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Brenda Marshall

Brenda Marshall

Birthday: 1915-09-29 | Place of Birth: Negros, Philippines

​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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1950
The Iroquois Trail

as    Marion

1948
Whispering Smith

as    Marian Sinclair

1946
Strange Impersonation

as    Nora Goodrich

1943
Background to Danger

as    Tamara Zaleshoff

1943
The Constant Nymph

as    Toni Sanger

1943
Paris After Dark

as    Yvonne Blanchard

1942
Captains of the Clouds

as    Emily Foster

1942
You Can't Escape Forever

as    Laurie Abbott

1941
Highway West

as    Claire Foster

1941
Footsteps in the Dark

as    Rita Warren

1940
Money and the Woman

as    Barbara Patteson

1940
The Sea Hawk

as    Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

1940
South of Suez

as    Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield

1940
East of the River

as    Laurie Romayne

1939
Espionage Agent

as    Brenda Ballard