| Lori March | |
| Birth Name: | Lori von Eltz |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Redding, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Church of the Transfiguration |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1949-1982 |
| Spouse: | Alexander Scourby (1943–1985) (his death) (1 child) Howard Taubman (1988–1996) (his death) Milton L. Williams (1997–2008) (his death)[1] |
| Parents: | Theodore von Eltz and Peggy Prior Joseph Moncure March (adoptive father) |
Lori March (March 6, 1923 – March 19, 2013) was an American television actress. She was best known for her roles on daytime soap operas. Her obituary on the Television Academy's web site noted that she "was dubbed 'First Lady of Daytime Television'."[2]
March was born in Hollywood, California. She was the daughter of Theodore von Eltz, an actor, and Peggy Prior, a screenwriter. Poet Joseph Moncure March was her adoptive father.[3] She attended Beverly Hills High School.[4] She studied theatre at HB Studio[5] in New York City.
March's Broadway credits include Giants, Sons of Giants (1961), The Chalk Garden (1955), and Charley's Aunt (1953).[6]
March played Lenore Bradley on the soap opera The Brighter Day. Her other soap operas and roles included Three Steps to Heaven (Jennifer),[7] As the World Turns (Nurse Harris), The Secret Storm (Valerie Hill Ames Northcoate), One Life to Live (Adele Huddleston), The Edge of Night (Mrs. Hinson), Texas (Mildred Canfield), Another Life (Barbara Gilbert), The Guiding Light (Lady Agnes Gilmore), and Another World (Abigail Kramer).[3] She appeared in 6 Perry Mason episodes including the role of defendant Paula Wallace in "The Case of the Wary Wildcatter" (1960),defendant Edna Culross in "The Case of the Posthumous Painter" (1961) and murderess Olive Omstead in "The Case of the Capricious Corpse" (1962).
In May 1943, March married actor Alexander Scourby.[4]
On March 19, 2013, March died at age 90 while sleeping in Redding, Connecticut.[3]