Louise Platt | |
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Born |
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
August 3, 1915
Died | September 6, 2003 Greenport, New York, U.S. |
(aged 88)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1936–1963 |
Spouse(s) |
Jed Harris (1939–1941) (divorced) 1 child Stanley Gould (1950) 1 child |
Louise Platt (August 3, 1915 – September 6, 2003) was an American theater, film, and TV actress.
Platt is best remembered for her role as the officer's pregnant wife in John Ford's Stagecoach (1939). After two years on Broadway, she came to Hollywood in 1938. She returned to the New York stage in 1942 after acting in a half-dozen movies. She worked with Rex Harrison in Anne of the Thousand Days on Broadway in 1948 and in the 1950s played a variety of roles on television, including two appearances on Alfred Hitchcock Presents and a recurring role as Ruth Holden on The Guiding Light.
Platt was born in Stamford, Connecticut. She married twice, first to theatre director Jed Harris, who abused her. She was later married to Stanley Gould, until his death.