Portrait of Brenda Marshall

Brenda Marshall

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: September 29, 1915

Place of Birth: Negros, Philippines

Filmography

1951
I Love Lucy

as Brenda Marshall

1950
1948
Whispering Smith

as Marian Sinclair

1946
Strange Impersonation

as Nora Goodrich

1943
Paris After Dark

as Yvonne Blanchard

1943
Background to Danger

as Tamara Zaleshoff

1943
The Constant Nymph

as Toni Sanger

1943
Wings Up

as Herself

1942
You Can't Escape Forever

as Laurie Abbott

1942
Captains of the Clouds

as Emily Foster

1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
The Smiling Ghost

as Lil Barstow

1941
Highway West

as Claire Foster

1941
Singapore Woman

as Vicki Moore

1941
Footsteps in the Dark

as Rita Warren

1940
South of Suez

as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield

1940
East of the River

as Laurie Romayne

1940
Money and the Woman

as Barbara Patteson

1940
The Sea Hawk

as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

1940
1939
Espionage Agent

as Brenda Ballard

1939
Blackwell's Island

as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)