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person_profile-Marion Martin

Marion Martin Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Marion Martin

Date of Birth:

Jun 07, 1908

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 13, 1985

Biography of

Marion Martin

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Marion Martin (born Marion Suplee, June 7, 1909 – August 13, 1985) was an American movie and stage actress.

    Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a Bethlehem Steel executive. She became an actress after her family fortune was lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and appeared in the Broadway productions Lombardi Ltd. and Sweet Adeline.

    She made her film debut in She's My Lillie, I'm Her Willie and subsequently played minor roles, often as showgirls. Several of her early roles were in musicals and she achieved some success as a singer. By the end of the decade she had played leading female roles in several "B" pictures, playing one of her most notable roles in James Whale's Sinners in Paradise (1938). Despite her success she was often cast in minor roles in more widely seen films such as His Girl Friday (1940). The majority of her roles were in comedies but she also appeared in dramas such as Boom Town (1940) in which she played a dance hall singer who is briefly romanced by Clark Gable. She played secondary roles in three Lupe Vélez "Mexican Spitfire" films in the early 1940s, and was a comic foil for the Marx Brothers in The Big Store, where the back of her skirt is cut away by Harpo.

    She played a ghost in Gildersleeve's Ghost, and was the subject of a legendary fistfight between Gildersleeve star Harold Peary and Warner Bros studio mogul Bud Stevens at the Mocambo nightclub in 1943. Her more substantial roles included Alice Angel, a dizzy showgirl, in the murder mystery Lady of Burlesque with Barbara Stanwyck and Angel on My Shoulder. She also appeared in The Big Street with Lucille Ball, in the western The Woman of the Town with Claire Trevor and in The Great Mike at PRC in 1944.

    By the late 1940s, her roles were often minor. Three Stooges fans will remember her as western cowgirl Gladys in Merry Mavericks. She played "Belle Farnol" in a 1950 episode of The Lone Ranger entitled "Pardon for Curley". Shortly afterward, she made her final film appearance in 1952. Married to a physicist, Martin retired, and although she expressed the desire to return to show business, suitable roles were not offered to her.

    She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to motion pictures, at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. She died in 1985 in Santa Monica, California, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

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Filmography of

Marion Martin

Found 61 Movies in total

Oklahoma Annie

LaBelle La Tour ( Actor )

... 1952

Journey Into Light

Diana (as Marian Martin) ( Actor )

... 1951

Dakota Lil

Blonde Singer ( Actor )

... 1950

Key to the City

Emmy ( Actor )

... 1950

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Bar Blonde ( Actor )

... 1949

Come to the Stable

Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Thunder in the Pines

Pearl (as Marian Martin) ( Actor )

... 1948

Lighthouse

JoJo, the Blonde ( Actor )

... 1947

That Brennan Girl

Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend (as Marian Martin) ( Actor )

... 1946

Nobody Lives Forever

Lou, Blonde (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Angel on My Shoulder

Mrs. Bentley ( Actor )

... 1946

Black Angel

Millie ( Actor )

... 1946

Queen of Burlesque

Lola Cassell ( Actor )

... 1946

Deadline for Murder

Laura Gibson ( Actor )

... 1946

Suspense

Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Cinderella Jones

Burlesque Queen ( Actor )

... 1946

Girls of the Big House

Dixie ( Actor )

... 1945

... 1945

On Stage Everybody

Bubbles (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Gangs of the Waterfront

Rita (as Marian Martin) ( Actor )

... 1945

Penthouse Rhythm

Irma King ( Actor )

... 1945

The Phantom Speaks

Betty Hanzel ( Actor )

... 1945

Eadie Was a Lady

Rose Allure ( Actor )

... 1945

The Great Mike

Kitty Tremaine ( Actor )

... 1944

Mystery of the Riverboat

Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7] ( Actor )

... 1944

The Merry Monahans

Soubrette ( Actor )

... 1944

Gildersleeve's Ghost

Terry Vance ( Actor )

... 1944

It Happened Tomorrow

Nurse (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

Ghost of Josephine ( Actor )

... 1944

The Woman of the Town

Daisy Davenport ( Actor )

... 1943

Lady of Burlesque

Alice Angel ( Actor )

... 1943

They Got Me Covered

Gloria ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1942

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Diana De Corro ( Actor )

... 1942

The Big Street

Mimi Venus ( Actor )

... 1942

Tales of Manhattan

'Squirrel' Grey ( Actor )

... 1942

Powder Town

Sue, Blonde Piano Player ( Actor )

... 1942

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Fifi Russell ( Actor )

... 1942

Fly By Night

Nurse ( Actor )

... 1942

Weekend for Three

Mrs. Gloria Weatherby ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

Lady Scarface

Ruby / Mary Jordan ( Actor )

... 1941

New Wine

Mitzi ( Actor )

... 1941

Cracked Nuts

Flashy Blonde in Corridor ( Actor )

... 1941

The Big Store

Peggy Arden ( Actor )

... 1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

Gertie ( Actor )

... 1941

Blonde Inspiration

Wanda ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

... 1940

Boom Town

Whitey ( Actor )

... 1940

Untamed

2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

His Girl Friday

Evangeline (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Invisible Stripes

Blonde (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Man in the Iron Mask

Mlle. de la Valliere ( Actor )

... 1939

Invitation to Happiness

Lola Snow ( Actor )

... 1939

Sergeant Madden

Charlotte LePage ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

The Storm

Jane ( Actor )

... 1938

Youth Takes a Fling

Girl on Beach ( Actor )

... 1938

Sinners in Paradise

Iris Compton ( Actor )

... 1938

Crime Without Passion

Theatre Cashier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934