- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVirginia Mae Pound
- Born Virginia Pound, Lorna Gray was discovered by an agent while modeling in a fashion show. She was given a screen test, and Columbia was impressed enough to sign her to a contract. (It was at this time that she was given the name "Lorna Gray", which she kept until 1945, when she changed it to "Adrian Booth".) She was put in the studio's B unit, occasionally loaned out to Republic or Monogram, and when not making features was used in Columbia's comedy shorts, supporting such performers as The Three Stooges and Buster Keaton, where she acquitted herself quite well. She left Columbia and began her long career with Republic Pictures in 1941, appearing in westerns, thrillers, horror pictures, and especially the serials in which the studio specialized. She married David Brian in 1948, and after making films for a few more years, retired from the screen in 1951.
- IMDb mini biography by: A. Nonymous
- SpouseDavid Brian(August 1, 1950 - July 15, 1993) (his death)
- She was one of the last surviving cast members from the early shorts of The Three Stooges at Columbia Pictures.
- After retiring from acting in 1951, she worked for many years with the World Adoption International Fund, an adoption agency founded by Jane Russell.
- Has been credited under names of Lorna Gray and Virginia Pound (her birth name), but from 1945 on, she went only by Adrian Booth.
- On April 30, 2011, she appeared as a guest at the annual Three Stooges convention held in Fort Washington, PA.
- Passed away on April 30, 2017, three months away from what would have been her 100th birthday on July 26.
- [discussing her career while working for Republic Pictures] They were so good to me. Every time I started a picture, my boss would send me flowers.
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