Brenda Marshall

Acting

Brenda Marshall

Born September 29, 1915 · Negros, Philippines

Died July 30, 1992 · aged 76

​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 slow…

Known For

The Sea HawkThe Sea Hawk · 1940
The Sea Hawk
7.21940
MovieAdventureHistory
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
The Constant NymphThe Constant Nymph · 1943
The Constant Nymph
6.31943
MovieDramaRomance
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.
Strange ImpersonationStrange Impersonation · 1946
Strange Impersonation
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MovieRomanceThriller
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
Footsteps in the DarkFootsteps in the Dark · 1941
Footsteps in the Dark
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MovieComedyMystery
A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of problems when his wife wants to know about his little disappearances and exceptionally late nights out.
Captains of the CloudsCaptains of the Clouds · 1942
Captains of the Clouds
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MovieActionWar
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
Money and the WomanMoney and the Woman · 1940
Money and the Woman
4.41940
MovieCrimeDrama
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Whispering SmithWhispering Smith · 1948
Whispering Smith
6.71948
MovieWestern
Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa).
Espionage AgentEspionage Agent · 1939
Espionage Agent
6.31939
MovieDramaThriller
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

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