Trivia

A magazine pin-up girl during WWII, she actively worked on war bond tours.

Ex-husband John Archer's name was really Ralph Bowman. Shortly after their first child was born, he legally changed it to John Archer. Therefore, their son was born Gregg Bowman and their daughter was born Anne Archer.

Discovered as a teen by husband-and-wife actors Clyde Fillmore and Lea Penman while Marjorie was a student at a school where they were teaching acting.

B-movie actress best known as the second wife of Danny Thomas on the popular comedy The Danny Thomas Show (1953).

In July 2006, she was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Russ Tamblyn, Coleen Gray, Ben Murphy, Roger Davis, Mark Goddard, Ronnie Schell, Steve Kanaly, Tom Reese and Cheryl Rogers.

Was up for a leading role as the tragic wannabe actress in the Katharine Hepburn/Ginger Rogers movie Stage Door (1937). She lost the part to Andrea Leeds, who won an Oscar nomination for her work. Marjorie also lost the Laraine Day's nurse part in the "Doctor Kildare" film series.

Lord's paternal grandparents were German, and her mother was of Czech and German descent. She adopted her grandmother's surname as her stage name.

Mother-in-law of Terry Jastrow. Grandmother of Tommy Davis.