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Marie Windsor
Actor
Died December 10, 2000 (80 years)
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Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many B-movies and film noirs.
After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, Windsor began playing feature parts on the big screen in 1947.
Her first film contract, with Warner Bros. in 1942, resulted from her writing jokes and submitting them to Jack Benny. Windsor said she submitted the gags under the name M.E. Windsor "because I was afraid he might be prejudiced against a woman gag writer." When Benny finally met Windsor, "he was stunned by her good looks" and had a producer sign her to a contract. After a tenure with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which the studio "signed her, put her in two small roles and then promptly forgot her", she signed a seven-year contract with The Enterprise Studios in 1948.
The actress' first memorable role was in 1948 with John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. She had roles in numerous 1950s film noirs, notably The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps, and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie, The Killing, in which she played Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. She also made a foray into science fiction with the 1953 release of Cat-Women of the Moon. Windsor co-starred with Randolph Scott in The Bounty Hunter (1954).
Later, Windsor moved to television. She appeared in 1954 as Belle Starr in the premiere episode of Stories of the Century. In 1962, she played Ann Jesse, a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of Lawman. She appeared on programs such as Maverick, Bat Masterson, Perry Mason, Bourbon Street Beat, The Incredible Hulk, Rawhide, General Hospital, Salem's Lot (TV miniseries), and Murder, She Wrote.
Windsor worked consistently through the 1960s and 1970s, and remained on screen once or so annually up to the 1990s, playing her final role at 72 in 1991.
Windsor has a star at 1549 N. Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated January 19, 1983. She was among the 500 stars nominated for selection as one of the 50 greatest American screen legends, as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years.
In 1987, Windsor received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for best actress for her work in The Bar Off Melrose. She also received the Ralph Morgan Award from the Screen Actors Guild for her service on the organization's board of directors.
Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many B-movies and film noirs.
After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, Windsor began playing feature parts on the big screen in 1947.
Her first film contract, with Warner Bros. in 1942, resulted from her writing jokes and submitting them to Jack Benny. Windsor said she submitted the gags under the name M.E. Windsor "because I was afraid he might be prejudiced against a woman gag writer." When Benny finally met Windsor, "he was stunned by her good looks" and had a producer sign her to a contract. After a tenure with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which the studio "signed her, put her in two small roles and then promptly forgot her", she signed a seven-year contract with The Enterprise Studios in 1948.
The actress' first memorable role was in 1948 with John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. She had roles in numerous 1950s film noirs, notably The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps, and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie, The Killing, in which she played Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. She also made a foray into science fiction with the 1953 release of Cat-Women of the Moon. Windsor co-starred with Randolph Scott in The Bounty Hunter (1954).
Later, Windsor moved to television. She appeared in 1954 as Belle Starr in the premiere episode of Stories of the Century. In 1962, she played Ann Jesse, a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of Lawman. She appeared on programs such as Maverick, Bat Masterson, Perry Mason, Bourbon Street Beat, The Incredible Hulk, Rawhide, General Hospital, Salem's Lot (TV miniseries), and Murder, She Wrote.
Windsor worked consistently through the 1960s and 1970s, and remained on screen once or so annually up to the 1990s, playing her final role at 72 in 1991.
Windsor has a star at 1549 N. Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated January 19, 1983. She was among the 500 stars nominated for selection as one of the 50 greatest American screen legends, as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years.
In 1987, Windsor received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for best actress for her work in The Bar Off Melrose. She also received the Ralph Morgan Award from the Screen Actors Guild for her service on the organization's board of directors.
