death_place death_date children birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title birth_name occupation
encino , california , u.s. 5 april 1968 kevin brodie jerilyn jessel huntington park , california . u.s. 24 march 1924 george -lrb- 1946-1968 -rrb- -lrb- her death -rrb- 1 child jessel -lrb- 1940-1943 -rrb- 1 child steve brodie 1943-1951 lois andrews
 lorraine gourley film actress
lois andrews

lois andrews -lrb- march 24 , 1924 -- april 5 , 1968 -rrb- was an american actress .
born in huntington park , california , as lorraine gourley , she played in films during the 1940s and early 1950s .
she is perhaps best known for her first role in 1943 as the comic strip character dixie dugan in the twentieth century fox film of the same name .
while still in her teens she was married to george jessel from 1940 to 1943 .
he produced a number of films in which she had minor roles , including `` the desert hawk '' -lrb- 1950 -rrb- , and `` meet me after the show '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- .
she was married to the actor steve brodie from 1946 until her death in 1968 .
they had a son , child actor and film director kevin brodie .
she died of lung cancer at the age of 44 .
