Lenore Lonergan (June 2, 1928 in

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– August 31, 1987) was a stage and film actress during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Biography

She came from a long line of actors; her paternal grandfather, Lester Lonergan, was an Irish-born actor, and her father, Lester Lonergan, Jr., was a renowned actor. Her mother, Julia Mary (Juliet) McIntyre-Lonergan, daughter of Hector McIntyre and Julia Fennell of Sydney,

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, was also an actress and opera singer who trained at

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. There was a floor-to-ceiling portrait of her as Juliet Capulet from ''Romeo and Juliet'' that hung in their apartment at 58 West 58th Street in

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. Her brother, Lester Lonergan III, was an actor as well.Profile: Lester Lonergan III
playbill.com. Accessed April 24, 2022. She made her stage debut on

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at the age of 6, in ''Mother Lode,'' starring

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. She later played in the original adaption of '' The Philadelphia Story'' on Broadway. She later played juvenile roles in ''

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'' by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields, and in ''

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'' by

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. She appeared in ''Crime Marches On'', ''Fields Beyond'', and in the film ''

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'', among others. Later films included ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Personal life and death

Lonergan was married to Richard Bertram, and she had a son, John Holtzman. She died of cancer on August 31, 1987 in

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Filmography

References

External links

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Richard Bertram Life and Times
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lonergan, Lenore 1928 births 1987 deaths American child actresses American film actresses American stage actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Toledo, Ohio Deaths from cancer in Florida