page_title: Joan Lorring
section_title: Theatre
hierarchical_section_title: Joan Lorring / Theatre
caption_attribution_description: Photo from the short-lived NBC television series Norby. David Wayne played banker Pearson Norby, his wife, Helen, was played by Joan Lorring. His son, Hank, was played by Evan Elliot, and his daughter, Diane, was played by Susan Hallaran. Norby was notable because it was the first network television series filmed and broadcast in color. Its sponsor was the Kodak Company (see Kodak camera in Lorring's hand.)
context_page_description: Joan Lorring was an American actress and singer known for her work in film and theatre. For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green, Lorring was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Lorring also originated the role of Marie Buckholder in Come Back, Little Sheba on Broadway in 1950, for which she won a Donaldson Award.
context_section_description: Lorring made her Broadway debut in 1950, originating the role of Marie Buckholder opposite Shirley Booth in Come Back Little Sheba. Terry Moore later played Marie in the 1952 film version. For this role, Lorring won a Donaldson Award for Most Outstanding Female Debut in the 1949–1950 Broadway season. This success led to her performing in the 1951 Broadway production of the Lillian Hellman play The Autumn Garden. In 1954, she performed in the play Dead Pidgeons, and her last Broadway appearance was in 1957, originating the role of The Young Woman, opposite Kim Stanley as The Woman, in A Clearing in the Woods by Arthur Laurents.
  In 1970, Lorring performed in an Off-Broadway production of Awake and Sing! as Bessie Berger.
caption: Joan Lorring (far right) and cast on the set of Norby
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