Noel Mills (actress) explained

Jacqueline Isobel Noel Mills (born October 22, 1917)[1] is an American actress who was active in films, on radio, and on stage.

Early years

Five years after Mills was born in Haslemere, England, she and her family moved to Canada. She began ballet at age 3.[2] Her early acting experience came in little theaters in the Montreal area, performing in French and in English.[3] During her teenage years she traveled with stock theater companies.[4] She became an American citizen.[5]

Career

Mills's radio debut came in St. Louis in 1934. She later announced and acted on radio station WLS in Chicago. She left there and went to New York, where she had "four pretty tough years, working in local stations and playing bit parts". Her performance in a play on The Kate Smith Hour radio show caught the attention of writer Elaine Sterne Carrington, and resulted in Mills being cast in Carrington's new soap opera, When a Girl Marries on which she portrayed Joan Field.[6] She also was heard on The Court of Missing Heirs,[7] Your Family and Mine,[8] The Baby Snooks Show[9] and Gang Busters.[10]

Mills appeared in the film Madame Curie,[11] and she was a fashion commentator for Pathé News.[12] Her work on television included performances on Hawkins Falls, Population 6200[13] and NBC Television Theatre.[14]

In 1946 Mills was a civilian actress technician with Army Special Services in the South Pacific.[15]

Personal life

Mills married Stanley Johnson Worth in 1940 in Manhattan, New York.[16] [17]

Mills married comedian Tommy Riggs on June 9, 1948, in Easton, Pennsylvania.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 . Ancestry . 5 January 2024.
  2. News: Lindsay . Patricia . Radio Actress Has Strict Health and Beauty Routine . July 27, 2023 . The Tampa Times . April 2, 1940 . 14. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Sher . Jack . New York Reporter: Who . . . What . . . When . . . Where . July 22, 2023 . Press of Atlantic City . July 23, 1939 . 20. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Radio Actress . July 22, 2023 . Springfield News-Sun . December 25, 1938 . 13. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Tom Riggs Weds Actress in Easton . July 27, 2023 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . June 11, 1948 . 11. Newspapers.com.
  6. Book: Dunning . John . On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio . May 7, 1998 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-977078-6 . 717 . en . July 22, 2023.
  7. News: Beauties Face Network Microphones . July 27, 2023 . The Akron Beacon Journal . February 4, 1940 . 21. Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Radio Actress . July 27, 2023 . Springfield News-Sun . June 4, 1939 . 15. .
  9. Lesser . Jerry . May 16, 1942 . 9 . Radio Talent: New York . Billboard . July 22, 2023.
  10. News: Radio 'Pretties' . July 22, 2023 . Des Moines Tribune . January 18, 1939 . 11. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: Tommy's Betty Lou To Get Stepmother . July 27, 2023 . The Pittsburgh Press . June 5, 1948 . 1. Newspapers.com.
  12. October 22, 1937 . 2 . Purely Personal . Motion Picture Daily . July 27, 2023 .
  13. News: Town, Gown Actress Now On TV Program . July 27, 2023 . Birmingham Post-Herald . April 21, 1954 . 9. Newspapers.com.
  14. Book: Hawes . William . Live Television Drama, 1946-1951 . March 15, 2001 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-0905-1 . 237 . July 22, 2023 . en.
  15. September 4, 1946 . 55 . Broadway . Variety . July 27, 2023.
  16. News: Surprise Wedding . 5 January 2024 . Chicago Tribune . 23 February 1940.
  17. Web site: New York, New York, Index to Marriage Licenses, 1908-1910, 1938-1940 . Ancestry . 5 January 2024.
  18. News: Tommy Riggs Marries Actress . July 12, 2023 . The New York Times . June 11, 1948 . 20. subscription.

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