Rita Quigley

Birth : 1923-03-31, Los Angeles, California, USA

Death : 2008-08-25

History

Rita Allene Quigley (March 31, 1923 – August 25, 2008) was an American actress who later became Corporate Secretary, and the first woman on the board of directors, of the Petroleum Club of Los Angeles. She was the elder sister of Juanita Quigley, who was also an actress, beginning in films at the age of three in 1934.

Movies

The Love God?
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a reluctant hero and ends up a swinging libertine.
The Trap
Clementine
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Whispering Footsteps
Brook Hammond
An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.
Women in Bondage
Herta Rumann
Women in Bondage is a 1943 World War II film about conditions for women under Hitler's regime. The plot involves two women imprisoned for speaking out against the government. It was directed by Steve Sekely and starred Gail Patrick and Nancy Kelly.
Isle of Forgotten Sins
Diane
An evil sea captain and the forces of nature threaten two divers' search for a fortune in gold in the South Pacific.
Keeper of the Flame
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
The Human Comedy
Helen Elliot
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Martha Daley
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!
Riot Squad
Mary Davis
Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an underworld gang.
Blonde Inspiration
Regina
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
Ride, Kelly, Ride
Ellen Martin
Jockey (Stephens) struggles against gamblers with the help of stable trainer (Pallette) and horse onwer's daughter (Quigley).
Third Finger, Left Hand
Elvira Kelland
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
The Howards of Virginia
Mary Howard at 17
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Peggy
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Susan and God
Blossom
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.