# RIP Noel Neill **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109 "2016-07-05T03:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/1 "2016-07-05T03:42:46Z")
95 years old, a nice long life. RIP Lois. > **[Noel Neill, the Lois Lane to George Reeves’s ‘Superman,’ Dies at 95...](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/arts/television/noel-neill-the-lois-lane-to-george-reevess-superman-dies-at-95.html?_r=0)** > > Ms. Neill had roles in movies including “The Blue Dahlia,” “The Sky Dragon,” “Henry Aldrich’s Little Secret,” and “Junior Prom,” among many others. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/2 "2016-07-05T04:12:53Z")
One of my earliest erotic fantasies, she was surpassed on the show only by Joi “Mrs Superman” Lansing. RIP, Noel. You were **HOT, HOT, HOT!!!** :o ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/3 "2016-07-05T04:56:40Z")
The original live-action Lois Lane, she appeared with Kirk Alyn in the movie serials. She and Alyn also appeared in the first _Superman_ movie, starring Christopher Reeve, as young Lois Lane’s parents on the train and she was in _Superman Returns_ as the elderly rich woman who Lex Luthor married. I had no idea that she had settled down in Tucson, where I live. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/4 "2016-07-05T05:39:30Z")
Wow, we used to watch _Superman_ every week, back in the '50s. I had no idea she was still alive. Hijack: My mother dated Jerry Siegel, the creator of Superman, when they were classmates in high school. She said he was nerdy and boring. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/5 "2016-07-05T06:02:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The original live-action Lois Lane, she appeared with Kirk Alyn in the movie serials. She and Alyn also appeared in the first _Superman_ movie, starring Christopher Reeve, as young Lois Lane’s parents on the train and she was in _Superman Returns_ as the elderly rich woman who Lex Luthor married. I had no idea that she had settled down in Tucson, where I live. Wow, I didn’t know she played the old rich woman Kevin Spacey’s Lex married! I knew she (and Alyn) was in the original Chris Reeve one, though the scene is very quick (blink and you’ll miss it). When it was shown on TV in the 80s they added a bunch of extra scenes (most of which were crap) and one of them included a shot on the train after young Lois sees young Clark running super-fast and tells her mom. [Neill and Alyn actually had a line of dialog or two…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSlTtr5NVUg) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/6 "2016-07-05T06:08:33Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Wow, I didn’t know she played the old rich woman Kevin Spacey’s Lex married! I knew she (and Alyn) was in the original Chris Reeve one, though the scene is very quick (blink and you’ll miss it). When it was shown on TV in the 80s they added a bunch of extra scenes (most of which were crap) and one of them included a shot on the train after young Lois sees young Clark running super-fast and tells her mom. [Neill and Alyn actually had a line of dialog or two…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSlTtr5NVUg) That’s in Richard Donner’s extended director’s cut. It’s on DVD and well worth watching. Warner Brothers negotiated with Marlon Brando’s estate for the rights to restore all of the deleted scenes of Brando as Jor-El. Brando’s footage was also restored to Donner’s cut of _Superman II_. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/7 "2016-07-05T09:34:43Z")
Nice story here by comic book writer [Gail Simone](https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/750130809818931204). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/8 "2016-07-05T13:04:51Z")
Lost another Lois. How sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/9 "2016-07-05T13:13:32Z")
She was the real Lois to me. The TV show was the best live interpretation of a comic book superhero ever made, maybe be forever since the comics have lost their simplistic nature. Lois replaced Phyllis Coates on the TV show, she is still with us, but she never brought Lois to life for me. There was chemistry between Noel and George Reeves that matched what we saw in the comics, and hearing her speak about him maybe some chemistry off screen as well. Goodnight Noel, thank you for wonderful childhood memories, I hope you and George, and Jack and John and all the others are together again now. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/10 "2016-07-05T20:31:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > She was the real Lois to me. The TV show was the best live interpretation of a comic book superhero ever made, maybe be forever since the comics have lost their simplistic nature. Lois replaced Phyllis Coates on the TV show, she is still with us, but she never brought Lois to life for me. There was chemistry between Noel and George Reeves that matched what we saw in the comics, and hearing her speak about him maybe some chemistry off screen as well. Goodnight Noel, thank you for wonderful childhood memories, I hope you and George, and Jack and John and all the others are together again now. Add me to your lovely and touching summarization. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/11 "2016-07-05T21:33:37Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > She was the real Lois to me. The TV show was the best live interpretation of a comic book superhero ever made, maybe be forever since the comics have lost their simplistic nature. Lois replaced Phyllis Coates on the TV show, she is still with us, but she never brought Lois to life for me. There was chemistry between Noel and George Reeves that matched what we saw in the comics, and hearing her speak about him maybe some chemistry off screen as well. Goodnight Noel, thank you for wonderful childhood memories, I hope you and George, and Jack and John and all the others are together again now. > [@quiltguy](#): > > Add me to your lovely and touching summarization. Obviously, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/12 "2016-07-06T00:18:30Z")
Phyllis Coates is still alive, age 89. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/13 "2016-07-06T03:20:49Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Lost another Lois. How sad. ☹ Forgive my ignorance, not a comic fan, but what other actors to play her have also passed away?! Margot Kidder is crazy, but she’s still alive, right? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/14 "2016-07-07T07:56:18Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Forgive my ignorance, not a comic fan, but what other actors to play her have also passed away?! Margot Kidder is crazy, but she’s still alive, right? I have to ask also - offhand the only other Lois Lane actresses that come to mind are Teri Hatcher, Erica Durance, Dana Delaney, Amy Adams, Kate Bosworth…all alive,as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/15 "2016-07-07T10:47:19Z")
Phyllis Coates was Lois in a movie (Superman vs the Mole Men IIRC) as well in the first season of the tv show with George Reeves. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/16 "2016-07-07T12:11:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I have to ask also - offhand the only other Lois Lane actresses that come to mind are Teri Hatcher, Erica Durance, Dana Delaney, Amy Adams, Kate Bosworth…all alive,as far as I know. If you want to count her, there’s also [Joan Alexander](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Alexander), who played Lois on the _Superman_ radio show, and also did the voice for the Fleischer animated cartoons. She passed away in 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/17 "2016-07-07T12:44:00Z")
I owned the house Noel Neill grew up in. Into her 80s she used to swing by the neighborhood when she was in town - she had stopped before I owned the house. The neighbors said she was a lovely woman. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/18 "2016-07-07T13:49:28Z")
Joan Alexander died in 2009. She was the voice of Lois in the early 1940’s cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/19 "2016-07-07T16:02:01Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Forgive my ignorance, not a comic fan, but what other actors to play her have also passed away?! Margot Kidder is crazy, but she’s still alive, right? Joan Alexander’s gone. I remember her and Bud Collyer as her Superman quite well. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109/20 "2016-07-07T17:16:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Joan Alexander died in 2009. She was the voice of Lois in the early 1940’s cartoons. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Joan Alexander’s gone. I remember her and Bud Collyer as her Superman quite well. She and Collyer also played Superman and Lois in the animated _New Adventures of Superman_ from 1966 to 1970. > **[The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Superman_(TV_series))** > > The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast Saturday mornings on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 5, 1970. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The Adventures of Superboy and other DC Comics superheroes. > These adventures were the first time that Superman (and his guise of Clark Kent), Lois Lane and Perry White had been seen ... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-noel-neill/759109.md?page=2)