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Lois Boyd in The Vulgar Yachtsman (1926)

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Lois Boyd

Overview

  • Born
    October 5, 1904 · Oklahoma, USA
  • Died
    February 3, 1995 · California, USA (Natural causes)
  • Height
    5′ (1.52 m)

Biography

  • Lois Boyd was born in Oklahoma in 1904. She started her career dancing in The Ziegfeld Follies. In 1919 she became one of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties and made her film debut in Among Those Present. She had bit parts in many comedies including The Jolly Jilter and East Of The Water Plug. Lois also worked as one of Hal Roach's "Sunshine Girls". She married Ray Ramsey, a cameraman for the Eddie Cline Company in 1920. They had a son together and divorced. Lois costarred with Monty Banks in The Covered Schooner and with Buddy Messinger in Taming The East.

    She was becoming a popular onscreen ingenue and in 1926 she signed a five year contract with Joe Rock. Lois was chosen to be the leading lady in the "Ton Of Fun" comedy series. In the films 100 pound Lois acted opposite three obese comedians - Frank Alexander, Hilliard Karr, and Bill "Kewpie" Ross. In 1927 she appeared in the dramas Wolves Of The Air and Thumbs Down. The following year Lois retired from acting. She married her second husband, Lou Erickson, and became a housewife. Lois died in 1995 at the age of 90.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Elizabeth Ann

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  • Spouses
      Lou Erickson(1927 - 1984) (his death, 1 child)
      Ray Ramsey(February 25, 1920 - 1927) (divorced, 1 child)

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  • She was born Lois Henrietta Boyd on October 5, 1904 in Oklahoma. Lois died on February 3, 1995 at the age of ninety.
  • Lois was a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty and a Hal Roach Sunshine Girl.

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