Marion Marshall (actress)
| Marion Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marion Tanner June 8, 1929 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1947–75 |
| Spouse(s) |
Robert Wagner (1963-70) (divorced) Stanley Donen (1952-59) (divorced) Allen Davey (divorced) |
Marion Marshall (born Marion Tanner;[1] June 8, 1929) is an American actress.
Career
Marshall's first film appearances were in the 20th Century Fox films Gentleman's Agreement and Daisy Kenyon in 1947 (although they were both uncredited). She went on to play roles (many minor) in over 25 more films until 1967.[2] She had a small but significant role in his I Was a Male War Bride (1949).
Marshall was featured prominently in three Martin and Lewis comedy films, The Stooge, Sailor Beware and That's My Boy, with stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Among her television appearances, she guest starred twice on Perry Mason in 1959. She played murderer Irene Bedford in "The Case of the Shattered Dream," and title character Ginny Hobart in "The Case of the Spurious Sister".
Personal life
In the late 1940s, Marshall was the girlfriend of director Howard Hawks.
She married three times, her first husband being the cameraman Allen Davey. Her second husband (from 1952 until 1959) was Stanley Donen with whom she had two sons Peter (born December 20, 1953) and Joshua (born August 10, 1955). In 1963 she married Robert Wagner, with whom she had one child (the television presenter Katie Wagner) before they divorced in 1970.
Filmography
- Six Days of Justice as Magistrate (1 episode, 1975)
- It Takes a Thief as Myrna (1 episode, 1968)
- Gunn (1967) (as M.T. Marshall) as Daisy Jane
- Via Margutta (1963) as Grace
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Ronnie Portman (1 episode, 1960)
- Perry Mason as Ginny Hobart / (2 episodes, 1959)
- Have Gun - Will Travel as Maggie O'Bannion (1 episode, 1959)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Belle (1 episode, 1958)
- I Want to Live! (1958) (uncredited) as Rita
- Peter Gunn as Joanna Lund (1 episode, 1958)
- The Stooge (1952) as Genevieve 'Frecklehead' Tait
- Sailor Beware (1952) as Hilda Jones
- That's My Boy (1951) as Terry Howard
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951) (uncredited) as Terry
- Halls of Montezuma (1950) (uncredited) as Nurse
- My Blue Heaven (1950) (uncredited) as Bit Role
- Stella (1950) as Mary
- Love That Brute (1950) (uncredited) as Dawn O'Day
- A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) (uncredited) as Annie
- Wabash Avenue (1950) (uncredited) as Chorus Girl
- Dancing in the Dark (1949) (uncredited) as Myrna
- I Was a Male War Bride (1949) as Lt. Kitty Lawrence
- When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) (uncredited) as Chorus Girl
- Unfaithfully Yours (1948) (uncredited) as Maisie, Second Telephone Operator
- The Snake Pit (1948) (uncredited) as Young Girl
- Apartment for Peggy (1948) as Ruth
- Road House (1948) (uncredited) as Millie
- The Luck of the Irish (1948) (uncredited) as Secretary
- The Street with No Name (1948) (uncredited) as Singer
- Sitting Pretty (1948) (uncredited) as Secretary
- You Were Meant for Me (1948) (uncredited) Bit Part
- Daisy Kenyon (1947) (uncredited) as Law Office Telephone Operator
References
- ↑ "California, Birth Index, 1905-199". familysearch.org. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ Actors - Marion Marshall Archived July 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
Further reading
- Wagner, Robert (2008). Pieces of my Heart - A Life. New York: Harper Collins. p. 324 pages. ISBN 978-0-06-137331-2.
External links
- Marion Marshall at the Internet Movie Database
- Marion Marshall at AllMovie
- Marion Marshall at the TCM Movie Database
