Mary Lansing

Mary Lansing was born in Louisiana on June 10, 1911. Source: Old Time Radio Downloads: Mary Lansing

Her earliest programs in RadioGOLDINdex are on The Lux Radio Theatre, starting with "Madame Butterfly" on March 8, 1937; through 1939 she often voiced the show's commercial spokeswoman as well as doubling in small parts. Source: RadioGOLDINdex: Mary Lansing

In 1942 she played Grace Graves on CBS's Junior Miss, and in 1942 and 1943 she was Mary Duncan on CBS's Today at the Duncans. Source: Old Time Radio Downloads: Mary Lansing

She played Julie Collins on The Guiding Light in the mid-1940s and Nurse Gorcey on CBS's The Private Practice of Dr. Dana in 1947 and 1948. Source: Old Time Radio Downloads: Mary Lansing

RadioGOLDINdex logs 21 of her Whistler programs, from June 3, 1946, to August 1951, along with 7 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar programs from 1950 to 1953. Source: RadioGOLDINdex: Mary Lansing

She was in the cast of the first radio Gunsmoke, "Billy the Kid", broadcast April 26, 1952. Source: RadioGOLDINdex: Mary Lansing

In the mid-1950s she turned up in 13 Fibber McGee and Molly programs (1954 to 1956) and 13 episodes of You Were There (1953 to 1956). Source: RadioGOLDINdex: Mary Lansing

She married radio actor Frank Nelson; the two met as members of the Georgia Fifield Players, and the marriage later ended in divorce. Source: Old Time Radio Downloads: Mary Lansing

Off the air she voiced Aunt Ena and Mrs. Possum in Disney's Bambi (1942) and played Martha Clark on Mayberry R.F.D.; she died in Northridge, California, on September 30, 1988. Source: Old Time Radio Downloads: Mary Lansing