Uncredited in the RKO film for her portrayal of a reporter at Xanadu, Currie had been described as the last known surviving cast member of “Citizen Kane.” Sonny Bupp, who played Charles Foster Kane’s young son in the 1941 film, was the last surviving credited cast member when he died in 2007 at the age of 79.
In 1941, Currie also starred in the superhero serial “Adventures of Captain Marvel” with Tom Tyler. In 2010, she introduced a screening of a restored print of the 1941 serial at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.
The Oklahoma City native appeared in more than 50 films and serials from 1939 to 1949, sometimes under the screen name Louise Curry. Her film work included “Voodoo Man” and “The Ape Man,” both with horror legend Bela Lugosi, and the Bob Steele Westerns “Billy the Kid’s Gun Justice” and “Billy the Kid Outlawed.” She participated in the 1997 documentary “Lugosi: Hollywood’s Dracula.”
Following her film career, Currie was an interior decorator and imported Italian antiques.
She was married three times. Her third husband, character actor John Good, died in 1996. She is survived by her son Robert Hefner III, her daughter Sharon Becket, her step-son Allen Good, her step-daughter Chris Abel and many grand and great-grandchildren.
Special thanks to Peter Schilling Jr. for alerting us to Currie’s passing.
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