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Brenda Marshall

Sep 29, 1915 - Jul 30, 1992 (76 years old) in Negros, Philippines

​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.

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Known For

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I Love Lucy
Brenda Marshall
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
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The Sea Hawk
Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
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Espionage Agent
Brenda Ballard
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Whispering Smith
Marian Sinclair
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Background to Danger
Tamara Zaleshoff
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The Constant Nymph
Toni Sanger
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Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Smiling Ghost
Lil Barstow
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The Iroquois Trail
Marion

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