Joan Alexander (born Louise Abrass; April , â€" May , ) was an
American actress known for her role as Lois Lane on the radio serial
The Adventures of Superman and the animated Fleischer Superman short
films.Alexander was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to a
Lebanese-American family. Her father died when she was three, and when
her mother remarried, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York. She was
sent to attend a convent school on Long Island.She became a model and
actress, and studied acting in Europe with Benno Schneider, a director
in the Yiddish theater. Though Abrass later took the first name Joan
after the actress Joan Crawford, the origin of the name Alexander is
unknown, according to her family. An early, first marriage in to
actor John Sylvester White, who became known as Principal Woodman on
Welcome Back, Kotter, was also unknown to Alexander's family until two
years before Alexander's death.Alexander portrayed newspaper reporter
Lois Lane in the superhero radio program The Adventures of Superman
for more than , episodes. The series began in , two years after
Superman's debut in the modern-day DC Comics' Action Comics # (June ),
with Lane first appearing in the seventh episode. Though most sources
indicate she was not the first actress cast, Alexander was cast early
in the series' run and became the radio role's signature performer.
American actress known for her role as Lois Lane on the radio serial
The Adventures of Superman and the animated Fleischer Superman short
films.Alexander was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to a
Lebanese-American family. Her father died when she was three, and when
her mother remarried, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York. She was
sent to attend a convent school on Long Island.She became a model and
actress, and studied acting in Europe with Benno Schneider, a director
in the Yiddish theater. Though Abrass later took the first name Joan
after the actress Joan Crawford, the origin of the name Alexander is
unknown, according to her family. An early, first marriage in to
actor John Sylvester White, who became known as Principal Woodman on
Welcome Back, Kotter, was also unknown to Alexander's family until two
years before Alexander's death.Alexander portrayed newspaper reporter
Lois Lane in the superhero radio program The Adventures of Superman
for more than , episodes. The series began in , two years after
Superman's debut in the modern-day DC Comics' Action Comics # (June ),
with Lane first appearing in the seventh episode. Though most sources
indicate she was not the first actress cast, Alexander was cast early
in the series' run and became the radio role's signature performer.
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