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Marion Marshall (June 8, 1929 – September 24, 2018) was an American actress.


Career

Marshall's first film appearances were in the
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films ''
Gentleman's Agreement ''Gentleman's Agreement'' is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title. The film is about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who pretends to be Jewish to research an exposé on the wid ...
'' 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. Marshall had a small but significant role in '' I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949) as the best friend of Ann Sheridan's leading character. She was featured prominently in three
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comedy films, '' The Stooge'', '' Sailor Beware'' and '' That's My Boy'', with stars
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and
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. Among her television appearances, she guest starred twice on ''
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'' 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

Marshall married three times, her first husband being the cameraman Allen Davey. In 1950 she was engaged to director
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, but a wedding never took place. Her second husband (from May 20, 1952, until 1959) was director
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, with whom she had two sons, Peter and
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. On July 21, 1963, in New York City, she married actor
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following a 20-month engagement. They had one daughter,
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, before divorcing in 1971. Marshall died on September 24, 2018, at a retirement community in
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, at the age of 89.


Filmography

*'' Daisy Kenyon'' (1947) (uncredited) as Law Office Telephone Operator *'' You Were Meant for Me'' (1948) (uncredited) Bit Part *'' Sitting Pretty'' (1948) (uncredited) as Secretary *''
The Street with No Name ''The Street with No Name'' is a 1948 American film noir directed by William Keighley. A follow-up to ''The House on 92nd Street'' (1945), it tells the story of an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI agent, Gene Cordell (Mark Stevens ...
'' (1948) (uncredited) as Singer *'' The Luck of the Irish'' (1948) (uncredited) as Secretary *'' Road House'' (1948) (uncredited) as Millie *'' Apartment for Peggy'' (1948) as Ruth *''
The Snake Pit ''The Snake Pit'' is a 1948 American psychological drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. Based on Mary Jane Ward's 1946 semi-autobiog ...
'' (1948) (uncredited) as Young Girl *'' Unfaithfully Yours'' (1948) (uncredited) as Maisie, Second Telephone Operator *'' When My Baby Smiles at Me'' (1948) (uncredited) as Chorus Girl *'' I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949) as Lt. Kitty Lawrence *'' Dancing in the Dark'' (1949) (uncredited) as Myrna *'' Wabash Avenue'' (1950) (uncredited) as Chorus Girl *'' A Ticket to Tomahawk'' (1950) (uncredited) as Annie *''
Love That Brute ''Love That Brute'' is a 1950 American comedy crime film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Paul Douglas and Jean Peters. The film is a remake of '' Tall, Dark and Handsome'', a 1941 film also distributed by 20th Century Fox. Plot In 192 ...
'' (1950) (uncredited) as Dawn O'Day *'' Stella'' (1950) as Mary *'' My Blue Heaven'' (1950) (uncredited) as Bit Role *'' Halls of Montezuma'' (1950) (uncredited) as Nurse *'' I Can Get It for You Wholesale'' (1951) (uncredited) as Terry *'' That's My Boy'' (1951) as Terry Howard *'' Sailor Beware'' (1952) as Hilda Jones *'' The Stooge'' (1952) as Genevieve 'Frecklehead' Tait *''
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'' as Joanna Lund (1 episode, 1958) *''
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'' (1958) (uncredited) as Rita *''
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'' as Belle (1 episode, 1958) *''
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'' as Irene Bedford (1 episode, 1958) *''
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'' as Maggie O'Bannion (1 episode, 1959) *''
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'' as Ginny Hobart / (2 episodes, 1959) *'' Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' as Ronnie Portman (1 episode, 1960) *''
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'' (1963) as Grace *'' Gunn'' (1967) (as M.T. Marshall) as Daisy Jane *'' It Takes a Thief'' as Myrna (1 episode, 1968) *'' Six Days of Justice'' as Magistrate (1 episode, 1975)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Marion 1929 births 2018 deaths 20th Century Studios contract players American film actresses American television actresses