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Maria Palmer
Actor
Died September 6, 1981 (64 years)
This lovely Austrian-born actress was born (in 1917) and raised in Vienna, performing as a child on stage and appearing in various productions for the renowned Max Reinhardt. Trained in dance, she was a member of the Bodenwieser Ensemble, a European troupe. Following a few high school plays and dance recitals, she went on to study drama and voice at the Vienna Conservatory.
Maria arrived in the United States at the outbreak of war in 1938 and first performed on the New York stage, notably in the 1942 production of "The Moon Is Down." Spotted for films, she was one of many foreign actresses Hollywood took in at the time to fill their quota of exotic mystery ladies in war-era intrigue and film noir. She made her debut in Mission to Moscow (1943) for Warner Bros. and continued on freelancing for other studios with Days of Glory (1944), opposite Gregory Peck, Lady on a Train (1944), The Web (1947), The Other Love (1947), Strictly Dishonorable (1941), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Outcasts of the City (1958), among others.
Her film career waned in the 1950s and she turned to radio, TV and commercials. She formed her own production company, Maria Palmer Enterprises, and hosted her own local Los Angeles show "Sincerely, Maria Palmer" in the early 1960s. In later years she wrote a number of unproduced teleplays, often under the pseudonym Eliot Parker White. Dying of pulmonary failure while battling cancer in 1981, she kept extensive journals of her life and career which were later available to the public. (IMDB)
Maria arrived in the United States at the outbreak of war in 1938 and first performed on the New York stage, notably in the 1942 production of "The Moon Is Down." Spotted for films, she was one of many foreign actresses Hollywood took in at the time to fill their quota of exotic mystery ladies in war-era intrigue and film noir. She made her debut in Mission to Moscow (1943) for Warner Bros. and continued on freelancing for other studios with Days of Glory (1944), opposite Gregory Peck, Lady on a Train (1944), The Web (1947), The Other Love (1947), Strictly Dishonorable (1941), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Outcasts of the City (1958), among others.
Her film career waned in the 1950s and she turned to radio, TV and commercials. She formed her own production company, Maria Palmer Enterprises, and hosted her own local Los Angeles show "Sincerely, Maria Palmer" in the early 1960s. In later years she wrote a number of unproduced teleplays, often under the pseudonym Eliot Parker White. Dying of pulmonary failure while battling cancer in 1981, she kept extensive journals of her life and career which were later available to the public. (IMDB)
Filmography
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Anna Zolti |
| 1964 | The Evil of Frankenstein · as Rena's Mother (additional Sequence: Us) |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) · as Marushka Vesterhauzy |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) · as Greta Morgen |
| 1959 | World of Giants (TV Series) · as Carla Alexandra |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Sylvia Ackroyd |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Elsa |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Mme. Jouvais |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Florence Wood |
| 1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) · as Reeno Salvo |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as Mme. Jaubert |
| 1956 | Three for Jamie Dawn · as Julia Karek |
| 1956 | The Charles Farrell Show (TV Series) · as Midnon Boulanger |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Brave Eagle (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Collette |
| 1955 | TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) · as Ilse |
| 1954 | Crash of Moons · as Cotondo |
| 1954 | Passport to Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (TV Series) · as Cotanda |
| 1954 | Waterfront (TV Series) · as Selene Anders |
| 1953 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon · as Renee Larue |
| 1953 | Flight Nurse · as Captain Martha Ackerman |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as French Mademoiselle |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) · as Monica Field |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Elsa |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) · as Lilli Vandemeer |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Celeste |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Ga Ga - Goo Goo's Sister |
| 1951 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) · as Maria Peters |
| 1951 | Strictly Dishonorable · as Countess Lili Szadvany |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Surrender · as Janet Barton |
| 1950 | Dangerous Assignment (TV Series) · as Dr. Wanda Buchek |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Claudia |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Anna Hoffman |
| 1948 | 13 Lead Soldiers · as Estelle Prager, Alias Estelle Gorday |
| 1947 | The Web · as Martha Kroner |
| 1947 | The Other Love · as Huberta |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train · as Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer |
| 1944 | Days of Glory · as Yelena |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow · as Tanya Litvinov |