Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an American actress known for her

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characters in the classic

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features '' Force of Evil'', '' The Narrow Margin'' and '' The Killing''. Windsor's height (5'9", 175 cm) created problems for her in scenes with all but the tallest actors. She was the female lead in so many

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s that she became dubbed the "Queen" of the genre.

Early years

Windsor was born in 1919 in Marysvale, Utah, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lane Bertelsen. She graduated from Marysvale High School in 1934, doing a "musical reading" as part of the graduation exercises. She attended

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, where she participated in dramatic productions. She was described in a 1939 newspaper article as "an accomplished athlete ... expert as a dancer, swimmer, horsewoman, and plays golf, tennis and skis." In 1939, Windsor was chosen from a group of 81 contestants to be queen of Covered Wagon Days in

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, Utah. She was unofficially appointed "Miss Utah of 1939" by her hometown’s

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,"Marie Windsor"
on the

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website and trained for the stage under Hollywood actress and coach Maria Ouspenskaya. Voluptuous and leggy, but unusually tall (5'9") for a starlet of her generation, Windsor felt that she was handicapped when playing opposite actors of average stature (claiming she had to progressively bend at the knees walking across the room in scene with

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).''Celebrity Diss and Tell: Stars Talk About Each Other'', Boze Hadleigh p. 181. As she later recalled, a production with the 6’5”

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as co-star made her happy with finally getting a male lead who was her 'own size'. In later years, thanks to her early screen success, Windsor was able to pursue her studies more extensively, primarily with

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and also at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Windsor worked in radio in Salt Lake City before moving to California. In California, she worked as a model for glamor photographer Paul Hesse.

Stage

In 1940, after her move to Hollywood and entering Ouspenskaya's drama school, she appeared in the play ''Forty Thousand Smiths'', her first use of the stage name "Marie Windsor". The next year she appeared in '' Once in a Lifetime'' at the

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. She also played a villain in a New York production of '' Follow the Girls''. Years later, in the 1980s, she returned to the stage. In 1986, Marie Windsor played Francis Carson in the premiere of ''The Bar Off Melrose'' by Oliver Hailey et al.

Film

After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit part and extra player in films, Windsor began playing feature parts on the big screen in 1947. Her first film contract, with

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in 1942, resulted from her writing jokes and submitting them to

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. Windsor said she submitted the gags under the name M.E. Windsor "because I was afraid he might be prejudiced against a woman gag writer". When Benny finally met Windsor, "he was stunned by her good looks" and had a producer sign her to a contract. After a tenure with

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in which the studio "signed her, put her in two small roles and then promptly forgot her", she signed a seven-year contract in 1948 with Enterprise Productions. The actress' first memorable role in 1948 was with

in '' Force of Evil'' playing seductress Edna Tucker. She had roles in numerous 1950s film noirs, notably '' The Sniper'', '' The Narrow Margin'', ''

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'', and the

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heist film, '' The Killing'', in which she played Elisha Cook, Jr.'s, scheming wife. She also made her first foray into science fiction with the release of '' Cat-Women of the Moon'' (1953). Windsor co-starred with

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in '' The Bounty Hunter'' (1954).

Television

Later, Windsor moved to television. She appeared as "The Mutton Puncher" in season 3 of ''

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'', in 1957. She appeared in 1954 as

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in the premiere episode of ''

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''. In 1962, she played Ann Jesse, a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of '' Lawman''. Windsor appeared in the first season of ''

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;'' episode "Twenty Million Alibis" (May 5, 1973). Windsor worked consistently through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. She appeared on programs such as ''

'', ''

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'', Bonanza,''

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'', '' Yancy Derringer'', ''

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'', '' Maverick'' (in the 1957 episode titled " The Quick and the Dead" with

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and

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) and (in the 1962 episode " Epitaph for a Gambler" with Jack Kelly), '' The Red Skelton Hour'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The F.B.I.'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Salem's Lot'', and ''

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''. Windsor remained on screen once or so annually up to the 1990s, playing her final role and going into retirement in 1991 at the age of 72.

Recognition

Windsor has a star in at 1549 N. Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section of the

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. It was dedicated January 19, 1983. In 1987, Windsor received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for best actress for her work in ''The Bar Off Melrose''. She also received the Ralph Morgan Award from the

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for her service on the organization's board of directors.

Personal life

Windsor was married briefly to bandleader Ted Steele. They were wed April 21, 1946, in Marysvale, Utah. They divorced that same year (an item in a 1953 newspaper column says that the marriage was ended by annulment, not divorce). In July 1950, newspaper columnist

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reported, "Marie Windsor has set her marriage to Alex Lunciman, a

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stock broker, for October". She married

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Jack Hupp, a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic basketball team. Hupp had his own family connection with show business; he was the son of actor Earle Rodney. Hupp, with whom Windsor had a son, Richard Rodney, was inducted posthumously into the

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(USC) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. Hupp had a son, Chris, from a prior marriage. Windsor was politically

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, a member of the

, and supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund. A Republican, she supported

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's campaign in the 1952 presidential election. After her acting career ended, Windsor became a painter and sculptor. Windsor was also a lifelong member of

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Death

Windsor died of congestive heart failure on December 10, 2000, the day before her 81st birthday. She is interred with Hupp in her native Marysvale, Utah, at Mountain View Cemetery.

