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Brenda Marshall

Cast & creator

Brenda Marshall

1915-09-29 (died at 76) Negros, PhilippinesIMDb

Best known for I Love Lucy, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Sea Hawk

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.

Also known as: Ardis Ankerson Gaines

Movies

21

film credits

Series

2

television credits

Career

23

1939–1951 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

Brenda Marshall · 1951

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self · 1950

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba · 1940

East of the River

East of the River

Laurie Romayne · 1940

Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds

Emily Foster · 1942

Across film & television

Filmography (23)

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I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

Brenda Marshall

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

East of the River

East of the River

Laurie Romayne

Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds

Emily Foster

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

Rita Warren

Money and the Woman

Money and the Woman

Barbara Patteson

Strange Impersonation

Strange Impersonation

Nora Goodrich

Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

Marian Sinclair

Breakdowns of 1941

Breakdowns of 1941

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Blackwell's Island

Blackwell's Island

Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever

You Can't Escape Forever

Laurie Abbott

The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph

Toni Sanger

Wings Up

Wings Up

Herself

The Iroquois Trail

The Iroquois Trail

Marion

The Man Who Talked Too Much

The Man Who Talked Too Much

Celia Farrady

Background to Danger

Background to Danger

Tamara Zaleshoff

Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent

Brenda Ballard

Highway West

Highway West

Claire Foster

Singapore Woman

Singapore Woman

Vicki Moore

The Smiling Ghost

The Smiling Ghost

Lil Barstow

South of Suez

South of Suez

Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield

Paris After Dark

Paris After Dark

Yvonne Blanchard