Brenda Marshall
Born in Negros, Philippines — Sep 29 1915• Died Jul 30 1992
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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 t…
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I Love Lucy
Brenda Marshall
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Sea Hawk
Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
Money and the Woman
Barbara Patteson
Whispering Smith
Marian Sinclair
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Celia Farrady
Blackwell's Island
Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
Brenda Ballard
The Iroquois Trail
Marion
The Smiling Ghost
Lil Barstow
The Constant Nymph
Toni Sanger
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Background to Danger
Tamara Zaleshoff
Captains of the Clouds
Emily Foster
Highway West
Claire Foster
Footsteps in the Dark
Rita Warren
Paris After Dark
Yvonne Blanchard
Wings Up
Herself
South of Suez
Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
Singapore Woman
Vicki Moore
You Can't Escape Forever
Laurie Abbott
East of the River
Laurie Romayne
Strange Impersonation
Nora Goodrich