Just You Just Me - Music

Lola Jean Albright July 20 1924 - March 23 2017 Was An American Singer And Actress. Albright Was Born In Akron Ohio To John Paul And Marion Née Harvey Albright Both Of Whom Were Gospel Music Singers. She Attended King Grammar School And West High School. She Worked As A Model Before Moving To Hollywood Studied Piano For 20 Years And Worked As A Receptionist At Radio Station WAKR In Akron Beginning When She Was 15. At 18 She Moved To Cleveland And Was A Stenographer At WTAM Radio. Her First Radio Performance Came On WJW In Cleveland. Albright's Motion Picture Career Began With A Bit Part In The 1947 Film The Unfinished Dance And Gained Notice In The 1949 Film Champion. For The Next Several Years She Appeared In Secondary Roles In Over 20 Films Including Several 'B' Westerns. Albright's Roles In Major Films Included Elvis Presley's 1962 Film Kid Galahad The 1964 French Film Les Felins Director René Clément And The 1967 Western Epic The Way West. Albright First Appeared On Television In Inside Story An Episode Of Lux Video Theatre. She Made Guest Appearances In Such Television Series As Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Thin Man Mysteries Gunsmoke Rawhide The Dick Van Dyke Show My Three Sons The Beverly Hillbillies Bonanza The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Medical Center Kojak Columbo McMillan & Wife Quincy M.E. Starsky And Hutch And The Incredible Hulk. In 1958 She Was Cast On Peter Gunn The Television Detective Series Produced By Blake Edwards And Scored By Henry Mancini. Albright Played Edie Hart A Nightclub Singer And The Romantic Interest Of Peter Gunn Craig Stevens . In 1964 She Appeared With Former Peter Gunn Co-Star Craig Stevens On His Short-Lived CBS Drama Mr. Broadway Episode "Sticks And Stones Can Break My Bones" . When Dorothy Malone Had To Undergo Emergency Surgery In 1966 Albright Filled For Her As Constance Mackenzie On The Prime-Time Soap Opera Peyton Place. At The Time Albright Called This Role "one Of The Biggest Challenges Of My Theatrical Career." Albright Continued To Perform Both In Films And Television Guest Appearances Until Her Retirement In The Mid-1980s. Albright's Role On Peter Gunn Directly Led To Her Music Albums Accompanied By Henry Mancini And His Orchestra Including Lola Wants You 1957 And Dreamsville 1959 . Columbia Records Signed Her As A Vocalist. In 1959 Albright Was Nominated For The Emmy Award For Best Supporting Actress Continuing Character In A Dramatic Series For Her Work In Peter Gunn. In 1966 She Won The Silver Bear For Best Actress Award At The 16th Berlin International Film Festival For Her Role In Lord Love A Duck. Albright Married And Divorced Three Times Having No Children. Her First Marriage To "an Unnamed Radio Executive " Occurred In 1944. They Divorced In 1949. Her Second Husband Was Actor Jack Carson 1951 To 1958 . Another Source Says That They Married August 1 1952 And Divorced November 10 1958. Her Third Marriage Was To Bill Chadney 1961-1975 Who Played Emmett The Piano Player On Peter Gunn. read less