VEDA ANN BORG
Information from IMDb
Date of Birth
11 January 1915,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Death
16 August 1973,
Hollywood, California, USA (cancer)
Spouse
Andrew V. McLaglen (11 May 1946 - 12 June 1958) (divorced) 3 children
Paul Herrick (1942) (divorced)
Trivia
Mother of unit manager Mary McLaglen, assistant director/co-producer Josh McLaglen,
and Andrew Victor McLaglen II (born August 3, 1954 - died (in Maui, Hawaii) January 16, 2006).
Father, Swedish immigrant Gottfried Borg, was a painter and decorator.
Mother, nee Minna Noble, was a secretary before marriage.
Before Veda became a model, she hoped to become a cartoonist.
She met second husband Andrew V. McLaglen in 1945 when appearing with his father
Victor McLaglen in Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945).
Mini Biography
Born in Boston, Veda Ann Borg was a New York model in 1936 when a screen test brought her
a short-lived contract at Paramount, where she made her debut film, Three Cheers for Love (1936).
She fit better at Warner Brothers, where she played at least 15 roles (some of them bits) in 1937-38;
but in 1939 a severe auto crash, requiring full facial reconstruction by plastic surgery, interrupted her career.
Still attractive, she freelanced through the 1940s, often at "poverty row" studios like Monogram.
In many of her films (both before and after the accident) she played a brassy, man-hungry, lower-class sexpot.
Despite considerable talent, she received leading roles only in a few B films like What a Blonde (1945).
Veda could make the smallest bit part memorable, though, with one line or a bit of business.
Who could forget the sassy once-over she gives Wayne Morris in Kid Galahad (1937) or her
"modderen singer of modderen songs" in Bachelor Knight (1947). Her later roles were more varied,
from a zombie to Blind Nell (a memorable last role) in The Alamo (1960).
Veda's second marriage (1946-1958), to director Andrew V. McLaglen, produced three children:
Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, and Andrew Victor McLaglen II.
She died of cancer in Hollywood at age 58 after at least 100 film roles.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Rod Crawford <[email protected]>
Personal Quotes
[on her first major role after plastic reconstructive surgery due to a serious auto accident]
I felt I had come back from the grave.
Filmography
Actor
1963 The Fisher Family (TV series)– Party Line (1963) … Beryle Weaver
1961 Miami Undercover (TV series)– Study in Mosaic (1961) … Mrs. Booth
1961 Bonanza (TV series)- The Fugitive (1961) … Beulah
1960 The Alamo...Blind Nell Robertson
1960 Johnny Midnight (TV series)– Ding-a-Ling (1960) … Maxine
1959 Thunder in the Sun...Marie (uncredited)
1959 The Rough Riders (TV series)– Lesson in Violence (1959) … Confetti Kate
1959 The Californians (TV series)– Bella Union (1959) … Molly Wallis
1958 Bachelor Father (TV series)– Bentley's Big Case (1958) … Florence Fletcher
1958 Bronco (TV series)– Four Guns and a Prayer (1958) … Ada
1958 The Fearmakers...Vivian Loder
1957-1958 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Jenny / Maggie / Rollie
– Mercyday (1958) … Rollie
– More Than Kin (1958) … Maggie
– Jenny (1957) … Jenny
1958 Letter to Loretta (TV series)– Windfall (1958) … Lillian
1958 Tenderfoot (TV series)– The Dead Hills (1958) … Flo McGuire
1958 State Trooper (TV series)– The Perilous Picnic (1958) … Sheila Granville
1957 The Thin Man (TV series)– That's the Spirit (1957) … Sandra Haney
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)– The Marriage Broker (1957) … Alice
1955-1957 Navy Log (TV series)
Ann Bardine / Marge Kramer / Nurse Griffin
– The Decoy (1957) … Ann Bardine
– Not a Leg to Stand On (1956) … Nurse Griffin
– Family Special (1955) … Marge Kramer
1957 The Red Skelton Show (TV series)– Clem's Fish Market (1957) … Trixie
1957 The Wings of Eagles (uncredited)
1956 Naked Gun...Susan Stark
1956 Frontier Gambler...Francie Merritt
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)– Mink (1956) … Lucille
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)– It's a Most Unusual Day (1956) … Jo Hadley
1956 Corky and White Shadow (TV series)– An Introduction (1956) … Dolly Porter
1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow...Waitress (uncredited)
1955 Guys and Dolls...Laverne
1955 It's a Great Life (TV series)– Hash House (1955) … Margie Slade
1955 You're Never Too Young...Mrs. Noonan
1955 Love Me or Leave Me...Dance Hall Hostess (uncredited)
1955 The Millionaire (TV series)– The Betty Jane Ryan Story (1955) … Flo Sullivan (as Ann Borg)
1955 City Detective (TV series)– Trouble in Toyland (1955) … Hazel
1955 Stories of the Century (TV series)– Kate Bender (1955) … Kate Bender
1954 General Electric Theater (TV series)
Lilli Trent / Ruby Harlan
– Wild Luke's Boy (1954) … Lilli Trent
– Walking John Stopped Here (1954) … Ruby Harlan
1954 Duffy's Tavern (TV series)
– Archie Buys a Racehorse (1954) … Peaches La Tour
