Joan Marsh

Actor: Joan Marsh

Born: Jul 10, 1913 in Portersville, California
Died: Aug 10, 2000 in Ojai, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Road to Zanzibar, Charlie Chan on Broadway, Many Happy Returns
First Major Screen Credit: The Little Accident (1930)

Biography

The daughter of Mary Pickford's favorite cinematographer, Charles Rosher, little Nancy Ann used the moniker Dorothy Rosher when appearing as Gene Gauntier's baby in Hearts Aflame (1914) and in such Pickford vehicles as The Little Princess (1917), Daddy Long Legs (1919), and Tess of the Storm Country (1922). After achieving an education, Dorothy was rediscovered by director Frank Borzage who renamed her Joan Marsh and tested her for a role in Lucky Star (1929). She always maintained that the picture was indeed her "lucky star" because "Although I didn't get the part, other and better roles did materialize from the test." "Better roles" didn't come right away, however, and she merely "played" a girl on a poster in Universal's award-winning All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). But the Hollywood publicists did notice her platinum blonde allure and Marsh became one of the 13 lucky WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1931, an honor she shared with Joan Blondell and Marian Marsh (no relation). Always on the verge of bigger and better things, Joan Marsh spent the 1930s supporting such stars as: Greta Garbo (she was one of the bohemians in Inspiration [1930]); Joan Crawford (a brief appearance in Anna Karenina [1935]); and Loretta Young. Several critics thought she stole Three Girls Lost (1931) from the latter, but she remained mired in supporting roles in A-films and leads in such Grade-Z movies as High Gear (1933) with fallen star James Murray and Brilliant Marriage (1936) from poverty row company Invincible. After playing the ingenue in Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) she married the film's writer, Charles Belden, a union that lasted until 1943. By then Marsh's screen career was all but over and she later ran a stationery shop in Hollywood. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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Joan Marsh

Born	Nancy Ann Rosher July 10, 1913(1913-07-10) Porterville, California, U.S.
Died	August 10, 2000 (aged 87) Ojai, California, U.S.
Other name(s)	Dorothy Rosher
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1915–1944
Spouse(s)	John D. W. Morrill Charles S. Belden

Joan Marsh (July 10, 1913 – August 10, 2000) was an American film actress.

Marsh was the daughter of Charles Rosher. She made her first film appearance as an infant in the Universal Pictures film Hearts Aflame (1915), billed as Dorothy Rosher. After a number of baby roles, Marsh became a child star in Pickford films such as Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) and Pollyanna (1920).

Marsh made her last film appearance as a child in 1921, and returned to films with a role in King of Jazz (1930), in which she sang with Bing Crosby. She played W.C. Fields' daughter in You're Telling Me (1934). She continued in small roles until the early 1940s. During production of Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937), Marsh met and later married Charles Belden, who had co-written the film's screenplay. The marriage ended in divorce in 1943, and the following year Marsh made her final film appearance in Follow the Leader.

She later managed a stationery shop, and died in Ojai, California in 2000. Marsh was cremated.

References

The Helena Independent, "Paul Harrison In Hollywood", Monday, December 2, 1940, Page 6

External links

Joan Marsh at the Internet Movie Database
Joan Marsh at Find a Grave
Photographs of Joan Marsh

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NAME	Marsh, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actress
DATE OF BIRTH	July 10, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Porterville, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH	August 10, 2000
PLACE OF DEATH	Ojai, California, U.S.

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