Lorraine Miller (January 5, 1922 – February 6, 1978 ) was an American actress. She is best known for appearing in the film ''
The White Gorilla
''The White Gorilla'' is a 1945 American film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Ray Corrigan, Lorraine Miller (actress), Lorraine Miller, and Clyde Beatty. The film was made by re-editing the 1927 silent film ''Perils of the Jungle (1927 fi ...
'' (1945).
Miller was the daughter of Charles W. Miller, an electrical engineer. She attended
Michigan State College
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
before she became an actress.
In 1944, a photograph of Miller that was printed on postcards resulted in a lawsuit. She sued Photo Specialty Company,
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; yi, שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor a ...
, and others for $50,000, saying that the widely distributed postcards harmed her career, reduced her earning power, and embarrassed her. Taken when Miller worked for Goldwyn, the photograph showed Miller in black lingerie on a white fur rug and had the caption "Samuel Goldwyn's Most Cuddlesome Blonde". The lawsuit said that Miller had not given her consent for use of the image. In 1945 she was a dancer at
Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe.
On Broadway, Miller appeared in ''Happy Birthday'' (1946) and ''Magdalena'' (1948).
She married American film actor and director
Edward Buzzell
Edward Buzzell (November 13, 1895 – January 11, 1985) was an American film actor and director whose credits include ''Child of Manhattan (film), Child of Manhattan'' (1933); ''Honolulu (1939 film), Honolulu'' (1939); the Marx Brothers fil ...
on December 10, 1949, in Palm Springs, California.
Filmography
Film
Television
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Rotten Tomatoes profile
1922 births
1978 deaths
Actresses from Michigan
American film actresses
20th-century American actresses
American stage actresses
Broadway theatre people
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