Filmography

* '' Unexpected Uncle'' (1941) as Passerby on Sidewalk (uncredited) * '' Weekend for Three'' (1941) as Extra (uncredited) * '' All-American Co-Ed'' (1941) as Carrot Queen (uncredited) * '' Playmates'' (1941) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1942) as French Girl in Cafe (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1942) as Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited) * ''

Call Out the Marines ''Call Out the Marines'' is a 1942 military comedy released by RKO in February 1942. It stars Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe playing the same characters with different names that they played in '' What Price Glory?'' and several sequels; how ...

'' (1942) as Pretty Brunette on Tour (uncredited) * ''The Lady or the Tiger?'' (1942) as The Princess (uncredited) * '' Flying with Music'' (1942) as Native Girl (uncredited) * '' Parachute Nurse'' (1942) as Company 'C' Girl (uncredited) * '' Smart Alecks'' (1942) as Nurse * ''

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'' (1942) as Florida Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * '' Eyes in the Night'' (1942) as Actress at Rehearsal (uncredited) * '' George Washington Slept Here'' (1942) as Woman at Train Station (uncredited) * '' Chatterbox'' (1943) as Hostess (uncredited) * '' Three Hearts for Julia'' (1943) as Violinist (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) as Mrs. Claven (uncredited) * '' Let's Face It'' (1943) as Chorus Girl (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) as Young Woman at Dock (uncredited) * '' Follow the Leader'' (1944) as Native Girl in Dream (uncredited) * ''I Love My Wife, But!'' (1947) as Saleswoman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) as Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) as Girl on Train (uncredited) * '' The Romance of Rosy Ridge'' (1947) as Baggett Daughter (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) as Helen Amboy * '' The Unfinished Dance'' (1947) as Saleslady (uncredited) * '' On an Island with You'' (1948) as Jane (uncredited) * '' The Pirate'' (1948) as Madame Lucia (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1948) as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) * '' Force of Evil'' (1948) as Edna Tucker * '' Outpost in Morocco'' (1949) as Cara * '' The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend'' (1949) as LaBelle Bergere (uncredited) * '' Hellfire'' (1949) as Mary Carson / Doll Brown * '' The Fighting Kentuckian'' (1949) as Ann Logan * '' Dakota Lil'' (1950) as Dakota Lil * '' The Showdown'' (1950) as Adelaide * '' Double Deal'' (1950) as Terry Miller * '' Frenchie'' (1950) as Diane Gorman * '' Little Big Horn'' (1951) as Celie Donlin * '' Hurricane Island'' (1951) as Jan Bolton * '' Two Dollar Bettor'' (1951) as Mary Slate * '' Japanese War Bride'' (1952) as Fran Sterling * '' The Sniper'' (1952) as Jean Darr * '' The Narrow Margin'' (1952) as Mrs. Frankie Neall * '' Outlaw Women'' (1952) as Iron Mae McLeod * ''

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'' (1952) as Princess Mari * '' The Tall Texan'' (1953) as Laura Thompson * '' Trouble Along the Way'' (1953) as Anne Williams McCormick * ''

'' (1953) as Lydia Biddel * '' So This Is Love'' (1953) as Marilyn Montgomery * '' Cat-Women of the Moon'' (1953) as Helen Salinger * ''

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'' (1953) as Cleo Abbott * '' Hell's Half Acre'' (1954) as Rose * '' The Bounty Hunter'' (1954) as Alice Williams * '' The Silver Star'' (1955) as Karen Childress * '' Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'' (1955) as Madame Rontru * '' No Man's Woman'' (1955) as Carolyn Ellenson Grant * '' Two-Gun Lady'' (1955) as Bess * '' Swamp Women'' (1956) as Josie Nardo * '' The Killing'' (1956) as Sherry Peatty * '' The Unholy Wife'' (1957) as Gwen * '' The Parson and the Outlaw'' (1957) as Tonya * '' The Girl in Black Stockings'' (1957) as Julia Parry * ''

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'' (1957) as Josephine Bonaparte * '' Day of the Badman'' (1958) as Cora Johnson * '' Island Women'' (1958) as Elizabeth * ''

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'' (1962) as Linda Belita * '' This Is Not a Test'' (1962) as Mrs. Karen Barnes (under pseudonym Carol Kent) * '' The Day Mars Invaded Earth'' (1963) as Claire Fielding * '' Critic's Choice'' (1963) as Sally Orr * '' Mail Order Bride'' (1964) as Hanna * ''

