Marion Martin
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Marion Martin | |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died | August 13, 1985 (aged 76) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1934–1952 |
| Spouse | Jimmy Krzykowski (1950–1985 (her death)[1] |
Marion Suplee (June 7, 1909 – August 13, 1985), known professionally as Marion Martin, was an American film and stage actress.
Biography
Martin was born in
Broadway productions Lombardi Ltd. and Sweet Adeline
.
She made her film debut in She's My Lillie, I'm Her Willie and subsequently played minor roles, often as showgirls. Several of her early roles were in musicals and she achieved some success as a singer. By the end of the decade she had played leading female roles in several "B" pictures, playing one of her most notable roles in
Mexican Spitfire" films in the early 1940s, and was a comic foil for the Marx Brothers in The Big Store, where the back of her skirt is cut away by Harpo
.
She played a ghost in Gildersleeve's Ghost, and was the subject of a legendary fistfight between Gildersleeve star Harold Peary and Warner Bros studio mogul Bud Stevens at the Mocambo nightclub in 1943. Her more substantial roles included Alice Angel, a dizzy showgirl, in the murder mystery Lady of Burlesque with Barbara Stanwyck and Angel on My Shoulder. She also appeared in The Big Street (1942) with Lucille Ball, in the western The Woman of the Town with Claire Trevor and in The Great Mike at PRC in 1944.
By the late 1940s, her roles were often minor.
Three Stooges fans will remember her as western cowgirl Gladys in Merry Mavericks. She played "Belle Farnol" in a 1950 episode of The Lone Ranger
entitled "Pardon for Curley". Shortly afterward, she made her final film appearance in 1952. Married to a physicist, Martin retired, and although she expressed the desire to return to show business, suitable roles were not offered to her.
Personal
She was awarded a star at 6915 Hollywood Boulevard on the
Culver City, California.[3]
Partial filmography
- Crime Without Passion (1934) as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
- Sinners in Paradise (1938) as Iris Compton
- Personal Secretary (1938) as Girl in Office (uncredited)
- Youth Takes a Fling (1938) as Girl on Beach
- The Storm (1938) as Jane, Bar Girl
- His Exciting Night (1938) as Gypsy McCoy
- Pirates of the Skies (1939) as Kitty
- Sergeant Madden (1939) as Charlotte LePage
- Invitation to Happiness (1939) as Lola Snow
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) as Mlle. de la Valliere
- Invisible Stripes (1939) as Blonde (uncredited)
- His Girl Friday (1940) as Evangeline (uncredited)
- Women in War (1940) as Starr's Date (uncredited)
- Untamed (1940) as 2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited)
- Scatterbrain (1940) (uncredited)
- Boom Town (1940) as Whitey
- Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) as Cornelia
- Tall, Dark and Handsome(1941) as Dawn
- Blonde Inspiration (1941) as Wanda
- The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) as Gertie (uncredited)
- The Big Store (1941) as Peggy Arden
- Cracked Nuts (1941) as Flashy Blonde in Corridor (uncredited)
- Lady Scarface (1941) as Ruby, aka Mary Jordan
- New Wine (1941) as Mitzi
- Weekend for Three(1941) as Mrs. Weatherby
- The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) as Fifi
- Harvard, Here I Come!(1941) as Oomphie (uncredited)
- Fly-by-Night (1942) as Blond Nurse
- Call Out the Marines (1942) as Pretty Blonde on Tour (uncredited)
- Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) as Fifi Russell
- Powder Town (1942) as Sue, Blonde Piano Player
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as 'Squirrel'
- The Big Street (1942) as Mimi Venus
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) as Diana De Corro
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) as Wife, Bob Hope Skit (uncredited)
- The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942) as Myrtle, Marcia's friend
- They Got Me Covered (1943) as Gloria
- Lady of Burlesque (1943) as Alice Angel
- Swingtime Johnny (1943) as Flashy Blonde
- The Woman of the Town (1943) as Daisy Davenport
- Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944) as Ghost of Josephine
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944) as Terry Vance
- The Merry Monahans (1944) as Soubrette
- Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) as Prima Donna (uncredited)
- Mystery of the River Boat (1944, Serial) as Celeste Eltree
- The Great Mike (1944) as Kitty Tremaine
- Eadie Was a Lady (1945) as Rose Allure
- The Phantom Speaks (1945) as Betty Hanzel
- Penthouse Rhythm (1945) as Irma King
- Gangs of the Waterfront (1945) as Rita
- On Stage Everybody (1945) as Bubbles (uncredited)
- Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) as Miss Milbane
- Girls of the Big House (1945) as Dixie
- Cinderella Jones (1946) as Burlesque Queen
- Suspense (1946) as Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
- Deadline for Murder (1946) as Laura Gibson
- Queen of Burlesque (1946) as Lola Cassell
- Black Angel (1946) as Millie
- Angel on My Shoulder (1946) as Mrs. Bentley
- Nobody Lives Forever(1946) as Lou, Blonde (uncredited)
- That Brennan Girl (1946) as Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend
- Lighthouse (1947) as JoJo, The Blonde
- New Orleans (1947) as Blonde Cashier (uncredited)
- That's My Gal (1947) as Pepper
- State of the Union (1948) as Blonde Girl (uncredited)
- Thunder in the Pines (1948) as Pearl
- My Dream Is Yours (1949) as Blonde at Club Babita (uncredited)
- Come to the Stable (1949) as Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949) as Big Blonde (uncredited)
- Key to the City (1950) as Emmy
- Dakota Lil (1950) as Blonde Singer
- Journey Into Light(1951) as Diana
- Oklahoma Annie (1952) as La Belle La Tour (uncredited) (final film role)
References
- ^ https://bizarrela.com/2018/11/marion-martin/
- ^ "Marion Martin". Hollywood Walk of Fame. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marion Martin.
- Marion Martin at IMDb
- Marion Martin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Marion Martin at Find a Grave
- Allmovie biography from the New York Times
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