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Lola Albright (born July 20, 1925 in Akron, Ohio)
is an United States|American singer and actress.

The beautiful and blonde Albright worked as a
model before heading to Hollywood where she made
her motion picture debut with a bit part in 1948's
The Pirate following which she had a secondary but
important role in the acclaimed 1949 in film|1949
hit film, Champion (1949 movie)|Champion. However,
this was the era of many blondes, notably Marilyn
Monroe, and for the next ten years Lola Albright
continued to work primarily in secondary roles in
more than twenty films including several
B-movie|'B' Western film|Westerns. As well, she
acted in guest roles on a number of television
series.

In 1958 Lola Albright earned the part of 'Edie
Hart' in the trend-setting Peter Gunn television
series produced by Blake Edwards and directed by
Robert Altman with theme music that made Henry
Mancini famous. In it, she played a nightclub
singer who was the romantic interest of the
"super-cool" private detective 'Peter Gunn' played
by Craig Stevens. In 1959, she was nominated for
an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress
(Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series.
Her role called for singing, something she had
been doing since childhood, and her celebrity led
to the releasing of her 1959 music album
"Dreamsville" in which her songs were backed by
Mancini and his orchestra.

Lola Albright's popularity as a result of the
"Peter Gunn" series led to a number of major film
roles including Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley's 1962
film, Kid Galahad and with Alain Delon and Jane
Fonda in the 1964 France|French film Les Felins by
renowned director René Clément. She continued to
perform both in film and as a guest actor on a
number of television series until her retirement
in the early 1980s.


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