Actor
Brenda Marshall
Born September 29, 1915 in Negros, PhilippinesDied July 30, 199219 films
Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress.
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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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First watchThe Sea Hawk19407.2as Doña Maria Alvarez de CordobaDashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.View filmFilmography
19 films as actor- 1950The Iroquois TrailMarion
- 1948Whispering SmithMarian Sinclair
- 1946Strange ImpersonationNora Goodrich
- 1943Paris After DarkYvonne Blanchard
- 1943Background to DangerTamara Zaleshoff
- 1943The Constant NymphToni Sanger
- 1942You Can't Escape ForeverLaurie Abbott
- 1942Captains of the CloudsEmily Foster
- 1941The Smiling GhostLil Barstow
- 1941Highway WestClaire Foster
- 1941Singapore WomanVicki Moore
- 1941Footsteps in the DarkRita Warren
- 1940South of SuezKatharine 'Kit' Sheffield
- 1940East of the RiverLaurie Romayne
- 1940Money and the WomanBarbara Patteson
- 1940The Sea HawkDoña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
- 1940The Man Who Talked Too MuchCelia Farrady
- 1939Espionage AgentBrenda Ballard
- 1939Blackwell's IslandReynolds' Secretary (uncredited)