x

Login

Remember me
Forget password ?

Or via social

x

sign up

person_profile-Marla English

Marla English Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Marla English

Date of Birth:

Jan 04, 1935

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 10, 2012

Biography of

Marla English

    She was born Marleine Gaile English in San Diego, California. As a teenager, she worked as a model and performed locally.

    English was originally signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures in 1952 after winning a San Diego beauty pageant to be "Fairest of the Fair". She was paid $150 per week to appear in such films as Red Garters (1954) and Rear Window (1954). She was often cut out of these films. Her contract went up to $200 a week.

    Her breakthrough role came when she was borrowed by Aubrey Schenck to appear in Shield for Murder (1954).

    She received a major break when she was cast opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, a film which was to be made in France. English was given a smallpox vaccine before leaving to go on location. She quickly developed a raging fever and decided to pull out of the movie. Paramount suspended English and replaced her with Barbara Darrow. Parade Magazine questioned English about her decision in September 1955. She said it was a very dumb move and was unsure why she decided against making The Mountain. A close relative told the publication that English had fallen in love with Paramount actor Larry Pennell. She became enraged when the studio would not give Pennell a role in the film so they could travel to France together.

    English made mostly B films throughout her career in Hollywood. Some of these include Three Bad Sisters, Runaway Daughters, The She Creature, Flesh and the Spur, and Voodoo Woman. In 1955, she appeared with John Ireland and Pennell in Hell's Horizon.

Photos of

Marla English

Photos ( 4 Photos

Filmography of

Marla English

Found 14 Movies in total

Voodoo Woman

Marilyn Blanchard ( Actor )

... 1957

Flesh and the Spur

Wild Willow ( Actor )

... 1956

A Strange Adventure

Lynn Novak ( Actor )

... 1956

The She-Creature

Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby ( Actor )

... 1956

Runaway Daughters

Audrey ( Actor )

... 1956

Three Bad Sisters

Vicki Craig ( Actor )

... 1956

Hell's Horizon

Sami ( Actor )

... 1955

Desert Sands

Zara ( Actor )

... 1955

Shield for Murder

Patty Winters ( Actor )

... 1954

About Mrs. Leslie

Minor Role ( Actor )

... 1954

Rear Window

Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954

Living It Up

Manicurist ( Actor )

... 1954

Yankee Pasha

Harem Girl ( Actor )

... 1954

Casanova's Big Night

Girl In Gondola ( Actor )

... 1954