Jennifer Holt
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Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods. She and her brother Tim would both have careers in acting.
She made her film debut using the stage name "Jacqueline Holt" in a 1941 western starring Hopalong Cassidy and went on to make forty-seven films during the 1940s. All but eight of her roles were in western films in which she appeared opposite cowboy stars such as Lash LaRue, Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown.
Holt made her final film in 1949 then in 1950 co-hosted a television show called Panhandle Pete and Jennifer which ran for one season. During the remainder of the 1950s she made occasional guest appearances on television western series such as The Gabby Hayes Show and Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson. Although the popularity of western films had faded by the mid-1950s, during the 1970s western film festivals became popular with fans of the genre and she occasionally participated as a guest.
Jennifer Holt was married several times, living for a while in Mexico and was in Dorset in England at the time of her death in 1997.
Jennifer made a batch of westerns in the 1940s, primarily at Universal and PRC as the heroine to Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Rod Cameron, Buster Crabbe, Eddie Dean and Lash LaRue. Her first western was the Hopalong Cassidy STICK TO YOUR GUNS (Paramount, 1941). She also played the female lead in a couple of cliffhangers, ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS (Universal, 1943) and HOP HARRIGAN (Columbia, 1946).
THE HAWK OF POWDER RIVER (Eagle-Lion/PRC, 1948) was Holt's favorite western role, as she portrayed the masked leader of a band of outlaws. She and most of her gang are gunned down by singing cowboy Eddie Dean in the film-ending shootout.
Holt had several marriages, lived in the United States and Mexico, and resided in England at the time or her death in 1997. One of her marriages was to movie actor William Bakewell (1908-1993) whom she starred with in the HOP HARRIGAN chapter play. Bakewell may be best remembered as "Major Tobias Norton" in the 1950s Disney Fess Parker/Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier TV show.
Even though her father Jack and brother Tim made scores of westerns and outdoorsy type films, Jennifer was never in any of their movies. And despite many reports throughout the years, an actor named David Holt (1927-2003) was NOT the brother of Jennifer and Tim Holt nor the son of Jack Holt.
In the late 1940s - early 1950s, Jennifer hosted/participated in several television programs that originated in Chicago. One was her portrayal of "Aunt Judy" to the puppet "Uncle Mistletoe" in the 15 minute THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE MISTLETOE which was broadcast locally and over ABC. Chicago department store Marshall Fields did this program in response to competitor Montgomery Ward's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. After a couple years, Jennifer exited Mistletoe and did another children's program, PANHANDLE PETE AND JENNIFER, which originated from NBC in Chicago. That 15 minute series ran from 1950 - 1951.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.448 |
Birthday | 1920-11-10 |
Place of Birth | Hollywood, California, USA |
Also Known As | Elizabeth Marshall Holt, Jacqueline Holt, |
1942
Private Buckaroo
4.9/7
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Private Buckaroo
1941
Stick to Your Guns
5/1
Buck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends whose cattle are being rustled. Hoppy and California...
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Stick to Your Guns
1947
Stage to Mesa City
0/1
Lash and Fuzzy sent to help John Watson with his stage line arrive to find him murdered. Recognizing the outlaws they trail them to their leader Baxte...
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Stage to Mesa City
1942
The Silver Bullet
4/2
A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible.
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The Silver Bullet
1948
The Tioga Kid
5/2
Ranger Eddie Dean is looking for the outlaw the Tioga Kid, a man he closely resembles. He runs into Joe Morino and his gang of rustlers at the same ti...
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The Tioga Kid
1943
Raiders of Sunset Pass
0/0
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Raiders of Sunset Pass
1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
6.5/2
Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion.
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Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
0/0
In order to obtain a stage coach mail contract, a new road must be built. A gang of outlaws try to prevent the building of the road.
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Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1948
Range Renegades
0/0
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Range Renegades
1948
The Hawk of Powder River
5.5/2
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The Hawk of Powder River
1945
The Navajo Trail
0/0
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The Navajo Trail
1944
Oklahoma Raiders
7.5/2
In this western, two cowboys go to buy fresh horses for the cavalry and end up taking on two badguys and a female vigilante.
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Oklahoma Raiders
1944
Guns of the Law
5/4
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Guns of the Law
1943
The Lone Star Trail
5/2
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The Lone Star Trail
1947
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
5/1
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Buffalo Bill Rides Again
1946
Trigger Fingers
0/0
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Trigger Fingers
1948
Tornado Range
0/0
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Tornado Range
1945
Beyond the Pecos
5/1
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Beyond the Pecos
1945
The Lost Trail
0/0
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The Lost Trail
1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas
5/1
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
1945
Gun Smoke
3.8/2
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Gun Smoke
1947
Shadow Valley
0/0
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Shadow Valley
1946
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
3.7/3
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Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1947
Ghost Town Renegades
4/4
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Ghost Town Renegades
1942
Broadway
5.5/3
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
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Broadway
1942
Little Joe, the Wrangler
6/1
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Little Joe, the Wrangler
1943
Hi, Buddy
7/3
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Hi, Buddy
1942
The Old Chisholm Trail
7/2
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The Old Chisholm Trail
1943
Raiders of San Joaquin
6/1
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Raiders of San Joaquin
1943
Cheyenne Roundup
4/1
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Cheyenne Roundup
1944
Outlaw Trail
0/0
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Outlaw Trail
1943
Frontier Law
6/1
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Frontier Law
1944
Marshal of Gunsmoke
0/0
U.S. marshal Ritter arrives in town to round up bandits who are attempting to fix the local elections.
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Marshal of Gunsmoke
1945
Renegades of the Rio Grande
0/0
A cowboy who was trying to return the loot from a robbery finds hmself suspected of the crime.
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Renegades of the Rio Grande
1945
Song of Old Wyoming
5.2/5
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Song of Old Wyoming
1947
The Fighting Vigilantes
5/1
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The Fighting Vigilantes
1947
Over the Santa Fe Trail
0/0
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Over the Santa Fe Trail
1947
Pioneer Justice
5/1
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Pioneer Justice
1947
Where the North Begins
6/1
A Canadian Mountie investigates the disappearance of a brother officer.
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Where the North Begins
1947
Trail of the Mounties
0/0
A Canadian mountie is framed for committing crimes, while investigating a gang of criminals.
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Trail of the Mounties
1944
Riders of the Santa Fe
7/1
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Riders of the Santa Fe
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
0/0
Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
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Beverly Hills Family Robinson
4/24
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Beverly Hills Family Robinson
1946
Moon Over Montana
0/0
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Moon Over Montana
1942
Pardon My Sarong
6.5/23
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Pardon My Sarong
1945
Under Western Skies
5.8/4
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