Brenda Marshall
Known for
Acting
Born
September 29, 1915
Birthplace
Negros, Philippines
Died
July 30, 1992 (aged 76)
Biography
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 Str...
Best known work
I Love Lucy
1951
The Sea Hawk
1940
Captains of the Clouds
1942
Background to Danger
1943
The Constant Nymph
1943
Whispering Smith
1948
Strange Impersonation
1946
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Espionage Agent
1939Filmography
1951
1950
1950
The Iroquois Trailas Marion
1948
Whispering Smithas Marian Sinclair
1946
Strange Impersonationas Nora Goodrich
1943
Paris After Darkas Yvonne Blanchard
1943
Background to Dangeras Tamara Zaleshoff
1943
The Constant Nymphas Toni Sanger
1943
Wings Upas Herself
1942
You Can't Escape Foreveras Laurie Abbott
1942
Captains of the Cloudsas Emily Foster
1941
Breakdowns of 1941as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
The Smiling Ghostas Lil Barstow
1941
Highway Westas Claire Foster
1941
Singapore Womanas Vicki Moore
1941
Footsteps in the Darkas Rita Warren
1940
South of Suezas Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
1940
East of the Riveras Laurie Romayne
1940
Money and the Womanas Barbara Patteson
1940
The Sea Hawkas Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Muchas Celia Farrady
1939
Espionage Agentas Brenda Ballard
1939
Blackwell's Islandas Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)