Colleen Townsend
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Colleen Townsend.
Born: December 21, 1928
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, USA
Known For
Hollywood Canteen
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
When Willie Comes Marching Home
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
Chicken Every Sunday
A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.
Musical Movieland
A group of tourists is given a tour of a movie studio lot. They see the various permanent sets that are used for different types of movies, and they appear to watch the filming of several productions in progress. Musical numbers from several previous Warner Bros. Technicolor shorts are edited into this short to create the illusion.
Janie
Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.
Oiltown, U.S.A.
A ruthless Texas oil baron and his non-believing daughter find God in this early witnessing film produced by and featuring Billy Graham.
The Walls of Jericho
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.
Again Pioneers
Citizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant camp on the outskirts of town, will soon be attending Fairview's school.
Great Discovery
Connie is confused about what she what to do when she gets home but meets a older women who mentions Westmont College and the two make arrangements to meet again so she can learn more about the college. At that meeting she is introduced to Dave who is played by Noel Reyburn. He is in Germany doing Missionary work as part of a singing group and will hopefully one day become a Pastor.
Filmography
as Christine Manning
as Connie
as Sallie Keeler
as Marjorie 'Marge' Fettles
as Rosemary Hefferen
as Marjorie Ransome
as Junior Hostess (uncredited)
as Tour Guide (uncredited)
as Hortense Bennett