunsmoke‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Renegades of the Rio Grande

Renegades of the Rio Grande‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Song of Old Wyoming

Song of Old Wyoming‌
star5.2
calendar 1945

The Fighting Vigilantes

The Fighting Vigilantes‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Over the Santa Fe Trail

Over the Santa Fe Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Pioneer Justice

Pioneer Justice‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Where the North Begins

Where the North Begins‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

Trail of the Mounties

Trail of the Mounties‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Riders of the Santa Fe

Riders of the Santa Fe‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

Cowboy in Manhattan

Cowboy in Manhattan‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Beverly Hills Family Robinson

Beverly Hills Family Robinson‌
star4.0
calendar 1997

Moon Over Montana

Moon Over Montana‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

Under Western Skies

Under Western Skies‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

Tv Credits

Johnny Midnight

Johnny Midnight‌
star0.0
calendar 1960