Christine Larson

Christine Larson (born Marjorie Goss; 1925–1973) was an American film and television actress. From 1948 to 1953 she played the female lead in a number of films produced by Monogram and Columbia Pictures, gradually transitioning into television. She particularly appeared in western films.^[1] She was sometimes credited as Christine Larsen.

Christine Larson
Born	Marjorie Goss 1925 Durand, Wisconsin, United States
Died	1973 (aged 47)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1948-1958 (film & TV)

Early years

Larson, born Marjorie Goss^[2] in Durand, Wisconsin, was the daughter of Galen Goss.^[3] Larson shared her father's interest in horses, winning ribbons and trophies for "her excellence as a horsewoman."^[4] As a student at Durand High School, she focused on commercial art and organized the school's first drama club. She wrote and starred in plays there.^[4]

Larson acted in little theatres in her home state.^[3] After her father's death,^[4] she and her mother moved to Beverly Hills, California, after Larson finished high school.^[3] She attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles School of Design.^[2]

Career

In California she designed greeting cards and first worked in the film industry as a designer of men's costumes, including those for the films The Dolly Sisters, Dragonwyck, and State Fair. Hoping to become an actress, she moved to New York, where she worked as a commercial artist and studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She moved back to California and began to work in television and eventually in films. Winning a Los Angeles television contest "over a large and accomplished field of actresses" gave Larson the opportunity to act in motion pictures.^[3]

Personal life

Larson married John Frederick Cook on August 12, 1956, in Beverly Hills, California. He was an engineer with Pacific Telephone Company.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Hidden Danger (1948)
• Silver Trails (1948)
• Partners of the Sunset (1948)
• Outlaw Brand (1948)
• Devil's Cargo (1948)
• The Fighting Ranger (1948)
• Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
• Crashing Thru (1949)
• Trial Without Jury (1950)
• Valley of Fire (1951)
• The Well (1951)
• Brave Warrior (1952)
• Last Train from Bombay (1952)
• Valley of the Head Hunters (1953)