Luana Walters
Luana Walters
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Luana Walters (July 22, 1912 - May 19, 1963) was a motion picture actress from Los Angeles, California. Walters was an expert horsewoman which led to her discovery as an actress at a rodeo in Palm Springs, California. She won a woman's bucking contest which was being watched by a movie scout, who noticed her. Her film career began when she visited a friend on a United Artists lot. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. was excited about her screen possibilities and arranged for a film test. However, only three days later Fairbanks went to Europe, and the test was never completed. Not long afterwards Joe Schenck saw Walters on the dance floor at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, California. After viewing the abbreviated test made by Fairbanks, Schenck offered her a contract with United Artists. The studio did not make a movie in the next six months so Walters' option was not taken up. Walters' screen credits start with an uncredited role in Reaching For The Moon (film) (1930). Her skill as an equestrian helped her in parts in westerns like Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936), Where The West Begins (1938), Mexicali Rose (1939), and Law Of The Wolf (1939). On many occasions Walters made films in which her role was cut out. This began when she made Reaching for the Moon (film) with Fairbanks. Her parts were also deleted from Spawn of the North (1938) and Souls At Sea (1937). The former was a Carole Lombard feature and the latter paired Walters with Robert Cummings. Walters was the first actress to portray Superman's biological mother Lara in a live-action format. She appeared in "Superman Comes to Earth", the first chapter of the 1948 Superman movie serial. Portions of this depiction appear in flashback in "At the Mercy of Atom Man!", the seventh chapter of the 1950 serial Atom Man vs. Superman. In the latter portion of her career Walters was in a number of B-Movie films, most of them of the sci-fi and horror genres. She plays a female reporter on the trail of a fiend's story in The Corpse Vanishes (1942), with Bela Lugosi. She appears as a cellblock guard in Girls In Prison (1956). Her final role came in The She Creature (1956). Luana Walters died of liver failure due to alcoholism in Los Angeles in 1963. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luana Walters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 2.821
Birthday 1912-07-22
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Drums of Fu Manchu
1943

Drums of Fu Manchu

Drums of Fu Manchu
1940

Drums of Fu Manchu

Blondie Plays Cupid
1940

Blondie Plays Cupid

The Corpse Vanishes
1942

The Corpse Vanishes

Shoot to Kill
1947

Shoot to Kill

Horrible Horror
1986

Horrible Horror

Assassin of Youth
1938

Assassin of Youth

Youth on Parole
1937

Youth on Parole

Aces and Eights
1936

Aces and Eights

Girls in Prison
1956

Girls in Prison

Shadow of Chinatown
1936

Shadow of Chinatown

The Kid's Last Ride
1941

The Kid's Last Ride

The Range Busters
1940

The Range Busters

Arizona Bound
1941

Arizona Bound

Down Texas Way
1942

Down Texas Way

The Speed Reporter
1936

The Speed Reporter

Inside the Law
1942

Inside the Law

Paris Honeymoon
1939

Paris Honeymoon

No Greater Sin
1941

No Greater Sin

Thanks for the Memory
1938

Thanks for the Memory

Where the West Begins
1938

Where the West Begins

Captain Midnight
1942

Captain Midnight

The Return of Wild Bill
1940

The Return of Wild Bill

Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Law of the Wolf
1939

Law of the Wolf

Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939

Mutiny on the Blackhawk

Fangs of the Wild
1939

Fangs of the Wild

Honeymoon in Bali
1939

Honeymoon in Bali

Eternally Yours
1939

Eternally Yours

Mexicali Rose
1939

Mexicali Rose

Across the Sierras
1941

Across the Sierras

Shadow of Chinatown
1936

Shadow of Chinatown

Millionaire Playboy
1940

Millionaire Playboy

Thundering Hoofs
1942

Thundering Hoofs

Under Strange Flags
1937

Under Strange Flags

The Third Sex
1934

The Third Sex

The Durango Kid
1940

The Durango Kid

Misbehaving Husbands
1940

Misbehaving Husbands

Two Seconds
1932

Two Seconds

Miss Pinkerton
1932

Miss Pinkerton

Hotel Imperial
1939

Hotel Imperial

Cafe Society
1939

Cafe Society

The Tulsa Kid
1940

The Tulsa Kid

The Lone Star Vigilantes
1942

The Lone Star Vigilantes

Bad Men of the Hills
1942

Bad Men of the Hills

Lawless Plainsmen
1942

Lawless Plainsmen

Say It in French
1938

Say It in French

The Buccaneer
1938

The Buccaneer

Arthur Takes Over
1948

Arthur Takes Over

End of the Trail
1932

End of the Trail

Marie Antoinette
1938

Marie Antoinette

Fighting Texans
1933

Fighting Texans