Noel Neill's 100th Birthday

Today would have been the "Original Lois Lane's" 100th birthday.

Actress Noel Neill was born Noel Darleen Neill on November 25, 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was the first live-action Lois Lane in the Kirk Alyn Superman serials. She replaced actress Phyllis Coates in the Adventures of Superman television series in 1953 that starred George Reeves. 

She passed away on July 3, 2016.

To commemorate Noel's 100th birthday here are a couple of autographed items she gave me. Both items are larger than my scanner bed, so some parts of the images were not included.

Above, Noel received her "Golden Boot Award" in 2004.

From Wikipedia:

The Golden Boot Awards is an American acknowledgement of achievement honoring actors, actresses, and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Westerns in television and film. The award is sponsored and presented by the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Above, an autographed reproduction lobby card for Atom Man vs.
Superman  (1950), which is the second Kirk Alyn Superman serial.
Noel is on the lobby card, but it was too large to include that portion.

 

Noel Neill Autographs

Continuing my digging thorough boxes in my bedroom closet, I found a couple of items autographed by the late, great Noel Neill, "the original Lois Lane".

One is a photograph of Noel with her "Golden Boot Award" she received in 2004. The other is a reproduction lobby card of the second Columbia Pictures serial, Atom Man vs. Superman (1950). Kirk Alyn portrayed the Man of Steel and Clark Kent.

Somewhere around here is a reproduction poster/lobby card of Superman and the Mole Men (1951) signed by one of the mole men, Jerry Maren. I just have to find it.

Here's the ones I found:

Above, Noel Neill with her "Golden Boot Award".

According to Wikipedia:

The Golden Boot Awards is an American acknowledgment of achievement honoring actors, actresses, and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Western television and film. The award is sponsored and presented by the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Above, the signed reproduction lobby card of Atom Man vs. Superman. The serial
marked the first film appearance of Lex Luthor (Lyle Talbot). Photo by Armand Vaquer.