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Trudy Marshall

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Trudy Marshall

Born February 14, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USADied May 23, 200429 films

Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall was an American actress and model.

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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 20th Century-Fox in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. She played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans, the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS Juneau off Guadalcanal 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 with her daughter Deborah Raffin. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood event.

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Heaven Can Wait posterFirst watchHeaven Can Wait19436.9as Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy.View film

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Filmography

29 films as actor
  1. 1979WillaLady Trucker
  2. 1975Once Is Not EnoughMyrna
  3. 1962Married Too YoungSusan Newton
  4. 1951I'll See You in My DreamsFrankie Mason (uncredited)
  5. 1950Mark of the GorillaBarbara Bentley
  6. 1949Barbary PirateAnne Ridgeway
  7. 1949Shamrock HillCarol Judson
  8. 1948DisasterJerry Hansford
  9. 1948The Fuller Brush ManSara Franzen
  10. 1947Beyond Our OwnAnn Rogers
  11. 1947Key WitnessMarge Andrews
  12. 1947Joe Palooka in the KnockoutNina
  13. 1947Too Many WinnersPhyllis Hamilton
  14. 1946Alias Mr. TwilightCorky Corcoran
  15. 1946Boston Blackie and the LawIrene
  16. 1946DragonwyckElizabeth Van Borden
  17. 1946Talk About a LadyToni Marlowe
  18. 1946Sentimental JourneyRuth
  19. 1945The Dolly SistersLenora Baldwin
  20. 1945Circumstantial EvidenceAgnes Hannon
  21. 1944Roger Touhy, GangsterGloria
  22. 1944Ladies of WashingtonCarol Northrup
  23. 1944The Purple HeartMrs. Ross
  24. 1944The Fighting SullivansGenevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
  25. 1943The Dancing MastersTrudy Harlan
  26. 1943Heaven Can WaitJane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
  27. 1943Coney IslandGirl Friend
  28. 1943Crash DiveTelephone Operator
  29. 1942Springtime in the RockiesMarilyn Crothers (uncredited)