biography
Born Georgette Barry in Paris, France, on February 1, 1919, actress Andrea King was raised by her dancer mother in Ohio, New York, and Florida. Her mother remarried
in the 1920s, and her new husband adopted Georgette. After attending private schools, King began her acting career in the early 1930s on Broadway under the name
Georgette McKee in the shows Growing Pains and Fly Away Home. Her first film was the RKO drama The Ramparts We Watch (1940), which was shot
in Connecticut. After a few bit roles, she signed a contract with Warner Bros. when her film career took off.
Warner Bros. put King in several wartime short subjects, such as Proudly We Serve (1944), before casting her in supporting roles in such films
as The Very Thought of You (1944; with Dennis Morgan and Eleanor Parker) and the noir thriller Shadow of a Woman (1946; with Helmut
Dantine). In the late 1940s, she moved on to freelance in bigger roles at Universal-International and other studios, where she was often cast as a
femme fatale in film noir titles, including I Was a Shoplifter (1950; with Scott Brady) and Dial 1119
(1950; with Marshall Thompson). King moved in television in the 1950s, making appearances on such 1950s
programs as Fireside Theatre, Cheyenne, and Perry Mason.
King sporadically acted in films in the late 1950s, including the fun romance Outlaw Queen (1957; with Harry James and
Robert Clarke) and the war drama Darby's Rangers (1958; with James Garner and
Edd Byrnes). She also acted in several science fiction and horror films, such as The Beast with Five Fingers
(1946; with Robert Alda and Peter Lorre), Red Planet Mars (1952; with Peter Graves), and House of the Black Death (1965; with Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine). |
the films of andrea kingThe Very Thought of You (1944)
From one of King's first films, the Warner Bros. romance The Very Thought of YouHotel Berlin (1945)
As Lisa Dorn in the Warner Bros. war drama Hotel BerlinThe Beast with Five Fingers (1946) 
LEFT: With Robert Alda in the Warner Bros. horror film The Beast with Five Fingers. RIGHT: With Robert Alda, Victor Francen, Peter Lorre, and William EdmundsShadow of a Woman (1946)
From the Warner Bros. film noir thriller Shadow of a Woman with Helmut DantineRide the Pink Horse (1947)
From the Universal film noir thriller Ride the Pink HorseI Was a Shoplifter (1950)   
RIGHT: From the campy film noir drama I Was a Shoplifter, released by Universal-International. CENTER and RIGHT: With Scott BradyBuccaneer's Girl (1950)Mark of the Renegade (1951) 
LEFT: From the Universal adventure Mark of the Renegade with Ricardo Montalban. RIGHT: With Ricardo Montalban and Gilbert RolandRed Planet Mars (1952)
Peter Graves attempts to contact beings on Mars with the help of Walter Sande and Andrea King in the United Artists science fiction release Red Planet MarsOutlaw Queen (1957)
From the western Outlaw Queen with Robert Clarke and Harry JamesHouse of the Black Death (1965)
With Lon Chaney Jr. and Tom Drake in Jerry Warren's campy horror flick House of the Black DeathDragnet (1967-1970 NBC TV Series) 
King guest-starred on a couple of episodes of Dragnet; these images are from episode D.H.Q.: Missing Person. The photo on the right includes Jack Webb and Harry Morganlater yearsAndrea King's last starring role in a film was the low-budget western Outlaw Queen (1957; with Harry James and Robert Clarke), although she sporadically appeared in supporting roles in films and television through the early 1990s. After the death of her husband, Nat Willis, in 1970, her output further decreased. Some of her later films include Blackenstein (1973; with John Hart) and The Linguini Incident (1991; with Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie). Sadly, Andrea King passed away on April 22, 2003, at the age of 84. She was survived by her daughter, Deborah, and three grandchildren. |
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