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Lora Lee Michel (born Virginia Joy Willeford, September 13, 1940) is an American former child actress. She appeared in several feature films during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
May 20, 2022 · Lora Lee became the subject of a sensational custody trial pitting her “real” mother against her “foster” mother, as the papers declared.
Jul 18, 2022 · Once billed as the next Shirley Temple, child star Lora Lee Michel’s future was bright. The precocious seven-year-old was a Hollywood sensation.
Jul 13, 2022 · For over a year, L.A. Times entertainment reporter Stacy Perman tried to track down Lora Lee Michel, a former child star whose custody case scandalized 1940s Hollywood. Michel went through a...
Lora Lee Michel. Where is she now? As Seen In. Join us in our efforts to uncover her story. Born in Schulenburg, Texas on September 13, 1940, Lora Lee Michel was a talented, impoverished girl who was abandoned by her birth mother. She desperately searched for the love and acceptance that she never achieved.
Jul 13, 2022 · Once billed as the next Shirley Temple, child star Lora Lee Michels’ future was bright. The 7-year-old was a Hollywood sensation. By the age of 9, she was starring in films with A-list actors. But, as she rose to fame, Lora Lee’s life and career began unraveling.
Jul 13, 2022 · For over a year, L.A. Times entertainment reporter Stacy Perman tried to track down Lora Lee Michel, a former child star whose custody case scandalized 1940s Hollywood. Michel went through a...
