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| Places | United States of America | ||
| was | Actor Stage actor Film actor | ||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
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| Birth | 28 June 1907, Utica, USA | ||
| Death | 20 April 1977Downey, USA (aged 69 years) | ||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||
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Mary Lawlor (June 28, 1907 – April 20, 1977) was an American stage and screen actress.
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Lawlor was born in Utica, New York.
Lawlor was a lead actress in a number of productions: she was a lead in Good News (musical) and the 1930 film adaptation. The musical, in which she starred as a tutor and love interest, had a very successful run on Broadway. She performed The Best Things in Life Are Free, Lucky in Love and Varsity Drag with John Price Jones. The musical inspired a slew of copycat college themed stories.
She also appeared in the Harold Arlen musical You Said It, and the musical No, No, Nanette.
She married baseball player Lyn Lary on July 14, 1931. They had a son, Lynford Lawlor Lary.