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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'' 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 ''

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'' (1949) as the best friend of Ann Sheridan's leading character. She was featured prominently in three

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comedy films, ''

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'', '' Sailor Beware'' and '' That's My Boy'', with stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. 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 Howard Hawks, 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 film noir directed by William Keighley. A follow-up to ''The House on 92nd Street'' (1945), it tells the story of an undercover FBI agent, Gene Cordell ( Mark Stevens), who infiltrates a deadly crime gang. Cor ...

'' (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-autobiogra ...

'' (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 *''

'' (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'' (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 *''

'' (1952) as Genevieve 'Frecklehead' Tait *''

Peter Gunn ''Peter Gunn'' is an American private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, Edie Hart. The series aired on NBC from September 22, 1958, to 1960 and on ABC in 1960–1961. The seri ...

'' as Joanna Lund (1 episode, 1958) *''

I Want to Live! ''I Want to Live!'' is a 1958 American biographical film noir directed by Robert Wise and starring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent and Theodore Bikel. It follows the life of Barbara Graham, a prostitute and habitual criminal w ...

'' (1958) (uncredited) as Rita *''

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'' is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to ''Schlitz Playhouse ...

'' as Belle (1 episode, 1958) *''

'' as Irene Bedford (1 episode, 1958) *''

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'' as Maggie O'Bannion (1 episode, 1959) *''

'' as Ginny Hobart / (2 episodes, 1959) *''

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'' as Ronnie Portman (1 episode, 1960) *'' Via Margutta'' (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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