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'' and ''

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'' 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

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'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 '' Perry Mason'' 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 Stanley Donen, with whom she had two sons, Peter and

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. On July 21, 1963, in New York City, she married actor Robert Wagner following a 20-month engagement. They had one daughter, Katie, before divorcing in 1971. Marshall died on September 24, 2018, at a retirement community in Missoula, Montana, at the age of 89.

Filmography

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'' (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'' (1948) (uncredited) as Singer *'' The Luck of the Irish'' (1948) (uncredited) as Secretary *'' Road House'' (1948) (uncredited) as Millie *''

Apartment for Peggy ''Apartment for Peggy'' is a 1948 American comedy-drama film directed by George Seaton and starring Jeanne Crain, William Holden, and Edmund Gwenn. The plot is about a depressed professor whose spirits are lifted when he rents part of his home to ...

'' (1948) as Ruth *'' The Snake Pit'' (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 ''A Ticket to Tomahawk'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Richard Sale and starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter. It was released by 20th Century Fox. Marilyn Monroe appeared in one of her earliest roles. Plot In 1876, Johnny Jameson ...

'' (1950) (uncredited) as Annie *''

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'' (1950) (uncredited) as Dawn O'Day *''

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'' (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 ''I Can Get It for You Wholesale'' is a musical, produced by David Merrick, music and lyrics by Harold Rome, and book by Jerome Weidman, based on his 1937 novel of the same title. It marked the Broadway debut of 19-year-old Barbra Streisand, wh ...

'' (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 *'' Peter Gunn'' as Joanna Lund (1 episode, 1958) *'' I Want to Live!'' (1958) (uncredited) as Rita *'' Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'' as Belle (1 episode, 1958) *'' Perry Mason'' as Irene Bedford (1 episode, 1958) *'' Have Gun – Will Travel'' as Maggie O'Bannion (1 episode, 1959) *'' Perry Mason'' as Ginny Hobart / (2 episodes, 1959) *'' Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' as Ronnie Portman (1 episode, 1960) *''

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'' (1963) as Grace *''

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'' (1967) (as M.T. Marshall) as Daisy Jane *'' It Takes a Thief'' as Myrna (1 episode, 1968) *''

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'' as Magistrate (1 episode, 1975)

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