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Lynne Carver

American actress (1916–1955)

Lynne Carver
Carver in 1940
Born	Virginia Reid Sampson (1916-09-13)September 13, 1916 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	August 12, 1955(1955-08-12) (aged 38) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1934–1948
Spouse(s)	Nicholas Nayfack (1937–1942, divorce) William Mullaney (1948–1955)

Lynne Carver (born Virginia Reid Sampson,^[1] September 13, 1916 – August 12, 1955) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1953.

Early years

Carver was born in Lexington, Kentucky.^[2]^[3] Her father, Reid Johnson Sampson, was a mining engineer in Arizona and New Mexico for several years preceding World War I, and he and his family were briefly detained by Pancho Villa during one of the Mexican general's raids across the border into the Southwestern US, when Carver was an infant.^{[citation needed]}

The Sampson family were prominent Kentuckians for several generations, where her grandfather, William Samps

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One of our Christmas traditions is viewing Reginald Owen as Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (MGM, 1938) on Turner Classic Movies. In that film, a gal named "Bess" is engaged to Scrooge's nephew, and Bess is played by Lynne Carver, a very pretty lady who can even deliver dialog reasonably well. As I was watching, I recalled that Carver did a few 1940s Monogram westerns with Johnny Mack Brown. I wondered "whatever happened to Lynne Carver?"

According to the genealogy website listed at the bottom of this page, Carver was born Virginia Reid Sampson on September 13, 1916 in Douglas, Arizona, and her parents were Reid Johnson Sampson and Maude Fleenor Sampson. But there's confusion with her birth info. The 1936-1937 Motion Picture Almanac lists Virginia Reid as born in Lexington, Kentucky on September 13, 1916. However, Motion Picture Almanacs from the mid 1940s have her born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Hoping to get more info on Carver, I jotted off an e-mail to the Douglas, Arizona Library. Cindy Hayostek, a professional writer and historical researcher, quickly re
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Lynne Carver (Who’s Who at MGM, 1937) 🇺🇸
Lynne Carver can tell no Cinderella story. Hers has been a hard, up-hill fight. She has great determination and is willing to work day and night to attain success. She has no illusions about the glamour and grandeur of Hollywood because she has taken plenty of knocks in her fight to gain a foothold on the ladder of screen fame.
Raised in Lexington, Ky., where she was born September 13, and Birmingham, Ala., Lynne is the daughter of a mining engineer. Her real name is Virginia Reid Sampson and her first trial picture, when she played a role with Myrna Loy in Penthouse, was under the name Virginia Reid.
She showed early promise as a singer and took lessons in voice training. After studying in New York, Lynne came to Hollywood with her family, and among the friends she made was Polly Ann Young, who brought her to the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Tests and a three months’ trial contract followed, during which the name Lynne Carver was decided on for her. Then came her first real chance, in the role of the sweetheart of Tom BrowninMay