Brenda Marshall

Born: 1915-09-29 in Negros, Philippines

Died: 1992-07-30

Known For: Acting

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1951

I Love Lucy as Brenda Marshall

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
The Iroquois Trail as Marion

1948

Whispering Smith as Marian Sinclair

1946

Strange Impersonation as Nora Goodrich

1943

The Constant Nymph as Toni Sanger
Wings Up as Herself
Paris After Dark as Yvonne Blanchard
Background to Danger as Tamara Zaleshoff

1942

Captains of the Clouds as Emily Foster
You Can't Escape Forever as Laurie Abbott

1941

Singapore Woman as Vicki Moore
The Smiling Ghost as Lil Barstow
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Dark as Rita Warren
Highway West as Claire Foster

1940

The Sea Hawk as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
East of the River as Laurie Romayne
Money and the Woman as Barbara Patteson
The Man Who Talked Too Much as Celia Farrady
South of Suez as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield

1939

Espionage Agent as Brenda Ballard
Blackwell's Island as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)