Alana Ladd

Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns such as Shane and film noirs where he was often paired with Veronica Lake, such as This Gun for Hire , The Glass Key and The Blue Dahlia . Other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast , Whispering Smith and The Great Gatsby . His popularity diminished in the late 1950s, though he continued to appear in popular films until his accidental death due to a lethal combination of alcohol, a barbiturate, and two tranquilizers.

Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas onSeptember 1913. He was the only child of Ina Raleigh , and Alan Ladd, a freelance accountant. His mother was English, from County Durham and had migrated to the USA in 1907 when she was nineteen. His father died of a heart attack when Ladd was four. OnJuly 1918 a young Alan accidentally burnt down the family home while playing with matches. His mother moved to Oklahoma City, where she married Jim Beavers, a housepainter .

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