
Known for
Acting
Born
October 19, 1930
Birthplace
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Died
July 10, 1986 (aged 55)
As the 1950s began, Jody Lawrance (born Nona Josephine Goddard) showed much promise as a contract player for Columbia. In 1951 alone, she was the female lead in four features including "Ten Tall Men," playing opposite Burt Lancaster. However, her reticence to appear in the Mickey Rooney musical, "All Ashore" (1953) because she didn't feel she had the singing ability required for the role and her reluctance to do publicity for the studio resulted in an early release from her contract. After her appearance as Pocahontas in the independent film, "Captain John Smith and Pocahontas" (1953) was a critical and commercial flop, Lawrance was effectively out of the movie business. Now working as a wai...
1962
as Dr. Ann Thompson
1959
as Joan McNamara
1959
1958
as Dora May
1957
1957
1956
as Pearl Gorman
1956
as Kathy Stevens
1953
as Pocahontas
1953
1953
as Nancy Flynn
1952
as Princess Teresa
1951
as Lynn Utterson
1951
as Mahla
1951
as Lee Pearson
1951
as Maria