Brenda Marshall

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 Strange Impersonation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Sea Hawk

Acting

1946

Strange Impersonation

as

Nora Goodrich

1942

Captains of the Clouds

as

Emily Foster

1940

The Sea Hawk

as

Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

as

Laurie Abbott

1943

Background to Danger

as

Tamara Zaleshoff

1948

Whispering Smith

as

Marian Sinclair

1941

Footsteps in the Dark

as

Rita Warren

1941

Highway West

as

Claire Foster

1941

The Smiling Ghost

as

Lil Barstow

1943

The Constant Nymph

as

Toni Sanger

1939

Espionage Agent

as

Brenda Ballard

1940

The Man Who Talked Too Much

as

Celia Farrady

1940

East of the River

as

Laurie Romayne

1943

Paris After Dark

as

Yvonne Blanchard

1940

Money and the Woman

as

Barbara Patteson

1940

South of Suez

as

Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield

1941

Singapore Woman

as

Vicki Moore

1950

The Iroquois Trail

as

Marion

1939

Blackwell's Island

as

Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

Wings Up

as

Herself

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as

Self

I Love Lucy

as

Brenda Marshall

Production

Crew

Directing