Lola Albright

Lola Jean Albright (July 20, 1924 – March 23, 2017) was an American singer and actress. She is best known for playing the sultry singer Edie Hart, the girlfriend of private eye Peter Gunn, on all three seasons of the TV series Peter Gunn. 2Early years Albright was born in Akron, Ohio, to John Paul and Marion (née Harvey) Albright, both of whom were gospel music singers. The family lived at 552 Fairfield Avenue in Akron. She attended King Grammar School and West High School (graduated from there in 1942). Albright sang in public from an early age and studied piano for 20 years. Beginning when she was 15 years old she worked after school as a receptionist at radio station WAKR in Akron. At the age of 18 she left WAKR and moved to Cleveland, taking a job as a stenographer at WTAM radio. Her first radio performance came on WJW in Cleveland. Moving to Chicago, she worked as a photographer’s model and was discovered by a talent scout, which lead to her moving to Hollywood at the age of 23, 2Film Albright made her motion picture debut with a small singing role in the musical comedy The Unfinished Dance (1947) and then appeared in two Judy Garland movies, The Pirate and Easter Parade, the following yea