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Joan Alexander with Jackson Beck and Bud Collyer

April 17, 2008: Radio's Lois Lane Accuses Money Adviser of Fraud

Joan (Alexander) Stanton, who played Lois Lane in the 1940s Superman radio series, has accused her financial adviser of losing and stealing tens of millions of dollars of her money.

    Joan A. Stanton, 90, claims in court papers that Kenneth Ira Starr, "accountant and financial adviser to the rich and famous," ingratiated himself with her to take control of her fortune, then shielded her from the advice of others, including that of her children.

    Stanton's late husband, Arthur Stanton, was a businessman who left her $70 million when he died in 1987, the lawsuit says.

    The court papers claim that Starr used Stanton's money as "his own unrestricted endowment," putting millions in speculative pet projects that he or his friends controlled instead of the conservative investments she wanted.

Stanton, who acted under the name Joan Alexander, was best known as the voice of Lois Lane in the 1940s radio show "The Adventures of Superman." Stanton later reprised her role as the voice of Lois Lane in the 1966 animated series "The New Adventures of Superman."

You can read the full Associated Press report at their Google site.

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