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Filmography
| 1990 | The New Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Gloria Freemont |
| 1988 | Supercarrier (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Commando Squad · as Casey |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Helen Salinger In 'cat-Women Of The Moon' |
| 1985 | J.O.E. and the Colonel · as Mom Roth |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Kate Gunnerson |
| 1983 | Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) · as Madame Angler |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Lovely But Deadly · as Aunt May |
| 1981 | The Perfect Woman · as Zelda |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot (TV Series) · as Eva Miller |
| 1978 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Project UFO (TV Series) · as Cara Layton |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Madame Estelle Vorick |
| 1976 | Freaky Friday · as Mrs Murphy |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Eve Le Deux |
| 1975 | Hearts of the West · as Woman In Nevada |
| 1974 | Manhunter · as May |
| 1974 | Manhunter (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1973 | The Outfit · as Madge Coyle |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal · as Mrs. Hetty Green |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Carole Morrison |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey (TV Series) · as Madame Irma |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter · as Goldie |
| 1971 | One More Train to Rob · as Slim |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Wild Women · as Lottie Clampett |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys · as Polly |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Sally |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Amanda Degan |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Carolyn Halsman |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Gloria Marshall |
| 1968 | The Outsider (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Chamber of Horrors · as Madame Corona |
| 1966 | Batman (TV Series) · as Nellie Majors |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Grace |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) · as Queenie |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Gloria Treat |
| 1964 | Bedtime Story · as Mrs. Sutton |
| 1964 | Mail Order Bride · as Hannah |
| 1964 | Destry (TV Series) · as Jewel Scrogg |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Dr. Vivian Collins |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice · as Sally Orr |
| 1962 | The Day Mars Invaded Earth · as Claire Fielding |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series) · as Dolores |
| 1962 | Paradise Alley · as Linda Belita |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (TV Series) · as Maple Gray |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Dorothy |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as Alice Batson |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Alaskans (TV Series) |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Angela |
| 1959 | Markham (TV Series) · as Muriel Miles |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Amie Claybank |
| 1958 | Pursuit (TV Series) · as Bessie |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Polly Landers |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Ann Jesse |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Billie Jo James |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Day of the Bad Man · as Cora Johnson |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind · as Josephine Bonaparte |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Dolly Dawson |
| 1957 | The Parson and the Outlaw · as Tonya |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Cora |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Flavia Pierce |
| 1957 | The Unholy Wife · as Gwen |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw (TV Series) · as Lucy |
| 1957 | The Girl in Black Stockings · as Julia Parry |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Dolly Stapes |
| 1956 | Swamp Women · as Josie Nardo |
| 1956 | The Charles Farrell Show (TV Series) · as Newspaper Editor |
| 1956 | The Killing · as Sherry Peatty |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | No Man's Woman · as Carolyn Ellenson Grant |
| 1955 | Two-Gun Lady · as Bess |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Lola |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Mary K. |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy · as Madame Rontru |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) · as Nell Brown |
| 1955 | The Silver Star · as Karen Childress |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Vivian Cummings |
| 1954 | The Lineup (TV Series) · as Myra Woodman |
| 1954 | The Bounty Hunter · as Alice Williams |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Mimi Marlowe |
| 1954 | It's a Great Life (TV Series) · as Lola Manners |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Katherine |
| 1954 | Hell's Half Acre · as Rose |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Melody Scanlon |
| 1954 | Waterfront (TV Series) · as Marie Turner |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Belle Starr |
| 1953 | The Eddie Cantor Story · as Cleo Abbott |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | Cat-Women of the Moon · as Helen Salinger |
| 1953 | So This Is Love · as Marilyn Montgomery |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps · as Lydia Biddel |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way · as Anne Williams Mccormick |
| 1953 | The Tall Texan · as Laura Tompson |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Lorna Evans |
| 1952 | The Jungle · as Princess Mari |
| 1952 | The Narrow Margin · as Mrs. Frankie Neall |
| 1952 | The Sniper · as Jean Darr |
| 1952 | Outlaw Women · as Iron Mae Mcleod |
| 1952 | Japanese War Bride · as Fran Sterling |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Alice Batson |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Clara Appleby |
| 1951 | Two Dollar Bettor · as Mary Slate |
| 1951 | Hurricane Island · as Jane Bolton |
| 1951 | Little Big Horn · as Celie Donlin |
| 1950 | Frenchie · as Diane Gorman |
| 1950 | Double Deal · as Terry Miller |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Phyllis |
| 1950 | The Showdown · as Adelaide |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil · as Dakota Lil |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian · as Ann Logan |
| 1949 | Hellfire · as Mary Carson / Doll Brown |
| 1949 | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend · as Labelle Bergere (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Outpost in Morocco · as Cara |
| 1948 | Force of Evil · as Edna Tucker |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers · as Lady-In-Waiting (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Pirate · as Madame Lucia (uncredited) |
| 1948 | On an Island with You · as Jane |
| 1947 | The Unfinished Dance · as Saleslady |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way · as Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Song of the Thin Man · as Helen Amboy |
| 1947 | The Hucksters · as Girl On Train (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge · as Baggett Daughter |
| 1946 | I Love My Husband, But! · as Bridge Player (uncredited) |
| 1944 | |
| 1943 | The Iron Major · as Young Woman At Dock |
| 1943 | Pilot #5 · as Mrs. Claven |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia · as Violinist |
| 1943 | Let's Face It · as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Chatterbox · as Hostess |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night · as Actress At Rehearsal (uncredited) |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here · as (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Big Street · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Smart Alecks · as Nurse |
| 1942 | Parachute Nurse · as Company 'c' Girl |
| 1942 | Flying with Music · as Native Girl |
| 1942 | Call Out the Marines · as Pretty Brunette On Tour |
| 1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill · as Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris · as French Girl In Cafe |
| 1941 | Playmates · as Nightclub Patron |
| 1941 | Weekend for Three · as Old Field Inn Patron |
| 1941 | Unexpected Uncle · as Passerby On Sidewalk |
| 1941 | All-American Co-Ed · as Carrot Queen (uncredited) |