The Broadway actress Merle Dandridge posted a picture of herself with Morison on Sunday and tweeted out a tribute. “I cried so hard they gave me a walk-on.”Her second Broadway role five years later was only marginally better – The Two Bouquets with Alfred Drake lasted 55 performances – but Hollywood noticed and Paramount signed her. Photograph: Glasshouse Images/REX/ShutterstockBorn in New York, she was the daughter of playwright and actor William R Morison and Salina Morison. After Paramount replaced her in several films, Morison left the studio and joined Al Jolson on a USO tour of Britain to entertain troops in 1942. The New York Times called her “an agile and humorous actress who is not afraid of slapstick and who can sing enchantingly”.

Source: The Guardian May 20, 2018 21:45 UTC