Louise Platt

Louise Platt
Born	(1915-08-03)August 3, 1915 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	Greenport, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1936–1963
Spouse(s)	Jed Harris (1939–1941) (divorced) 1 child Stanley Gould (1950) 1 child

Louise Platt (August 3, 1915 – September 6, 2003) was an American theater, film, and TV actress.

Career

George Bancroft, John Wayne and Louise Platt in Stagecoach (1939)

Platt is best remembered for her role as the officer's pregnant wife in John Ford's critically acclaimed Stagecoach (1939). After two years on Broadway, she came to Hollywood in 1938. She returned to the New York stage in 1942 after acting in a half-dozen movies. She worked with Rex Harrison in Anne of the Thousand Days on Broadway in 1948 and in the 1950s played a variety of roles on television, including two appearances on Alfred Hitchcock Presents and a recurring role as Ruth Holden on The Guiding Light.

Personal life

Platt was born in Stamford, Connecticut. She married twice, first to theatre director Jed Harris, who abused her. She was later married to Stanley Gould, until his death.

Filmography

Year	Title	Costars	Role
1938	I Met My Love Again	Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda	Brenda
	Spawn of the North	George Raft, Henry Fonda	Dian 'Di' Turlon
1939	Stagecoach	Claire Trevor, John Wayne	Lucy Mallory
	Tell No Tales	Melvyn Douglas	Ellen Frazier
1940	Forgotten Girls	Robert Armstrong	Judy Wingate
	Captain Caution	Victor Mature	Corunna Dorman
1942	Street of Chance	Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor	Virginia Thompson

External links

• Louise Platt at the Internet Movie Database
• Louise Platt at the Internet Broadway Database
• Louise Platt at Find a Grave
• Portraits of Louise Platt from Stagecoach by Ned Scott