Marie Windsor
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Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many B-movies and film noirs.
After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, Windsor began playing feature parts on the big screen in 1947.
Her first film contract, with Warner Bros. in 1942, resulted from her writing jokes and submitting them to Jack Benny. Windsor said she submitted the gags under the name M.E. Windsor "because I was afraid he might be prejudiced against a woman gag writer." When Benny finally met Windsor, "he was stunned by her good looks" and had a producer sign her to a contract. After a tenure with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which the studio "signed her, put her in two small roles and then promptly forgot her", she signed a seven-year contract with The Enterprise Studios in 1948.
The actress' first memorable role was in 1948 with John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. She had roles in numerous 1950s film noirs, notably The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps, and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie, The Killing, in which she played Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. She also made a foray into science fiction with the 1953 release of Cat-Women of the Moon. Windsor co-starred with Randolph Scott in The Bounty Hunter (1954).
Later, Windsor moved to television. She appeared in 1954 as Belle Starr in the premiere episode of Stories of the Century. In 1962, she played Ann Jesse, a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of Lawman. She appeared on programs such as Maverick, Bat Masterson, Perry Mason, Bourbon Street Beat, The Incredible Hulk, Rawhide, General Hospital, Salem's Lot (TV miniseries), and Murder, She Wrote.
Windsor worked consistently through the 1960s and 1970s, and remained on screen once or so annually up to the 1990s, playing her final role at 72 in 1991.
Windsor has a star at 1549 N. Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated January 19, 1983. She was among the 500 stars nominated for selection as one of the 50 greatest American screen legends, as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years.
In 1987, Windsor received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for best actress for her work in The Bar Off Melrose. She also received the Ralph Morgan Award from the Screen Actors Guild for her service on the organization's board of directors.
Fotos
Películas (79)
Stanley Kubrick, una vida en imágenes
2001 · Self
Commando Squad
1987 · Casey
J.O.E. and the Colonel
1985 · Mom Roth
Lovely But Deadly
1981 · Aunt May
The Perfect Woman
1981 · Zelda
Freaky Friday
1976 · Mrs Murphy
Hearts of the West
1975 · Woman in Nevada
The Outfit
1973 · Madge Coyle
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973 · Mrs. Hetty Green
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Goldie
One More Train to Rob
1971 · Slim
Wild Women
1970 · Lottie Clampett
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 · Polly
Chamber of Horrors
1966 · Madame Corona
Bedtime Story
1964 · Mrs. Sutton
Mail Order Bride
1964 · Hannah
Critic's Choice
1963 · Sally Orr
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
1963 · Claire Fielding
Paradise Alley
1962 · Linda Belita
Island Women
1958 · Elizabeth
Day of the Badman
1958 · Cora Johnson
The Story of Mankind
1957 · Josephine Bonaparte
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957 · Julia Parry
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957 · Tonya
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Gwen
The Killing
1956 · Sherry Peatty
Swamp Women
1956 · Josie Nardo
No Man's Woman
1955 · Carolyn Ellenson Grant
Two-Gun Lady
1955 · Bess
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Madame Rontru
The Silver Star
1955 · Karen Childress
The Bounty Hunter
1954 · Alice Williams
Hell's Half Acre
1954 · Rose
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 · Cleo Abbott
Cat-Women of the Moon
1953 · Helen Salinger
So This Is Love
1953 · Marilyn Montgomery
City That Never Sleeps
1953 · Lydia Biddel
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Anne Williams McCormick
The Tall Texan
1953 · Laura Tompson
The Jungle
1952 · Princess Mari
The Sniper
1952 · Jean Darr
The Narrow Margin
1952 · Mrs. Frankie Neall
Outlaw Women
1952 · Iron Mae McLeod
Japanese War Bride
1952 · Fran Sterling
Two Dollar Bettor
1951 · Mary Slate
Hurricane Island
1951 · Jane Bolton
Little Big Horn
1951 · Celie Donlin
Frenchie
1950 · Diane Gorman
Double Deal
1950 · Terry Miller
Force of Evil
1950 · Edna Tucker
The Showdown
1950 · Adelaide
Dakota Lil
1950 · Dakota Lil
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949 · Ann Logan
Hellfire
1949 · Mary Carson / Doll Brown
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · LaBelle Bergere (uncredited)
Outpost in Morocco
1949 · Cara
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
The Pirate
1948 · Madame Lucia (uncredited)
On an Island with You
1948 · (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Helen Amboy
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Baggett Daughter (uncredited)
The Hucksters
1947 · Girl on Train (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
1947 · Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited)
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947 · Saleswoman (uncredited)
I Love My Husband, But!
1946 · Bridge Player (uncredited)
Follow the Leader
1944
Let's Face It
1943 · Chorus Girl (uncredited), Chorus Girl
Pilot #5
1943 · Mrs. Claven
Cinderella Swings It
1943 · Girl (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here
1942 · (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Actress at Rehearsal (Uncredited)
The Big Street
1942 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Parachute Nurse
1942 · Company 'C' Girl
Flying with Music
1942 · Native Girl
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942 · The Princess
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942 · Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited)
Joan of Paris
1942
Weekend for Three
1941 · Old Field Inn Patron
All-American Co-Ed
1941 · Carrot Queen (uncredited)
Series (44)
Supercarrier
1988
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Kate Gunnerson, Caroline
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Madame Angler
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Simon & Simon
1981
Salem's Lot
1979 · Eva Miller
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Eve Le Deux, Gloria Kellerman
Police Story
1973
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Bracken's World
1969 · Sally
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Gloria Marshall
Adam-12
1968 · Jenny, Eunice Claridge, Carolyn Halsman
The Outsider
1968
Mannix
1967
Batman
1966 · Nellie Majors
The F.B.I.
1965 · Grace
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Queenie
Branded
1965
Shotgun Slade
1959 · Alice Batson
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Alaskans
1959
The Rebel
1959 · Emma Longdon
Bonanza
1959 · Mrs. Elizabeth Lassiter, Elizabeth Lassiter
Rawhide
1959 · Narcie Adams, Miss Katie, Amie Claybank
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bat Masterson
1958 · Polly Landers
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Billie Jo James
Bronco
1958
Maverick
1957 · Cora
Perry Mason
1957 · Linda Griffith, Flavia Pierce, Edith 'Edie' Morrow, Mrs. Helen Reed
Matinee Theater
1955
Cheyenne
1955
MGM Parade
1955 · Self
Gunsmoke
1955 · Mary K.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Lily Henry
Climax!
1954 · Vivian Cummings
The Whistler
1954
Stories of the Century
1954 · Belle Starr
City Detective
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Alice Batson
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Phyllis