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Brenda Marshall

 
Actor: Brenda Marshall
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  • Born: Sep 29, 1915 in Negros Island, Philippines
  • Died: Jul 30, 1992
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Crime
  • Career Highlights: Whispering Smith, The Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark
  • First Major Screen Credit: Espionage Agent (1939)

Biography

Brenda Marshall wanted to be a film actress, all right; it's just that she didn't want to be Brenda Marshall. Throughout her years in Hollywood, she insisted that her friends and co-workers address her not by her studio-fabricated cognomen, but by her given name of Ardis Anderson Gaines. A Warner Bros. contractee of the early 1940s, Anderson/Marshall did her best work opposite Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk (1940) and Footsteps in the Dark (1941). From 1941 through 1973, Brenda Marshall was married to actor William Holden, a curious union that evidently soured early on (Holden's friends blamed Marshall, and vice versa), and was distinguished by extended separations and numerous extracurricular romances. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Brenda Marshall
Born Ardis Ankerson Gaines
September 29, 1915(1915-09-29)
Negros, Philippines
Died July 30, 1992 (aged 76)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1939–1950
Spouse(s) Richard Gaines (?–1940) (divorced)
William Holden (1941–1971) (divorced)

Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress.

Born Ardis Ankerson Gaines 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 but after a few well received parts, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly declined. 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.

After several separations, Marshall and Holden were divorced in 1971. Marshall died from throat cancer in Palm Springs, California, aged 76.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1939 Espionage Agent Miss Brenda Ballard
1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much Celia Farrady
The Sea Hawk Doña Maria with Errol Flynn
Money and the Woman Barbara Patteson
East of the River Laurie Romayne
South of Suez Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
1941 Footsteps in the Dark Rita Warren
Singapore Woman Vicki Moore
Highway West Claire Foster 62mins.
The Smiling Ghost Lil Barstow
1942 Captains of the Clouds Emily Foster
You Can't Escape Forever Laurie Abbott
1943 The Constant Nymph Toni Sanger
Background to Danger Tamara Zaleshoff
Paris After Dark Yvonne Blanchard
1946 Strange Impersonation Nora Goodrich
Whispering Smith Marian Sinclair
1950 The Iroquois Trail Marion Thorne

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