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Trudy Marshall

Actor
Born February 14, 1922Died May 23, 2004 (82 years)
Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall was an American actress and model.

A popular magazine cigarette girl during her modeling days for Harry Conover, Marshall was at different times "The Old Gold Girl", "The Chesterfield Girl", and "The Lucky Strike Girl".

Marshall was signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. She played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans, the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS Juneau off Guadalcanal in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve.

Taking roles as a decorative ingenue for a time, Marshall later played the "other woman" in a few features. Semi-retired by the 1960s, she returned very infrequently to Hollywood. She appeared in the movie Once Is Not Enough with her daughter Deborah Raffin. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood event.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Heaven Can Wait
  • Married Too Young
  • Code 3

Known For

  • The Fighting Sullivans
  • The Dancing Masters
  • Mark of the Gorilla
  • The Purple Heart
  • Boston Blackie and the Law
  • The Fuller Brush Man
  • Married Too Young
  • Barbary Pirate

Filmography

1979
Willa · as Lady Trucker
1977
Man from Atlantis (TV Series) · as Woman At Party
1975
Once Is Not Enough · as Myrna
1975
Starsky & Hutch (TV Series)
1962
Married Too Young · as Susan Newton
1959
Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Cast
1958
1957
Code 3 (TV Series) · as Barbara King
1956
Full of Life · as Nora Gregory
1953
The President's Lady · as Jane Donelson
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams · as Frankie Mason (uncredited)
1950
Mark of the Gorilla · as Barbara Bentley
1949
Barbary Pirate · as Anne Ridgeway
1949
Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1948
The Fuller Brush Man · as Sara Franzen
1947
Key Witness · as Marge Andrews
1947
Too Many Winners · as Phyllis Hamilton
1946
Alias Mr. Twilight · as Corky Corcoran
1946
1946
Dragonwyck · as Elizabeth Van Borden
1946
1945
The Dolly Sisters · as Lenora Baldwin
1945
Circumstantial Evidence · as Agnes Hannon
1944
1944
Ladies of Washington · as Carol Northrup
1944
The Purple Heart · as Mrs. Ross
1944
The Fighting Sullivans · as Genevieve 'gen' Sullivan
1943
The Dancing Masters · as Trudy Harlan
1943
Heaven Can Wait · as Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
1943
Coney Island · as Girl Friend
1943
Crash Dive · as Telephone Operator
1942
Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air · as Red Cross Nurse Trainee
1942
Springtime in the Rockies · as Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)
1942
Girl Trouble · as Miss Kennedy
1942
Berlin Correspondent · as Bit Role
1942
Orchestra Wives · as Irene
1942
Footlight Serenade · as Secretary

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