– Episode #1.37 … Peaches La Tour
– Archie Gets Engaged … Peaches La Tour
– Archie the Hero … Peaches La Tour
– Archie the Politician … Peaches La Tour
1954 Bitter Creek...Whitey
1954 The Public Defender (TV series)– Knock-Out Pills (1954) … Sherry
1953 Three Sailors and a Girl...Faye Foss
1953 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)– The Sheriff Was a Redhead (1953) … Sheriff Polly Loomis
1953 Hot News...Doris Burton
1953 Mister Scoutmaster...Blonde
1953 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV series)
Angry Wife / Crazy Lady / Eyewitness in Courtroom / …
– Television (1953) … Eyewitness in Courtroom
– Getting a Job (1953) … Angry Wife
– Peace and Quiet (1953) … Crazy Lady
– Public Enemies (1953) … Fifi
1953-1954 The Life of Riley (TV series)– Riley Camps Out (1953) … Honeybee Gillis
1953 A Perilous Journey...Sadie
1953 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)– It Happened in a Pawn Shop (1953) … Lulu LaRue
1952 Adventures of Superman (TV series)– The Stolen Costume (1952) … Connie
1952 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)– Nosed Out (1952) … Zelma Mears
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
– The Suit Club (1952) … Myrna
– The Case of the Empty House (1952)
1952 Big Jim McLain...Madge
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
– The Perfectionists (1952)
– Split Second (1952)
1952 Marshmallow Moon...Girl in red
1952 Hold That Line...Candy Calin
1952 The Files of Jeffrey Jones (TV series)– Bullets for the Burlesque Beauty (1952)
1950 The Kangaroo Kid...Stella Grey
1950 Rider from Tucson...Gypsy Avery
1949 Forgotten Women...Clair Dunning
1949 One Last Fling...Gaye Winston Lardner
1949 Mississippi Rhythm...Jeanette
1949 Chicken Every Sunday...Rita Kirby
1948 Julia Misbehaves...Louise
1947 Blonde Savage...Connie Harper
1947 Mother Wore Tights...Rosemary Olcott
1947 Bachelor Knight...Agnes Prescott
1947 Big Town...Vivian LeRoy
1947 The Pilgrim Lady...Eve Standish
1946 The Fabulous Suzanne...Mary
1946 Shadow of Blackmail...Nola Reed
1946 Accomplice...Joyce Kimball Bonniwell
1946 Avalanche...Claire Jeremy
1945 Life with Blondie...Hazel
1945 Mildred Pierce...Miriam Ellis
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye...Marge
1945 Jungle Raiders...Cora Bell
1945 Dangerous Intruder...Jenny
1945 Scared Stiff...Flo Rosson
1945 Don Juan Quilligan...Beattle LaRue
1945 Men of the Deep...Lorine Gray
1945 Bring on the Girls...Girl at Bar with Phil (uncredited)
1945 Fog Island...Sylvia
1945 What a Blonde...Pat Campbell
1944 The Falcon in Hollywood...Billie Atkins
1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling...Belle La Tour
1944 The Big Noise...Mayme Charlton
1944 The Girl Who Dared...Cynthia Harrison/Sylvia Scott
1944 Marked Trails...Blanche aka Mary Conway aka Susanna
1944 Detective Kitty O'Day...Mrs. Wentworth
1944 Standing Room Only...Peggy Fuller (uncredited)
1943 Smart Guy...Lee
1943 The Unknown Guest...Helen Walker
1943 The Girl from Monterrey...Flossie Rankin
1943 The Corpse Vanished...Lila von Altermann
1943 Isle of Forgotten Sins...Luana
1943 The Attorney's Dilemma...Joyce Ford
1943 Murder in Times Square...Fiona Maclair
1943 Something to Shout About...Flo Bentley
1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon...Bar Singer (voice) (uncredited)
1942 I Married an Angel...Ilona Prohaska (uncredited)
1942 She's in the Army...Diane Jordan
1942 About Face...Daisy, Blonde Hustler
1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad...Bubbles
1942 Duke of the Navy...Maureen
1941 The Corsican Brothers...Maria
1941 Honky Tonk...Pearl
1941 Down in San Diego...Cashier (uncredited)
1941 The Pittsburgh Kid...Barbara Ellison
1941 The Get-Away...Black's Blonde Dance Hall Pickup (uncredited)
1941 I'll Wait for You...Manicurist (uncredited)
1941 The Penalty...Julie Jackson, Stuff's Moll
1941 False Witness...Hettie Huston
1940 Behind the News...Bessie
1940 Melody Ranch...Receptionist (uncredited)
1940 Bitter Sweet...Manon
1940 Hit Parade of 1941 (uncredited)
1940 Glamour for Sale...Lucille
1940 Laughing at Danger...Celeste
1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women...Carol Compton
1940 I Take This Oath...Flo
1940 Cafe Hostess...Cafe Hostess (uncredited)
1940 The Shadow...Margo Lane
1939 Miracle on Main Street...Flo
1939 The Law Comes to Texas...Dora Lewis
1938 Over the Wall...Maxine
1937 She Loved a Fireman...Betty Williams
1937 Missing Witnesses...Miss Friday (uncredited)
1937 Submarine D-1...Dolly
1937 Alcatraz Island...The Red Head (scenes deleted)
1937 It's Love I'm After...Elsie, a Maid
1937 Varsity Show...Passerby (uncredited)
1937 Confession...Xenia
1937 San Quentin...Helen
1937 Marry the Girl...Nurse with Cartoon on Uniform
1937 Public Wedding...Bernice
1937 The Singing Marine...Diane
1937 The Case of the Stuttering Bishop...Gladys
1937 Kid Galahad...The Redhead
1937 Men in Exile...Rita Crane
1936 Three Cheers for Love...Consuelo Dormant
