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Noel Neill
Age: 89
Height: 5' 4"
Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Born: Nov. 25th, 1920
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BIOGRAPHY: Minnesota-born Noel Neill's ambition was to be a journalist like her father, the editor of a Minneapolis newspaper. However, she was hired by Bing Crosby to sing at the Turf Club at the race track in Del Mar, California (Crosby was one of the owners). Shortly thereafter, in 1941, she was signed to a contract by Paramount. She got early experience in television by hosting and performing on several experimental programs broadcast locally in Los Angeles in the late '40s, and it was around that time that she began appearing in serials, first at Columbia and then for Republic. While she is best known for playing Lois Lane in the TV series "Adventures of Superman" (1952) beginning in the second season in 1953. She actually first played Lois in the 1948 serial "Superman." She replaced Phyllis Coates in the part on the TV series when Coates was offered a leading part in another TV series and left the show. When the series ended in 1957, Neill retired from the industry.
TRIVIA:
- In 1957, she appeared briefly with her _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv) co-star 'George Reeves (I)' (qv) in a county fair act in which she sang and he played an upright bass.
- Her ancestors are from Sandnes in Norway. Same town as the famed Norwegian Hammer film starlet, 'Julie Ege' (qv).
- A trained singer and dancer, she had a night club career in her salad days performing in various nightclubs on Hollywoood's Sunset Strip including Ciro's, the Mocambo and the Trocadero.
- Arguably the most prolific actor or actress in Superman's live-action legacy, she played Lois Lane in the two Superman serials, replaced 'Phyllis Coates' (qv) as Lane in _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv) during the second season, had a cameo in _Superman (1978)_ (qv), guest-starred on _"Superboy" (1988)_ (qv) and appears in _Superman Returns (2006)_ (qv).
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