Mary Ford(1924-1977)

Actress
Music Department
Soundtrack

Mary Ford was born on 7 July 1924 in El Monte, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Speed Racer (2008), Casino (1995) and Carol (2015). She was married to Les Paul and Donald Hatfield. She died on 30 September 1977 in Arcadia, California, USA.

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Known for

Speed Racer

6.1

Soundtrack

2008

Casino

8.2

Soundtrack

1995

Carol

7.3

Soundtrack

2015

This Boy's Life

7.2

Soundtrack

1993

Credits

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Actress

Help!
7.1
- (uncredited)
- 1965
Lonesome Trail
5.7
- Member - The Sunshine Girls (uncredited)
- 1945
Montana Plains
Short
- Singer (as Coleen Sumners)
- 1944
Song of the Range
5.7
- Singer - The Sunshine Girls (uncredited)
- 1944
I'm from Arkansas
5.3
- Sunshine Trio Member (as Colleen Sumners)
- 1944

Music Department

Soundtrack

Marty Supreme
7.5
- performer: "How High the Moon"
- 2025
Asteroid City
6.4
- performer: "Smoke Rings", "How High the Moon"
- 2023
Project Blue Book
7.6
TV Series
- performer: "How High the Moon" (uncredited)
- 2019
Rellik
6.4
TV Mini Series
- performer: "The Moon of Manakoora" (uncredited)
- 2017
Carol
7.3
- performer: "Smoke Rings"
- 2015
Kaurcageous
Short
- performer: "Vaya con Dios"
- 2013
Silver Linings Playbook
7.7
- performer: "The Moon of Manakoora"
- 2012
Parenthood
8.3
TV Series
- performer: "I'm a Fool to Care" (uncredited)
- 2010
The Blind Side
7.6
- performer: "How High the Moon"
- 2009
Fringe
8.4
TV Series
- performer: "Jazz Me Blues"
- writer: "Jazz Me Blues" (uncredited, uncredited)
- 2009
Speed Racer
6.1
- performer: "Bewitched"
- 2008
Supernatural
8.4
TV Series
- performer: "Vaya con Dios"
- 2007
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
- Soundtrack ("How High the Moon", "Let's Fall in Love" (recorded c. 1950; released 1991), "Just One More Chance" (1951), "Bye Bye Blues" (1952), "Tiger Rag" (1952), "Mocking Bird Hill" (1951), "I Really Don't Want To Know" (1954), "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (1951), "Vaya Con Dios" (1953), "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" (1953), "Take Me In Your Arms and Hold Me")
- 2007
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
7.2
- performer: "Bye Bye Blues", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"
- 2005
The Jealous God
5.7
- performer: "How High the Moon"
- 2005

Personal details

Alternative names
- Coleen Sumners
Born
- July 7, 1924
- El Monte, California, USA
Died
- September 30, 1977
- Arcadia, California, USA(complications from pneumonia and diabetes)
Spouses
Other works
Singer; teamed with husband, guitarist-producer Les Paul. Recorded for Capitol and had several hits in the 1950s, most notably, "How High The Moon".
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