Born 1915 (age 76) · Negros, Philippines
Appears in 23 titles

​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.

Filmography

The Sea Hawk
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
Captains of the Clouds
6.5
Captains of the Clouds
1942
as Emily Foster
Background to Danger
6.7
Background to Danger
1943
as Tamara Zaleshoff
The Constant Nymph
6.2
The Constant Nymph
1943
as Toni Sanger
Whispering Smith
6.7
Whispering Smith
1948
as Marian Sinclair
Strange Impersonation
6.1
Strange Impersonation
1946
as Nora Goodrich
Footsteps in the Dark
7.0
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Rita Warren
Espionage Agent
6.3
Espionage Agent
1939
as Brenda Ballard
The Smiling Ghost
6.8
The Smiling Ghost
1941
as Lil Barstow
East of the River
6.3
East of the River
1940
as Laurie Romayne
Blackwell's Island
5.5
Blackwell's Island
1939
as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
6.0
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Laurie Abbott
Singapore Woman
7.2
Singapore Woman
1941
as Vicki Moore
Wings Up
5.7
Wings Up
1943
as Herself
Highway West
6.6
Highway West
1941
as Claire Foster
The Man Who Talked Too Much
6.4
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
as Celia Farrady
Paris After Dark
6.1
Paris After Dark
1943
as Yvonne Blanchard
Money and the Woman
4.4
Money and the Woman
1940
as Barbara Patteson
South of Suez
4.6
South of Suez
1940
as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
The Iroquois Trail
6.6
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Marion