Lois Moran (born Lois Darlington Dowling; March 1, 1909 – July 13, 1990) was an American film and stage actress.
Early life
Moran was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Roger Dowling and Gladys Evans Dowling. When Moran was one year old, her father died in an automobile accident. A few years later, her mother married Dr. Timothy Moran. She suffered a second loss at age nine, when her stepfather (whom she later described as "my dearest person in the world next to mother") died from influenza.
She attended Seton Hill Academy in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. when she was 13 years old.
Film
thumb|Moran in the 1920s
Moran's film career began when she made her first film in Paris at age 14.
Personal life
In 1927, she had a short affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald who had moved with his wife to Hollywood in order to write a flapper comedy for United Artists. Moran became a temporary muse for the author, and he rewrote Rosemary Hoyt, one of the central characters in Tender is the Night (who had been a male in earlier drafts), to closely mirror her.
In 1935, she married Clarence M. Young, assistant secretary of commerce, temporarily retiring from her acting career. They had one son, Timothy,
Death
Moran died at a nursing home in Sedona, Arizona, after suffering from cancer.