Goodee Montgomery (born Virginia Lawhead; 1906–1978) was an American

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and musician. She was the niece of the actor David C. Montgomery. She also performed in vaudeville. Montgomery was born Virginia Lawhead in

St. Joseph, Missouri St. Joseph is a city in and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri. Small parts of St. Joseph extend into Andrew County. Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includ ...

. Her father, Rex Lawhead, managed a theater in Decatur, Illinois. Her parents divorced when she was 15 years old. Her stage name was a combination of a pet name her uncle used for her, Goodee, and her mother's maiden name, Montgomery. Montgomery sang and played banjo and ukulele. She also arranged, recorded, and made broadcasts for the Victor Company in addition to writing songs and writing books about the ukulele. As a writer, Montgomery used the pen name Donna McDonald. On Broadway, Montgomery portrayed Hotsie in ''Piggy'' (1927). Montgomery and Dorothy Stone formed an act in the early 1930, following in the tradition of Montgomery's uncle and Stone's father, who had an act together. Montgomery married director Frank Burgess McDonald in 1934. She became a successful watercolor artist after she injured her spine in 1940 and cut short her career in acting.

Selected filmography

* ''

Charlie Chan Carries On ''Charlie Chan Carries On'' (1930) is the fifth novel in the Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers. Plot summary Inspector Duff, a Scotland Yard detective and friend of Chan's, first introduced in '' Behind That Curtain'', is pursuing a murde ...

'' (1931) * ''

Let's Talk It Over ''Let's Talk It Over'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Chester Morris, Mae Clarke and Frank Craven.Dick p.81 Plot summary A sailor rescues a young heiress who is apparently drowning. Little ...

'' (1934) * '' Stolen Sweets'' (1934) * '' Stolen Harmony'' (1935) * ''

Beware of Ladies ''Beware of Ladies'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Donald Cook, Judith Allen and George Meeker.Gates p.95 A female newspaper reporter is sent by her editor to cover a political contest between a naïve n ...

'' (1936) * '' Mountain Music'' (1937)

References

Bibliography

* Everett Aaker. ''George Raft: The Films''. McFarland, 2013.

External links

* 1906 births 1978 deaths American film actresses Actors from St. Joseph, Missouri 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub