Amelita Ward (July 17, 1923 – April 26, 1987) was an American film actress. She played supporting roles in over 20 films between 1943 and 1949, generally in B Pictures such as Gangway for TomorrowFyne p.9 and The Falcon in Danger (1943). She was sometimes credited as Lita Ward.
Life and career Ward's father was Claude "Bud" Ward, a production manager for NBC.
Two producers discovered Ward while they were in Harlingen, Texas, filming scenes on location. That led to her first film role, in Aerial Gunner (1943).
Ward married Leo Gorcey on February 10, 1949, in Ensenada, Mexico. They had two children and later divorced in February 1956.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1943 Aerial Gunner Peggy Lunt Clancy Street Boys Judy Monahan The Sky's the Limit Southern Girl Uncredited The Falcon in Danger Bonnie Caldwell Let's Face It Chorus Girl Uncredited Gangway for Tomorrow Mary Jones The Falcon and the Co-eds Jane Harris 1944 Seven Days Ashore Lucy Banning Gildersleeve's Ghost Marie 1945 Rough, Tough and Ready Kitty Duval The Jungle Captive Ann Forrester Swingin' on a Rainbow Barbara Marsden Come Out Fighting Rita Joyce Who's Guilty? Ruth Allen 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Counter Girl Uncredited1947 When a Girl's Beautiful Bunty McGregor 1948 Smugglers' Cove Teresa Mahoney 1949 Rim of the Canyon Lily Uncredited Slattery's Hurricane Marie Uncredited, (final film role)
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Bibliography Fyne, Robert. Long Ago and Far Away: Hollywood and the Second World War. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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