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'' (1964) as Mrs. Sutton * '' Chamber of Horrors'' (1966) as Madame Corona * '' The Good Guys and the Bad Guys'' (1969) as Polly * ''

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'' (1971) as Louella * '' Support Your Local Gunfighter'' (1971) as Goldie * ''

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'' (1973) as Mrs. Green * '' The Outfit'' (1973) as Madge Coyle * '' Hearts of the West'' (1975) as Woman in Nevada * '' Freaky Friday'' (1976) as Mrs. Murphy * '' Salem's Lot'' (1979) as Eva Miller * '' Lovely But Deadly'' (1981) as Aunt May * '' Commando Squad'' (1987) as Casey Source:Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885.'' 2008
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'' in the episode "Live a Little" (1954) * '' The Public Defender'' as Melody Scanlon in "The Ring" (1954) * ''

'' as

in the series premiere episode (1954) * '' Waterfront'' as Marie Turner in the episode "Night at the Lighthouse" (1954) * '' Science Fiction Theater'' as Nell Brown in the episode "Time is Just a Place" (1955) * ''

'' as Leda Brandt in "Decision at Gunsight" and as Thora Flagg in "The Mutton Puncher" (both 1957) * '' The Californians'' as Dolly Dawson in "The Regulators" (1957) * '' Maverick'' in the episodes "The Quick and the Dead" (1957) with

and "Epitaph for a Gambler" (1962) with Jack Kelly * ''

'' as saloon owner Polly Landers in "The Fighter" (1958) * ''

'' in four episodes: ** as Linda Griffith in "The Case of the Daring Decoy" (1958) ** as Flavia Pierce in "The Case of the Madcap Modiste" (1960) ** as Edith "Edie" Morrow in "The Case of the Tarnished Trademark" (1962) ** as Mrs. Helen Reed in "The Case of the Wednesday Woman" (1964) * '' Yancy Derringer'' in episode 03, "Ticket to Natchez" (1958) * ''

'' in three episodes: ** "Incident on the Edge of Madness" (1959) ** S3:E26, "Incident of the Painted Lady" (1961) as Miss Katie ** "Incident of the Rusty Shotgun" (1964) as Amie Claybank * '' The Alaskans'' as Maria Julien in the episode "Winter Song" (1959) * ''

'' as Dolly Staples in the episode "The Warrior's Return" (1959) * ''

'' as Veda Troup in "The 10% Blues" and Mara in "Teresa" (both 1960) * '' The Rebel'' as Emma Longdon in "Glory" (1960) * ''

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'' as Mimi in "Little Cabbage" (1960) * ''

'' as Countess Maruska in "Collector's Item" (1960) * '' New Comedy Showcase'' as Angela Talbot in "Johnny Come Lately" (1960) * ''

'' in four episodes: ** "The Comics" (1961) ** "The Final Score" (1961) ** "Location Shooting" (1962) ** "Day in the Sun" (1962) * ''

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'' as Elizabeth Lassiter in the episode "Five Sundowns to Sunup" (1965) * ''

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'' in the episodes "Green Ice" and "Deep Freeze" (1966) * ''

'' in the episodes "The Need of a Friend" (1968) and "Walk a Double Line" (1974) * ''Wild Women'' (1970) (TV) * ''

'', in the episodes "Log 56: Vice Versa" (1971), "The Chaser" (1972) and "Hollywood Division" (1973) * ''

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'' in the episode "Trafton" (1971) * ''

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'' as Helen Archer in the episode "High Lonesome Country" (1971) (TV) * '' Manhunter'' (1974) * '' Police Story'' in the episode "Explosion" (1974) * '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'' in the episode "The Highest Mountain" (1976) * ''

'' in the episodes "Angels in Springtime" (1978) and "Angels at the Altar" (1979) * '' Salem's Lot'' (1979) * '' Lou Grant'' (two episodes, 1979 and 1980) * ''

'' as Belle Star in the episode "Sideshow" (1980) * ''The Perfect Woman'' (1981) * ''

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'' in three episodes: ** "Murder Between the Lines" (1983) ** "The Dark Side of the Street" (1984) ** "For Old Crime's Sake" (1987) * ''J.O.E. and the Colonel'' (1985) * ''

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'' as Madam Angler in the episode "A New Lease on Life" (1986) * ''Commando Squad'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1988) * '' The New Adam-12'' (1990) * ''

'' (two episodes, 1987 and 1991)

References

;Citations ;Further reading * Oderman, Stuart, ''Talking to the Piano Player 2''. BearManor Media, 2009. .

External links

Marie Windsor Biography
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Marie Windsor
interview with ''The Perfect Vision'' magazine at Modern Times Classic Film Pages *
Literature on Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor Papers.
MSS 2301; 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. {{DEFAULTSORT:Windsor, Marie 1919 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Utah American Latter Day Saints American film actresses American radio actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni People from Piute County, Utah Stella Adler Studio of Acting alumni Brigham Young University alumni California Republicans Utah Republicans Warner Bros. contract players Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players