Marion Martin
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Martin (born Marion Suplee, June 7, 1909 – August 13, 1985) was an American movie and stage actress. Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a Bethlehem Steel executive. She became an actress after her family fortune was lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and appeared in the 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 James Whale's Sinners in Paradise (1938). Despite her success she was often cast in minor roles in more widely seen films such as His Girl Friday (1940). The majority of her roles were in comedies but she also appeared in dramas such as Boom Town (1940) in which she played a dance hall singer who is briefly romanced by Clark Gable. She played secondary roles in three Lupe Vélez "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 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. She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to motion pictures, at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. She died in 1985 in Santa Monica, California, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Oklahoma Annie
Film • 1952
jako LaBelle La Tour
Journey Into Light
Film • 1951
jako Diana (as Marian Martin)
Merry Mavericks
Film • 1951
jako Gladys
Dakota Lil
Film • 1950
jako Blonde Singer
Key to the City
Film • 1950
jako Emmy
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Film • 1949
jako Bar Blonde
Come to the Stable
Film • 1949
jako Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
Thunder in the Pines
Film • 1948
jako Pearl (as Marian Martin)
Should Husbands Marry?
Film • 1947
jako Loud Friend's Girlfriend
That's My Gal
Film • 1947
jako Pepper
Lighthouse
Film • 1947
jako JoJo, the Blonde
That Brennan Girl
Film • 1946
jako Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend (as Marian Martin)
Nobody Lives Forever
Film • 1946
jako Lou, Blonde (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
Film • 1946
jako Rosie Morgan Bentley
Black Angel
Film • 1946
jako Millie
Queen of Burlesque
Film • 1946
jako Lola Cassell
Deadline for Murder
Film • 1946
jako Laura Gibson
Suspense
Film • 1946
jako Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones
Film • 1946
jako Burlesque Queen
Girls of the Big House
Film • 1945
jako Dixie
Abbott i Costello w Hollywood
Film • 1945
jako Miss Milbane
On Stage Everybody
Film • 1945
jako Bubbles (uncredited)
Gangs of the Waterfront
Film • 1945
jako Rita (as Marian Martin)
Penthouse Rhythm
Film • 1945
jako Irma King
The Phantom Speaks
Film • 1945
jako Betty Hanzel
Eadie Was a Lady
Film • 1945
jako Rose Allure
The Great Mike
Film • 1944
jako Kitty Tremaine
Mystery of the Riverboat
Film • 1944
jako Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]
The Merry Monahans
Film • 1944
jako Soubrette
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Film • 1944
jako Terry Vance
It Happened Tomorrow
Film • 1944
jako Nurse (uncredited)
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Film • 1944
jako Ghost of Josephine
The Woman of the Town
Film • 1943
jako Daisy Davenport
Lady of Burlesque
Film • 1943
jako Alice Angel
They Got Me Covered
Film • 1943
jako Gloria
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Film • 1942
jako Myrtle
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Film • 1942
jako Diana De Corro
The Big Street
Film • 1942
jako Mimi Venus
Tales of Manhattan
Film • 1942
jako Squirrel
Powder Town
Film • 1942
jako Sue, Blonde Piano Player
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Film • 1942
jako Fifi Russell
Wedded Blitz
Film • 1942
jako Mrs. Errol
Fly By Night
Film • 1942
jako Nurse
Weekend for Three
Film • 1941
jako Mrs. Gloria Weatherby
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Film • 1941
jako Fifi
Lady Scarface
Film • 1941
jako Ruby / Mary Jordan
New Wine
Film • 1941
jako Mitzi
Cracked Nuts
Film • 1941
jako Flashy Blonde in Corridor
Love at First Fright
Film • 1941
jako Liza Hatrack
Dom towarowy
Film • 1941
jako Peggy Arden
The Lady from Cheyenne
Film • 1941
jako Gertie
Blonde Inspiration
Film • 1941
jako Wanda
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Film • 1941
jako Dawn
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Film • 1940
jako Cornelia
Blondes and Blunders
Film • 1940
jako Blondie, Jewel Thief
Boom Town
Film • 1940
jako Whitey
Untamed
Film • 1940
jako 2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited)
Dziewczyna Piętaszek
Film • 1940
jako Evangeline (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Film • 1939
jako Blonde (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
Film • 1939
jako Mlle. de la Valliere
Invitation to Happiness
Film • 1939
jako Lola Snow
Sierżant York
Film • 1939
jako Charlotte LePage
Pirates of the Skies
Film • 1939
His Exciting Night
Film • 1938
jako Gypsy McCoy
The Storm
Film • 1938
jako Jane
Youth Takes a Fling
Film • 1938
jako Girl on Beach
Sinners in Paradise
Film • 1938
jako Iris Compton
Cupid Takes a Holiday
Film • 1938
jako Annabelle Postal -1st Prospective Bride
The Miss They Missed
Film • 1938
Boy, Oh Boy
Film • 1936
jako Miss Glory Hutchinson
Richard Himber and His Orchestra
Film • 1935
jako Singer
The Magic of Music
Film • 1935
jako Blonde guest
Moon Over Manhattan
Film • 1935
jako Dot
She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie
Film • 1934
jako Miss Brooks
Crime Without Passion
Film • 1934
jako Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Mr. W's Little Game
Film • 1934
jako The Blonde