Jennifer Holt

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-11-10

Day of death

1997-09-21 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, California, USA

Jennifer Holt

Biography

From Wikipedia Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods. She and her brother Tim would both have careers in acting. She made her film debut using the stage name "Jacqueline Holt" in a 1941 western starring Hopalong Cassidy and went on to make forty-seven films during the 1940s. All but eight of her roles were in western films in which she appeared opposite cowboy stars such as Lash LaRue, Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown. Holt made her final film in 1949 then in 1950 co-hosted a television show called Panhandle Pete and Jennifer which ran for one season. During the remainder of the 1950s she made occasional guest appearances on television western series such as The Gabby Hayes Show and Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson. Although the popularity of western films had faded by the mid-1950s, during the 1970s western film festivals became popular with fans of the genre and she occasionally participated as a guest. Jennifer Holt was married several times, living for a while in Mexico and was in Dorset in England at the time of her death in 1997. Jennifer made a batch of westerns in the 1940s, primarily at Universal and PRC as the heroine to Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Rod Cameron, Buster Crabbe, Eddie Dean and Lash LaRue. Her first western was the Hopalong Cassidy STICK TO YOUR GUNS (Paramount, 1941). She also played the female lead in a couple of cliffhangers, ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS (Universal, 1943) and HOP HARRIGAN (Columbia, 1946). THE HAWK OF POWDER RIVER (Eagle-Lion/PRC, 1948) was Holt's favorite western role, as she portrayed the masked leader of a band of outlaws. She and most of her gang are gunned down by singing cowboy Eddie Dean in the film-ending shootout. Holt had several marriages, lived in the United States and Mexico, and resided in England at the time or her death in 1997. One of her marriages was to movie actor William Bakewell (1908-1993) whom she starred with in the HOP HARRIGAN chapter play. Bakewell may be best remembered as "Major Tobias Norton" in the 1950s Disney Fess Parker/Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier TV show. Even though her father Jack and brother Tim made scores of westerns and outdoorsy type films, Jennifer was never in any of their movies. And despite many reports throughout the years, an actor named David Holt (1927-2003) was NOT the brother of Jennifer and Tim Holt nor the son of Jack Holt. In the late 1940s - early 1950s, Jennifer hosted/participated in several television programs that originated in Chicago. One was her portrayal of "Aunt Judy" to the puppet "Uncle Mistletoe" in the 15 minute THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE MISTLETOE which was broadcast locally and over ABC. Chicago department store Marshall Fields did this program in response to competitor Montgomery Ward's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. After a couple years, Jennifer exited Mistletoe and did another children's program, PANHANDLE PETE AND JENNIFER, which originated from NBC in Chicago. That 15 minute series ran from 1950 - 1951.

Known For

  • The Lone Star Trail

    The Lone Star Trail

  • Ghost Town Renegades

    Ghost Town Renegades

  • Johnny Midnight

    Johnny Midnight

  • Pioneer Justice

    Pioneer Justice

  • Stage to Mesa City

    Stage to Mesa City

  • Beyond the Pecos

    Beyond the Pecos

  • The Hawk of Powder River

    The Hawk of Powder River

  • Riders of the Santa Fe

    Riders of the Santa Fe

  • Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

    Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

  • Tornado Range

    Tornado Range

  • Marshal of Gunsmoke

    Marshal of Gunsmoke

  • Adventures of the Flying Cadets

    Adventures of the Flying Cadets

  • Shadow Valley

    Shadow Valley

  • Broadway

    Broadway

  • The Silver Bullet

    The Silver Bullet

  • Moon Over Montana

    Moon Over Montana

  • Gun Smoke

    Gun Smoke

  • The Fighting Vigilantes

    The Fighting Vigilantes

  • The Tioga Kid

    The Tioga Kid

  • Where the North Begins

    Where the North Begins

  • Private Buckaroo

    Private Buckaroo

  • Trigger Fingers

    Trigger Fingers

  • Range Renegades

    Range Renegades

  • Pardon My Sarong

    Pardon My Sarong

  • Guns of the Law

    Guns of the Law

  • The Old Chisholm Trail

    The Old Chisholm Trail

  • Beverly Hills Family Robinson

    Beverly Hills Family Robinson

  • Stick to Your Guns

    Stick to Your Guns

  • Oklahoma Raiders

    Oklahoma Raiders

  • Hi, Buddy

    Hi, Buddy

  • Deep in the Heart of Texas

    Deep in the Heart of Texas

  • Cheyenne Roundup

    Cheyenne Roundup

  • Under Western Skies

    Under Western Skies

  • Trail of the Mounties

    Trail of the Mounties

  • Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

    Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

  • Song of Old Wyoming

    Song of Old Wyoming

  • Outlaw Trail

    Outlaw Trail

  • Little Joe, the Wrangler

    Little Joe, the Wrangler

  • Buffalo Bill Rides Again

    Buffalo Bill Rides Again

  • Renegades of the Rio Grande

    Renegades of the Rio Grande

  • Cowboy in Manhattan

    Cowboy in Manhattan

  • Raiders of Sunset Pass

    Raiders of Sunset Pass

  • The Navajo Trail

    The Navajo Trail

  • The Lost Trail

    The Lost Trail

  • Frontier Law

    Frontier Law

  • Over the Santa Fe Trail

    Over the Santa Fe Trail

  • Raiders of San Joaquin

    Raiders of San Joaquin