Lola Fraser — There's Always a Woman Character Profile

About Lola Fraser

Hires Sally to investigate Walter's ex-girlfriend Anne. Secretly hires Nick Shane to murder her husband Walter for inheritance money. Kills Shane when he attempts to blackmail her and is forced to sign a fake confession.

Character Facts

Played by

Mary Astor

Appears in

There's Always a Woman (1938)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Lola Fraser — Professional Employer — Anne Calhoun (Frances Drake)

  Lola commissions an investigation into Anne's contact with her husband.

• Lola Fraser — Professional Employer — Nick Shane (Jerome Cowan)

  Lola secretly contracts Shane to eliminate her husband.

• Lola Fraser — Conflict Criminal — District Attorney (Thurston Hall)

  Lola becomes the target of official law enforcement.

• Lola Fraser — Narrative Manipulator — Jerry Marlowe (Robert Paige)

  Lola orchestrates events to protect herself and clear Jerry.

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More characters from There's Always a Woman

• William H. Reardon (Melvyn Douglas)
• Sally Reardon (Joan Blondell)
• Nick Shane (Jerome Cowan)
• Anne Calhoun (Frances Drake)
• Jerry Marlowe (Robert Paige)
• District Attorney (Thurston Hall)
• Walter Fraser (Lester Matthews)
• Assistant to District Attorney (uncredited) (Bud Geary)
• Grigson - Butler (Walter Kingsford)
• Mr. Ketterling (Pierre Watkin)
• Mary - Ketterling's Secretary (uncredited) (Rita Hayworth)
• Detective Flannigan (uncredited) (Tom Dugan)