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Film actress Andrea King (February 1, 1919 - April 22, 2003) was born Georgette André Barry around Paris, France. At ii months old she moved by owning her mother to the United States. She was raised within Forest Hills, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida.
She appeared within Broadway plays & more theater act prior to appearing in The March of Time's first feature-length film entitled A Wall I personally Observe (1940). Around 1944, she signed with Warner Bros. and changed her stage name to King (occasionally of her early film use at times her credited when Georgette McKee - her stepfather's title). King appeared uncredited in the Bette Davis film, Mr. Skeffington (1944). She appeared around decade motion picture around leash years from either 1944-1946. King was originally cast to play Dr. Lilith Ritter in the film noir classic Nightmare Alley, but experienced to purchase between that pic & an additional noir, the a single she chose wwhen a memorable role as sophisticated Marjorie Lundeen within Ride the Pink Horse.
A Warner Bros. studio lensman voted Andrea a virtually all photogenic actress for the season 1945. In the 1960s and 1970s most of her acting work get on television.
Notable films
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
Dial 1119 (1950)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Prescription: Murder (1968) (The 1st Columbo TV movie pilot)
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