Jennifer Holt
Jennifer Holt
From Wikipedia 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
Most Rating 1.448
Birthday 1920-11-10
Place of Birth Hollywood, California, USA
Also Known As Elizabeth Marshall Holt, Jacqueline Holt,
Private Buckaroo
1942

Private Buckaroo

Stick to Your Guns
1941

Stick to Your Guns

Stage to Mesa City
1947

Stage to Mesa City

The Silver Bullet
1942

The Silver Bullet

The Tioga Kid
1948

The Tioga Kid

Raiders of Sunset Pass
1943

Raiders of Sunset Pass

Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Range Renegades
1948

Range Renegades

The Hawk of Powder River
1948

The Hawk of Powder River

The Navajo Trail
1945

The Navajo Trail

Oklahoma Raiders
1944

Oklahoma Raiders

Guns of the Law
1944

Guns of the Law

The Lone Star Trail
1943

The Lone Star Trail

Buffalo Bill Rides Again
1947

Buffalo Bill Rides Again

Trigger Fingers
1946

Trigger Fingers

Tornado Range
1948

Tornado Range

Beyond the Pecos
1945

Beyond the Pecos

The Lost Trail
1945

The Lost Trail

Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Gun Smoke
1945

Gun Smoke

Shadow Valley
1947

Shadow Valley

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

Ghost Town Renegades
1947

Ghost Town Renegades

Broadway
1942

Broadway

Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942

Little Joe, the Wrangler

Hi, Buddy
1943

Hi, Buddy

The Old Chisholm Trail
1942

The Old Chisholm Trail

Raiders of San Joaquin
1943

Raiders of San Joaquin

Cheyenne Roundup
1943

Cheyenne Roundup

Outlaw Trail
1944

Outlaw Trail

Frontier Law
1943

Frontier Law

Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944

Marshal of Gunsmoke

Renegades of the Rio Grande
1945

Renegades of the Rio Grande

Song of Old Wyoming
1945

Song of Old Wyoming

The Fighting Vigilantes
1947

The Fighting Vigilantes

Over the Santa Fe Trail
1947

Over the Santa Fe Trail

Pioneer Justice
1947

Pioneer Justice

Where the North Begins
1947

Where the North Begins

Trail of the Mounties
1947

Trail of the Mounties

Riders of the Santa Fe
1944

Riders of the Santa Fe

Cowboy in Manhattan
1943

Cowboy in Manhattan

Beverly Hills Family Robinson
1997

Beverly Hills Family Robinson

Moon Over Montana
1946

Moon Over Montana

Pardon My Sarong
1942

Pardon My Sarong

Under Western Skies
1945

Under Western Skies