People
Brenda Marshall
- Name: Brenda Marshall
- Birthday: 1915-09-29
- Also known as: Ardis Ankerson Gaines
- Place of birth: Negros, Philippines
- Popularity: 3.384
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... Read More
Images:
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Iroquois Trail as Marion | 1950-06-15 |
| Whispering Smith as Marian Sinclair | 1948-12-09 |
| Strange Impersonation as Nora Goodrich | 1946-03-16 |
| Paris After Dark as Yvonne Blanchard | 1943-10-15 |
| Background to Danger as Tamara Zaleshoff | 1943-07-03 |
| The Constant Nymph as Toni Sanger | 1943-06-23 |
| Wings Up as Herself | 1943-05-27 |
| You Can't Escape Forever as Laurie Abbott | 1942-10-10 |
| Captains of the Clouds as Emily Foster | 1942-02-12 |
| Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
| The Smiling Ghost as Lil Barstow | 1941-09-06 |
| Highway West as Claire Foster | 1941-08-07 |
| Singapore Woman as Vicki Moore | 1941-05-17 |
| Footsteps in the Dark as Rita Warren | 1941-03-08 |
| South of Suez as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield | 1940-11-16 |
| East of the River as Laurie Romayne | 1940-11-09 |
| Money and the Woman as Barbara Patteson | 1940-08-17 |
| The Sea Hawk as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba | 1940-08-10 |
| The Man Who Talked Too Much as Celia Farrady | 1940-07-16 |
| Espionage Agent as Brenda Ballard | 1939-09-30 |
| Blackwell's Island as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited) | 1939-01-24 |
