Lois Nettleton Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Clarence Derwent Award for her acting in the stage production "God and Kate Murphy․"
• Put on small plays in her backyard when she was a child
• Quote: "The joy in acting is playing as many different characters as possible․"
• Early in her career, she was cast primarily as plain nice girls and unhappy wives, but as her career took off and she gained more liberty to turn down parts that did not interest her, her roles became more varied and mature
• Was a method actor, a technique she learned at the Actors Studio in New York
• Was Miss Chicago in 1948 and went on to become a semifinalist in the Miss America pageant
• Was the first person to call Jean Shepherd's late-night WOR-AM radio program, and after Shepherd broadcast the call on air, she became a frequent guest known as "The Caller․"