Audrey Mary Totter (December 20, 1917 â€" December 12, 2013) was an
American radio, film, and television actress and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
contract player in the 1940s.Audrey â€" some sources indicate "Audra"
â€" Totter was born in 1917 and grew up in Joliet in Will County in
northeastern Illinois. Her parents were John Totter, who was born in
Slovenia with birth name Janez, and Ida Mae Totter. Her father was of
Austro-Slovenian descent and her mother was Swedish American. She had
two brothers, Folger and George, and a sister, Collette.Totter
graduated from Joliet High School, where she acted in school plays.
According to Totter, she was a Methodist who also began her career
performing in several productions for her local church as well as
being involved with the YWCA players.Totter began her acting career in
radio in the latter 1930s in Chicago, only 40 miles northeast of
Joliet. She played in soap operas, including Painted Dreams, Road of
Life, Ma Perkins, and Bright Horizon.
American radio, film, and television actress and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
contract player in the 1940s.Audrey â€" some sources indicate "Audra"
â€" Totter was born in 1917 and grew up in Joliet in Will County in
northeastern Illinois. Her parents were John Totter, who was born in
Slovenia with birth name Janez, and Ida Mae Totter. Her father was of
Austro-Slovenian descent and her mother was Swedish American. She had
two brothers, Folger and George, and a sister, Collette.Totter
graduated from Joliet High School, where she acted in school plays.
According to Totter, she was a Methodist who also began her career
performing in several productions for her local church as well as
being involved with the YWCA players.Totter began her acting career in
radio in the latter 1930s in Chicago, only 40 miles northeast of
Joliet. She played in soap operas, including Painted Dreams, Road of
Life, Ma Perkins, and Bright Horizon.
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