Lori March


Lori March was an American television actress. She was best known for her roles on daytime soap operas. Her obituary on the Television Academy's web site noted that she "was dubbed 'First Lady of Daytime Television'."
Radio
NBC Radio drama X-1 episode: Knock - Actor as Grace

Early years

March was born in Hollywood, California. She was the daughter of Theodore von Eltz, an actor, and Peggy Prior, a screenwriter. Poet Joseph Moncure March was her adoptive father. She attended Beverly Hills High School. She studied theatre at HB Studio in New York City.

Stage

March's Broadway credits include Giants, Sons of Giants, The Chalk Garden, and Charley's Aunt.

Television

March played Lenore Bradley on the soap opera The Brighter Day. Her other soap operas and roles included Three Steps to Heaven, As the World Turns, The Secret Storm, One Life to Live, The Edge of Night, Texas, Another Life, The Guiding Light, and Another World. She appeared in 6 Perry Mason episodes including the role of defendant Paula Wallace in "The Case of the Wary Wildcatter",
defendant Edna Culross in "The Case of the Posthumous Painter" and murderer Olive Omstead in "The Case of the Capricious Corpse".

Personal life

In May 1943, March married actor Alexander Scourby.

Death

On March 19, 2013, March died at age 90 while sleeping in Redding, Connecticut.

Selected television credits

  • Man Against Crime as Margaret
  • Three Steps to Heaven as Jennifer Alden
  • The Brighter Day as Lenore Bradley
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Eve Ashley
  • Perry Mason as Helen Lessing / Paula Wallace / Edna Culross / Olive Omstead / Madame Zillia
  • The Twilight Zone as Eve Sturka
  • Dr. Kildare as Ruth Keening
  • The Secret Storm as Valerie Ames / Valerie Ames Northcote
  • One Life to Live as Adele Huddleston
  • The Edge of Night as Mrs. Henson
  • Texas as Mildred Canfield

    Film credits

  • Ransom! as Elizabeth Stannard
  • Lovers and Lollipops as Ann