Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall (February 14, 1920 – May 23, 2004) was an American actress and model.

Early life

Marshall was born in

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, the daughter of Madeline (née Brennan) and Frederick Marshall. She studied drama at the Floral Park Memorial High School in New York.

Career

A popular magazine cigarette girl during her modeling days for Harry Conover, Marshall was at different times "The Old Gold Girl", "The Chesterfield Girl", and "The Lucky Strike Girl". Marshall was signed by

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in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. In ''

The Dancing Masters ''The Dancing Masters'' is a 1943 black and white American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, produced by 20th Century-Fox, and featuring Laurel and Hardy. A young Robert Mitchum has a small, uncredited role as a gangster posing as an i ...

'' (1943) she was female lead to

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. She next played a featured role in the World War II war drama ''

The Fighting Sullivans ''The Fighting Sullivans'', originally released as ''The Sullivans'', is a 1944 American biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr., and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for a now-discontinued ...

'' (1944), the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS ''Juneau'' off

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in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve. Taking roles as a decorative ingenue for a time, Marshall later played the "other woman" in a few features. Semi-retired by the 1960s, she returned very infrequently to Hollywood. She appeared in the movie '' Once Is Not Enough'' (1975) with her daughter

Deborah Raffin Deborah Iona Raffin (March 13, 1953 – November 21, 2012) was an American actress, model and audiobook publisher. Early life Raffin was born in Los Angeles, California, to actress Trudy Marshall and Phillip Jordan Raffin, a restaurateur and b ...

. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood events.

Personal life

In 1944, Marshall married businessman Phillip Raffin, with whom she had three children, including model and actress Deborah Raffin. They remained together until his death in 1981.

Death

On May 23, 2004, Marshall died at age 84 in her

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, home. She is interred in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

Partial filmography

* ''

Secret Agent of Japan ''Secret Agent of Japan'' is a 1942 film directed by Irving Pichel. It was the first American anti-Japanese war film produced by a major studio after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The film stars Preston Foster as a nightclub owner in Shanghai who b ...

'' (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Footlight Serenade ''Footlight Serenade'' is a 1942 musical comedy film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Betty Grable, John Payne, and Victor Mature. Plot Tommy Lundy is an arrogant champion boxer who is hired by Broadway promoter Bruce McKay to star in a sta ...

'' (1942) - Secretary (uncredited) * ''

Berlin Correspondent ''Berlin Correspondent'' is a 1942 American film. Plot Dana Andrews portrays an American radio correspondent reporting from within Nazi Germany, whose principal source of information is an elderly philatelist. His reports prove so embarrassing ...

'' (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Orchestra Wives ''Orchestra Wives'' is a 1942 American musical film by 20th Century Fox starring Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, and Glenn Miller. The film was the second (and last) film to feature The Glenn Miller Orchestra, and is notable among the many sw ...

'' (1942) - Irene (uncredited) * '' Girl Trouble'' (1942) - Miss Kennedy * '' Thunder Birds'' (1942) - Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited) * ''

Springtime in the Rockies ''Springtime in the Rockies'' is an American Technicolor musical comedy film released by Twentieth Century Fox in 1942. It stars Betty Grable, with support from John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, Charlotte Greenwood, and Edward Everett Ho ...

'' (1942) - Marilyn Crothers (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) - Telephone Operator (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) - Girl Friend (uncredited) * '' Heaven Can Wait'' (1943) - Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited) * ''

'' (1943) - Trudy Harlan * ''

'' (1944) - Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan * ''

The Purple Heart ''The Purple Heart'' is a 1944 American black-and-white war film, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Lewis Milestone, and starring Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Don "Red" Barry, Sam Levene and Trudy Marshall. Eighteen-year-old Farley ...

'' (1944) - Mrs. Ross * ''

Ladies of Washington ''Ladies of Washington'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by Louis King and starring Trudy Marshall, Ronald Graham and Anthony Quinn.Rowan p.9 It concentrates on a group of young women employed by the federal government in wartime Washing ...

'' (1944) - Carol Northrup * ''

Roger Touhy, Gangster ''Roger Touhy, Gangster'' is a 1944 American gangster film based on the life of Chicago mob figure Roger Touhy, directed by film noir specialist Robert Florey. Parts of the film were shot at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, Illinois, ...

'' (1944) - Gloria * ''

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'' (1945) - Agnes Hannon * '' The Dolly Sisters'' (1945) - Lenora Baldwin * '' Sentimental Journey'' (1946) - Ruth * '' Talk About a Lady'' (1946) - Toni Marlowe * '' Dragonwyck'' (1946) - Elizabeth Van Borden * ''

Boston Blackie and the Law ''Boston Blackie and the Law'' is the twelfth of fourteen Columbia Pictures films starring Chester Morris as reformed crook Boston Blackie. Plot When Boston Blackie performs magic tricks at a Thanksgiving Day party for the inmates of a women's ...

'' (1946) - Irene * ''

Alias Mr. Twilight ''Alias Mr. Twilight'' is a 1946 crime drama film directed by John Sturges and starring Michael Duane, Trudy Marshall, and Lloyd Corrigan. Plot Cast * Michael Duane as Tim Quaine * Trudy Marshall as Corky Corcoran * Lloyd Corrigan as Geoffrey ...

'' (1946) - Corky Corcoran * ''

Too Many Winners ''Too Many Winners'' is a 1947 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall and Ralph Dunn.Marshall p.333 Plot Private detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend/secretary Phyllis are in the offic ...

'' (1947) - Phyllis Hamilton * ''

Joe Palooka in the Knockout ''Joe Palooka in the Knockout'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Reginald Le Borg. It was the third part of the ''Joe Palooka'' series from Monogram Pictures starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as the boxer and Leon Errol as his manager.Drew p. ...

'' (1947) - Nina * '' Key Witness'' (1947) - Marge Andrews * ''Beyond Our Own'' (1947) - Ann Rogers * ''

The Fuller Brush Man ''The Fuller Brush Man'' is a 1948 American comedy film starring Red Skelton as a door-to-door salesman for the Fuller Brush Company who becomes a murder suspect. Plot Success doesn't exactly stare the unfortunate street cleaner Red Jones (Red Sk ...

'' (1948) - Sara Franzen * ''

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'' (1948) - Jerry Hansford * '' Shamrock Hill'' (1949) - Carol Judson * ''

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'' (1949) - Anne Ridgeway * '' Mark of the Gorilla'' (1950) - Barbara Bentley * '' I'll See You in My Dreams'' (1951) - Frankie Mason (uncredited) * ''

The President's Lady ''The President's Lady'' is a 1951 novel of the life of American president Andrew Jackson and his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards, written by Irving Stone. A biographical film was made in 1953 by 20th Century Fox, directed by Henry Levin and ...

'' (1953) - Jane Donelson (uncredited) * '' Full of Life'' (1956) - Nora Gregory * ''Married Too Young'' (1962) - Susan Newton * ''

Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough ''Once Is Not Enough'' is the third novel by Jacqueline Susann, published in 1973 following her huge bestsellers '' Valley of the Dolls'' (1966) and '' The Love Machine'' (1969). With ''Once Is Not Enough,'' Susann became the first writer in publ ...

'' (1975) - Myrna

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