Lori March


Lori March was an American television actress. She was best known for her roles on daytime soap operas. Her obituary on the Television Academy's web site noted that she "was dubbed 'First Lady of Daytime Television.'"

Early years

March was born in Hollywood, California. She was the daughter of Theodore von Eltz, an actor, and Peggy Prior, a screenwriter. Poet Joseph Moncure March was her adoptive father. She attended Beverly Hills High School. She studied theatre at HB Studio in New York City.

Stage

March's Broadway credits include Giants, Sons of Giants, The Chalk Garden, and Charley's Aunt.

Television

March played Lenore Bradley on the soap opera The Brighter Day. Her other soap operas and roles included Three Steps to Heaven, As the World Turns, The Secret Storm, One Life to Live, The Edge of Night, Texas, Another Life, The Guiding Light, and Another World. She appeared in 6 Perry Mason episodes including the role of defendant Edna Culross in the 1961 episode "The Case of the Posthumous Painter" and murderess Olive Omstead in the 1962 episode " The Case of the Capricious Corpse".

Personal life

In May 1943, March married actor Alexander Scourby.

Death

On March 19, 2013, March died at age 90 while sleeping in Redding, Connecticut.

Selected television credits