Brenda Marshall
Brenda Marshall | |
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 Marshall in 1952 | |
| Born | Ardis Ankerson September 29, 1915 |
| Died | July 30, 1992 (aged 76) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Ardis Gaines |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1939–1950 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
Brenda Marshall (born Ardis Ankerson; September 29, 1915[1] – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress.
Career
Marshall made her first film appearance as Ardis Gaines in Wives of Tomorrow (1937). Her initial billing as Brenda Marshall came in Espionage Agent (1939).[2] The following year, she played the leading lady to Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk. After divorcing actor Richard Gaines in 1940, she married William Holden in 1941, and her own career soon slowed. She starred opposite James Cagney in Captains of the Clouds (1942).
Marshall appeared in
Personal life
Marshall was born as Ardis Ankerson in the American Philippines to Swedish parents. She did not use her stage name off set. She was one of two daughters of Otto Peter Ankerson, overseer of a large
She married the actor Richard Huston Gaines in 1936, and they had one daughter, Virginia; the couple divorced in 1940.[7]
In 1941, Marshall married actor William Holden, who adopted Virginia Gaines (born November 17, 1937, New York City). Marshall and Holden had two sons together, Peter Westfield "West" Holden (1943–2014) and Scott Porter Holden (1946–2005).[8] After several separations, Marshall and Holden were divorced in 1971. Marshall moved to Palm Springs, California in 1971.[9] She died in 1992 from throat cancer in Palm Springs, aged 76.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Reynolds' Secretary | uncredited |
| Espionage Agent | Miss Brenda Ballard | ||
| 1940 | The Man Who Talked Too Much | Celia Farrady | |
| The Sea Hawk | Doña Maria | with Errol Flynn | |
| Money and the Woman | Barbara Patteson | ||
| East of the River | Laurie Romayne | ||
| South of Suez | Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield | ||
| 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark | Rita Warren | with Errol Flynn |
| Singapore Woman | Vicki Moore | ||
| Highway West | Claire Foster | ||
| The Smiling Ghost | Lil Barstow | ||
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Emily Foster | |
| You Can't Escape Forever | Laurie Abbott | ||
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Toni Sanger | |
| Background to Danger | Tamara Zaleshoff | w/ George Raft | |
| Paris After Dark | Yvonne Blanchard | ||
| 1946 | Strange Impersonation |
Nora Goodrich | |
| Whispering Smith | Marian Sinclair | with Alan Ladd | |
| 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | Marion Thorne |
References
- Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-6646-7. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ Philippine Death Index, Bacolod City
- OCLC 20331617
- ^ "The Milwaukee Journal". news.google.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ Famous Alumnae Archived 2010-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, Texas Woman's University website; accessed September 8, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-4440-3.
- ^ Fessier, Bruce (September 29, 2014). "West Holden: More than just the son of William Holden". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California.
- ISBN 978-1479328598.
- ^ "Brenda Marshall; Starred in '40s Swashbucklers". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 1992.
Sources
- Capua, Michelangelo (2009). William Holden: A Biography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4440-3.
- Gaines, Virginia Holden. Growing Up with William Holden: A Memoir (Strategems, 2007) ISBN 978-0-9741304-5-3
External links
- Brenda Marshall at IMDb
- Photographs and literature
- Image of William Holden and Brenda Marshall, Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1951. Los Angeles TimesPhotographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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