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Brenda Marshall

Actor
Died July 30, 1992 (76 years)
​Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress.

Born Ardis Ankerson in Negros, Philippines, Marshall made her first film appearance in the 1939 Espionage Agent. The following year, she played the leading lady to Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk. After divorcing actor Richard Gaines in 1940, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly slowed. She starred opposite James Cagney in the 1942 film Captains of the Clouds. The Constant Nymph (1943) was a popular success but she virtually retired after this, appearing in only four more inconsequential films. Among these, she played scientist Nora Goodrich in the grade-B 1946 cult classic Strange Impersonation.

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Known For
  • The Sea Hawk
  • Strange Impersonation
  • Background to Danger
  • Footsteps in the Dark
  • Captains of the Clouds
  • Whispering Smith
  • The Constant Nymph
  • The Man Who Talked Too Much

Filmography

1950
The Iroquois Trail · as Marion
1948
Whispering Smith · as Marian Sinclair
1946
Strange Impersonation · as Nora Goodrich
1943
Paris After Dark · as Yvonne Blanchard
1943
The Constant Nymph · as Toni Sanger
1943
Background to Danger · as Tamara Zaleshoff
1942
You Can't Escape Forever · as Laurie Abbott
1942
Captains of the Clouds · as Emily Foster
1941
The Smiling Ghost · as Lil Barstow
1941
Highway West · as Claire Foster
1941
Singapore Woman · as Vicki Moore
1941
The Lady Eve · as Passenger On Ship
1941
Footsteps in the Dark · as Rita Warren
1940
South of Suez · as Katharine 'kit' Sheffield
1940
East of the River · as Laurie Romayne
1940
The Sea Hawk · as Doña Maria Alvarez De Cordoba
1940
Money and the Woman · as Barbara Patteson
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much · as Celia Farrady
1939
Espionage Agent · as Brenda Ballard
1939
Blackwell's Island · as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)

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