Brenda Marshall

Brenda Marshall

1915-09-29 – 1992-07-30 (age 76) Negros, Philippines
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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.

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The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk

1940

as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent

1939

as Brenda Ballard

The Iroquois Trail
The Iroquois Trail

1950

as Marion

Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941

1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Constant Nymph
The Constant Nymph

1943

as Toni Sanger

Background to Danger
Background to Danger

1943

as Tamara Zaleshoff

Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith

1948

as Marian Sinclair

Captains of the Clouds
Captains of the Clouds

1942

as Emily Foster

Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island

1939

as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)

East of the River
East of the River

1940

as Laurie Romayne

You Can't Escape Forever
You Can't Escape Forever

1942

as Laurie Abbott

Money and the Woman
Money and the Woman

1940

as Barbara Patteson

Singapore Woman
Singapore Woman

1941

as Vicki Moore

Highway West
Highway West

1941

as Claire Foster

The Man Who Talked Too Much
The Man Who Talked Too Much

1940

as Celia Farrady

The Smiling Ghost
The Smiling Ghost

1941

as Lil Barstow

Wings Up
Wings Up

1943

as Herself

Strange Impersonation
Strange Impersonation

1946

as Nora Goodrich

Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark

1941

as Rita Warren

South of Suez
South of Suez

1940

as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield