Acting

Vera Marshe

Born July 15, 1905 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died March 25, 1984 · aged 78

Appeared in films like Monsieur Verdoux (1947) as Mrs. Vicki Darwin, The Babe Ruth Story (1948), Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950), The Abbott and Costello Show (TV series), Adventures of Superman (TV series), Meet Corliss Archer (TV series) as Mrs. Mary Franklin, The Pride of the Family (TV series) as Cynthia, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series), The McConnell Story (1955), Lassie…

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Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph · 1948

MovieThrillerCrime

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Tormented

Tormented · 1960

MovieThrillerHorror

A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.

The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia · 1946

The Blue Dahlia

MovieCrimeMystery

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan · 1945

The Affairs of Susan

MovieComedyDrama

Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.

Madam Satan

Madam Satan · 1930

MovieRomanceMusic

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady · 1942

Obliging Young Lady

MovieComedyRomance

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way · 1949

The Crooked Way

MovieCrimeDrama

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.

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Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Mrs. Vicki Darwin

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph · 1948

MovieThrillerCrime

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Woman in Back Seat (uncredited)

Tormented

Tormented · 1960

MovieThrillerHorror

A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.

Mrs. Hubbard

The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia · 1946

The Blue Dahlia

MovieCrimeMystery

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan · 1945

The Affairs of Susan

MovieComedyDrama

Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.

Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)

Madam Satan

Madam Satan · 1930

MovieRomanceMusic

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

Call of the Wild

Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady · 1942

Obliging Young Lady

MovieComedyRomance

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

Helen (uncredited)

The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way · 1949

The Crooked Way

MovieCrimeDrama

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.

Famous Ghost Stories

Famous Ghost Stories · 1961

Famous Ghost Stories

MovieHorrorThriller

A TV pilot masterminded by B movie auteur Bert I. Gordon and cable production company Herts-Lion International. Vincent Price hosts as a poltergeist introducing the ghost story to follow. It's really an edited version of Gordon's 1960 film Tormented, starring Richard Carlson as a jazz musician haunted by the spirit of an old flame he let fall from a lighthouse.

Mrs. Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')

Those Endearing Young Charms

Those Endearing Young Charms · 1945

Those Endearing Young Charms

MovieRomanceComedy

A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.

Dot

You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy · 1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

MovieComedyRomance

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.

Mae

Where There's Life

Where There's Life · 1947

Where There's Life

MovieComedyThriller

In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.

Hazel O'Brien

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout · 1950

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

MovieWesternAction

It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous namesake. There is spy amongst them informing the Indians. They survive the first Indian attack and then push on. They have a choice of two passes through the mountains. Learing of the pass to be defended by the Indians, they head for the other. But upon ariving, the Indians attack. Somehow they have been informed.

Mrs. Simms

The Hucksters

The Hucksters · 1947

MovieDramaRomance

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

Gloria, West Coast Secretary

The Devil's Cabaret

The Devil's Cabaret · 1930

The Devil's Cabaret

At Satan & Co., Inc., the devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns, the task of getting more people to his domain. In front of a nightclub, Mr. Burns invites a crowd of people to come inside to The Devil's Cabaret to be entertained. After they enjoy songs and dancing, the people go willingly to Hades.

Stuttering Blonde (uncredited)

Getting Gertie's Garter

Getting Gertie's Garter · 1945

Getting Gertie's Garter

MovieComedyRomance

Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.

Anna, the Maid

The Phantom of 42nd Street

The Phantom of 42nd Street · 1945

The Phantom of 42nd Street

MovieMysteryThriller

A theatre critic teams up with a cop to investigate the murder of a Broadway actor.

Ginger

Miss Mink of 1949

Miss Mink of 1949 · 1949

Miss Mink of 1949

Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.

Hortense

Abie's Irish Rose

Abie's Irish Rose · 1946

Abie's Irish Rose

MovieComedyDrama

Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.

Mrs. Edna Gilchrist

Good News

Good News · 1930

MovieComedyMusic

A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

Girl

Way Out West

Way Out West · 1930

MovieWesternComedy

Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner of the ranch, but runs afoul of foreman Steve, who also loves Molly.

La Belle Rosa

Bedside Manner

Bedside Manner · 1945

A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".

Mrs. Mary Hastings (as Vera Marsh)

The Big Sombrero

The Big Sombrero · 1949

The Big Sombrero

Gene is hired to be foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by Jim Garland, who is handling all the business affairs of the owner, Estrellita Estrada, who is more interested in going to America than taking care of her Mexican holdings. Gene, discovering Garland's plan to run all the Mexican rancheros off the ranch, turns against his boss and shortly finds himself in the middle of cattle stampedes and an avalanche started by Garland's men.

Angie Burke

Post Office Investigator

Post Office Investigator · 1949

Post Office Investigator

MovieCrimeDrama

A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.

Bubbles

Perry Mason

Perry Mason · 1957

SeriesMysteryDrama

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

Woman Apartment Manager

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Abbott and Costello Show · 1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.

Tough Lady

Hey, Jeannie!

Hey, Jeannie! · 1956

Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.

Gladys Sherman