An American actress, born in Douglas, Arizona, USA. She was married four times and had no children. Her most important works include A Christmas Carol (1938), Calling Dr. Kildare (1939), and Dulcy (1940). She starred in American films from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s,...Read more appearing in adventure films and Westerns. She was born to a father who worked as a mining engineer, and when she won a beauty contest, she moved to Hollywood at an early age in search of a film career. She joined RKO Pictures, getting billed as Virginia Reid, and participated in several musical films as a Goldwyn Girl before moving to MGM and changing her name to Lynn Carver. She is best known for her role as Alice Raymond in the Doctor Kildare film series, and she starred as Barbara in the musical film Maytime (1937). Her film career was affected during World War II, so she turned to adventure films and Westerns. She did not reach the success she had in pre-war films, and her ill health forced her to stop working in films in 1948, yet she did some work in theater and television. She died in 1955 of cancer at the age of 38.
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An American actress, born in Douglas, Arizona, USA. She was married four times and had no children. Her most important works include A Christmas Carol (1938), Calling Dr. Kildare...Read more (1939), and Dulcy (1940). She starred in American films from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s, appearing in adventure films and Westerns. She was born to a father who worked as a mining engineer, and when she won a beauty contest, she moved to Hollywood at an early age in search of a film career. She joined RKO Pictures, getting billed as Virginia Reid, and participated in several musical films as a Goldwyn Girl before moving to MGM and changing her name to Lynn Carver. She is best known for her role as Alice Raymond in the Doctor Kildare film series, and she starred as Barbara in the musical film Maytime (1937). Her film career was affected during World War II, so she turned to adventure films and Westerns. She did not reach the success she had in pre-war films, and her ill health forced her to stop working in films in 1948, yet she did some work in theater and television. She died in 1955 of cancer at the age of 38.