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Theresa "Terry" Norberg (January 7, 1913 – May 8, 1977), later known as Alice Dahl, was an American film and stage actress. She had roles, including as the female lead, in Western
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. She later went by the
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Terry Walker.


Early life

Theresa Norberg was born in
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on January 7, 1913. Her father, Charles Norberg, ran a fur farm near Petersburg. Her mother was Emelia Dahl and her sister was named Lillian Norberg. At age 11, she attended school in Seattle. Soon after, her adopted family moved to Hollywood.


Career

Before 1933, Dahl was a part of the Little Theater Movement in southern California and she acted in minor parts in films. Her first leading role was in the film ''Whirlwind'', which was produced under the working title ''Free Ranger''. The film was a
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, and Dahl played opposite
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. Dahl had a small part in the 1934
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musical film '' Babes in Toyland'' and in one of
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's films. Dahl acted in Hollywood films for around ten years, mainly in minor roles, before leaving to work in radio. Around this time, she began to go professionally by the name Terry Walker. After being offered a job to sing with Jan Rubini's orchestra, she performed in Phoenix, Arizona for two seasons. She sang in New York with Jack Denny's band, and performed again with Rubini in Miami, Florida. After a
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employee saw her photo on a magazine cover, she returned to Hollywood and was signed to the studio on a "stock contract" around 1936.


Personal life and death

Dahl met violinist
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during the 1930s, and was accused of "stealing" him by Rubini's second wife, Adele. Dahl and Rubini married in 1940. The couple had two children,
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and David, before divorcing in the early 1960s. Dahl died in
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on May 8, 1977, at the age of 64.


Filmography

*'' The Whirlwind'' (1933), as Mollie *'' When Lightning Strikes'' (1934), as Helen Stevens, co-starring role *'' Babes in Toyland'' (1934) *''
Twisted Rails ''Twisted Rails'' is a 1934 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was distributed by the independent Imperial Distributing Corporation for the states-rights market. Plot $50,000 in gold is hidden on a train and ...
'' (1934), as Mary McGuire *''
Coyote Trails ''Coyote Trails'' is a 1935 American Western film produced and directed by Bernard B. Ray starring Tom Tyler. There are no coyotes or their trails featured in the film. Plot A ranch is having their horses disappear with it believed that a ...
'' (1935), as Helen Baker


As Terry Walker

*''
And Sudden Death ''And Sudden Death'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Barton and written by Joseph Moncure March. The film stars Randolph Scott, Frances Drake, and Tom Brown; with supporting actors Billy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Terry Walker and ...
'' (1936) *''
Mountain Music (film) ''Mountain Music'' is a 1937 American comedy-musical film directed by Robert Florey. Paramount reunited Raye and Burns from their pairing in ''Waikiki Wedding'' from earlier in the year. The plot, rooted in Burns' comic hillbilly radio persona, ...
'' (1937), as Lobelia Sheppard *''
Blonde Trouble ''Blonde Trouble'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs and Lynne Overman. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is based on the plot of the 1929 musical ...
'' (1937), as Eileen Fletcher *'' Federal Bullets'' (1937), as Milly *'' On the Great White Trail'' (1938), as Kay Larkin *''
Delinquent Parents ''Delinquent Parents'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Nicholas T. Barrows and Robert St. Claire. The film stars Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar, Terry Walker, Richard Tucker and Charlotte Treadw ...
'' (1938) *''
Billy the Kid in Texas ''Billy the Kid in Texas'' is a 1940 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It's the second in the "Billy the Kid (film series), Billy the Kid" film series, produced by Producers Releasing Corporation, PRC from 1940 to ...
'' (1940), as Mary Barton *''
Take Me Back to Oklahoma ''Take Me Back to Oklahoma'' is a 1940 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett and Bob Wills. Plot Tex and his sidekick Slim ride into the town of Peeko to help out Tex's old friend ...
'' (1940), as Jane Winters *''
Dangerous Lady (film) ''Dangerous Lady'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and written by Jack Natteford. The film stars Neil Hamilton, June Storey, Douglas Fowley, Evelyn Brent, Greta Granstedt and Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart. It was released on ...
'' (1941), as Annie Lowell *''
The Medico of Painted Springs ''The Medico of Painted Springs'' (also known as ''Doctor's Alibi'') is a 1941 American Western film produced by Columbia Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by James Lyon Rubel, the film stars Charles Starrett, Terry Walker, Ben Ta ...
'' (1941) *''
Invisible Ghost ''Invisible Ghost'' is a 1941 American horror film directed by Joseph H. Lewis (director), Joseph H. Lewis, produced by Sam Katzman and starring Bela Lugosi. Plot The home of Charles Kessler is beset by a series of unsolved murders. Kessler, wh ...
'' (1941), as Cecile Mannix *''
Voodoo Man ''Voodoo Man'' is a 1944 American horror film directed by William Beaudine, and starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine and George Zucco. Plot Nicholas runs an isolated gas station in the countryside. One night, he gives a young woman driver dir ...
'' (1944), as Alice


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahl, Alice 1913 births 1977 deaths 20th-century American actresses