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Home/People/Brenda Marshall
Brenda Marshall profile photo
Born
Sep 29, 1915Died: Jul 30, 1992
Lived 76 years
Place of Birth
Negros, Philippines
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

21
Movies
2
TV Shows
Also Known As
Ardis Ankerson Gaines
IMDb Profile

Brenda Marshall

Acting

Biography
​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Iroquois Trail poster

The Iroquois Trail

as Marion
1950
Whispering Smith poster

Whispering Smith

as Marian Sinclair
1948
Strange Impersonation poster

Strange Impersonation

as Nora Goodrich
1946
Paris After Dark poster

Paris After Dark

as Yvonne Blanchard
1943
Background to Danger poster

Background to Danger

as Tamara Zaleshoff
1943
The Constant Nymph poster

The Constant Nymph

as Toni Sanger
1943
Wings Up poster

Wings Up

as Herself
1943
You Can't Escape Forever poster

You Can't Escape Forever

as Laurie Abbott
1942
Captains of the Clouds poster

Captains of the Clouds

as Emily Foster
1942
Breakdowns of 1941 poster

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
The Smiling Ghost poster

The Smiling Ghost

as Lil Barstow
1941
Highway West poster

Highway West

as Claire Foster
1941
Singapore Woman poster

Singapore Woman

as Vicki Moore
1941
Footsteps in the Dark poster

Footsteps in the Dark

as Rita Warren
1941
South of Suez poster

South of Suez

as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
1940
East of the River poster

East of the River

as Laurie Romayne
1940
Money and the Woman poster

Money and the Woman

as Barbara Patteson
1940
The Sea Hawk poster

The Sea Hawk

as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much poster

The Man Who Talked Too Much

as Celia Farrady
1940
Espionage Agent poster

Espionage Agent

as Brenda Ballard
1939