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Trudy Marshall
Actor

Trudy Marshall

14 Feb 1922Born
23 May 2004Died
82Age at death
32Credits

Biography

Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall was an American actress and model.

A popular magazine cigarette girl during her modeling days for Harry Conover, Marshall was at different times "The Old Gold Girl", "The Chesterfield Girl", and "The Lucky Strike Girl".

Marshall was signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. She played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans, the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS Juneau off Guadalcanal in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve.

Taking roles as a decorative ingenue for a time, Marshall later played the "other woman" in a few features.

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Semi-retired by the 1960s, she returned very infrequently to Hollywood. She appeared in the movie Once Is Not Enough with her daughter Deborah Raffin. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood event.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1979WillaFilm: Lady Trucker
  2. 1975Starsky & HutchSeries (1 episode)
  3. 1975Once Is Not EnoughFilm: Myrna
  4. 1962Married Too YoungFilm: Susan Newton
  5. 1958The Donna Reed ShowSeries (1 episode)
  6. 19581104 Sutton RoadFilm
  7. 1951I'll See You in My DreamsFilm: Frankie Mason (uncredited)
  8. 1950Mark of the GorillaFilm: Barbara Bentley
  9. 1949Barbary PirateFilm: Anne Ridgeway
  10. 1949Shamrock HillFilm: Carol Judson
  11. 1948DisasterFilm: Jerry Hansford
  12. 1948The Fuller Brush ManFilm: Sara Franzen
  13. 1947Beyond Our OwnFilm: Ann Rogers
  14. 1947Key WitnessFilm: Marge Andrews
  15. 1947Joe Palooka in the KnockoutFilm: Nina
  16. 1947Too Many WinnersFilm: Phyllis Hamilton
  17. 1946Alias Mr. TwilightFilm: Corky Corcoran
  18. 1946Boston Blackie and the LawFilm: Irene
  19. 1946DragonwyckFilm: Elizabeth Van Borden
  20. 1946Talk About a LadyFilm: Toni Marlowe
  21. 1946Sentimental JourneyFilm: Ruth
  22. 1945The Dolly SistersFilm: Lenora Baldwin
  23. 1945Circumstantial EvidenceFilm: Agnes Hannon
  24. 1944Roger Touhy, GangsterFilm: Gloria
  25. 1944Ladies of WashingtonFilm: Carol Northrup
  26. 1944The Purple HeartFilm: Mrs. Ross
  27. 1944The Fighting SullivansFilm: Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
  28. 1943The Dancing MastersFilm: Trudy Harlan
  29. 1943Heaven Can WaitFilm: Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
  30. 1943Coney IslandFilm: Girl Friend
  31. 1943Crash DiveFilm: Telephone Operator
  32. 1942Springtime in the RockiesFilm: Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)

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