Lucille Lund (June 3, 1913 â€" February 15, 2002) was an American
actress. She is best known for her role in the film The Black Cat
(1934).Lucille Lund was born in Buckley, Washington to Olaf Sylfestson
Lund (1888â€"1940) and Laura (SkjelkvÃ¥le) Lund (1885â€"1972), who
were immigrants from Oppland, Norway. She began her theatrical career
as a child doing play extracts and readings. After leaving school she
joined Henry Duffy Players, a stock company and toured up and down the
Pacific Coast. She then studied drama at Northwestern University in
Chicago.In 1933 she won a nationwide contest, "The Most Beautiful
College Coed", which included a small Universal Pictures contract as a
prize. Her first film was Horseplay in 1933, in which she had a minor
role, with her first noticeable film being opposite Robert Young in
the 1933 movie Saturday's Millions. In 1934 she starred in six films.
That year she starred in The Black Cat, a horror film starring Boris
Karloff and Bela Lugosi. She also starred in the lead role opposite
Reb Russell in Range Warfare, and would be named a "WAMPAS Baby Star".
Of the thirteen girls selected that year to be "WAMPAS Baby Stars",
only four would see any success as actresses. It was the last year
that "WAMPAS" selected actresses for that title. Lund had roles in 21
films from 1935 through 1939, many of which were B-movies, such as
Prison Shadows. Of her last four films, she was uncredited in three.
(Per AFI database)
actress. She is best known for her role in the film The Black Cat
(1934).Lucille Lund was born in Buckley, Washington to Olaf Sylfestson
Lund (1888â€"1940) and Laura (SkjelkvÃ¥le) Lund (1885â€"1972), who
were immigrants from Oppland, Norway. She began her theatrical career
as a child doing play extracts and readings. After leaving school she
joined Henry Duffy Players, a stock company and toured up and down the
Pacific Coast. She then studied drama at Northwestern University in
Chicago.In 1933 she won a nationwide contest, "The Most Beautiful
College Coed", which included a small Universal Pictures contract as a
prize. Her first film was Horseplay in 1933, in which she had a minor
role, with her first noticeable film being opposite Robert Young in
the 1933 movie Saturday's Millions. In 1934 she starred in six films.
That year she starred in The Black Cat, a horror film starring Boris
Karloff and Bela Lugosi. She also starred in the lead role opposite
Reb Russell in Range Warfare, and would be named a "WAMPAS Baby Star".
Of the thirteen girls selected that year to be "WAMPAS Baby Stars",
only four would see any success as actresses. It was the last year
that "WAMPAS" selected actresses for that title. Lund had roles in 21
films from 1935 through 1939, many of which were B-movies, such as
Prison Shadows. Of her last four films, she was uncredited in three.
(Per AFI database)
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