Acting

Brenda Marshall

Born 1915-09-29 · Negros, Philippines

Died 1992-07-30

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.

Credits

Newest first

I Love Lucy
as Brenda Marshall
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
The Iroquois Trail
as Marion
1950
Whispering Smith
as Marian Sinclair
1948
Strange Impersonation
as Nora Goodrich
1946
Paris After Dark
as Yvonne Blanchard
1943
Background to Danger
as Tamara Zaleshoff
1943
The Constant Nymph
as Toni Sanger
1943
Wings Up
as Herself
1943
You Can't Escape Forever
as Laurie Abbott
1942
Captains of the Clouds
as Emily Foster
1942
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
The Smiling Ghost
as Lil Barstow
1941
Highway West
as Claire Foster
1941
Singapore Woman
as Vicki Moore
1941
Footsteps in the Dark
as Rita Warren
1941
South of Suez
as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
1940
East of the River
as Laurie Romayne
1940
Money and the Woman
as Barbara Patteson
1940
The Sea Hawk
as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as Celia Farrady
1940
Espionage Agent
as Brenda Ballard
1939
Blackwell's Island
as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)
1939