Larri Thomas (January 23, 1932 – October 20, 2013) was an American actress and dancer. She began her career by participating in a string of television commercials. Eventually, she managed to sign a contract with NBC, putting her on such shows as Peter Gunn, and even The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.She became one of the six Goldwyn Girls, picked by Samuel Goldwyn to go on tour for the movie, Guys and Dolls, in which she managed to make a brief appearance. Over her career, she made it to movies such as Mary Poppins and Island of Love. A wonderful dancer, she was the stand-in for Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. She appeared in movies and television with Dean Martin.
Larri Thomas was the original "Bill-board Girl" on the ABC Television Saturday night variety "The Hollywood Palace". During the Hollywood production-television 1963-1964 season, Larri Thomas was one of choreographer Tom Hansen's dancers on the CBS Television series, "Red Skelton Hour". Hired by Nick Vanoff for his ABC "Hollywood Palace" variety show, Larri was featured at the conclusion of each show, joining the host with a billboard sheet listing the next week's host and variety guest line-up. Frequently late for rehearsals, and performance days, because of the drive from CBS-TV-Fairfax to Hollywood, conflicting show rehearsal-taping schedules, Vanoff replaced Larri with Raquel Welch after the sixth taping.