Marion Martin
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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.
Fotos
Filme (76)
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · LaBelle La Tour
Journey Into Light
1951 · Diana (as Marian Martin)
Merry Mavericks
1951 · Gladys
Dakota Lil
1950 · Blonde Singer
Key to the City
1950 · Emmy
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949 · Bar Blonde
Come to the Stable
1949 · Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
Thunder in the Pines
1948 · Pearl (as Marian Martin)
Should Husbands Marry?
1947 · Loud Friend's Girlfriend
That's My Gal
1947 · Pepper
Lighthouse
1947 · JoJo, the Blonde
That Brennan Girl
1946 · Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend (as Marian Martin)
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · Lou, Blonde (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
1946 · Rosie Morgan Bentley
Black Angel
1946 · Millie
Queen of Burlesque
1946 · Lola Cassell
Deadline for Murder
1946 · Laura Gibson
Suspense
1946 · Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Burlesque Queen
Girls of the Big House
1945 · Dixie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · Miss Milbane
On Stage Everybody
1945 · Bubbles (uncredited)
Gangs of the Waterfront
1945 · Rita (as Marian Martin)
Penthouse Rhythm
1945 · Irma King
The Phantom Speaks
1945 · Betty Hanzel
Eadie Was a Lady
1945 · Rose Allure
The Great Mike
1944 · Kitty Tremaine
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944 · Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]
The Merry Monahans
1944 · Soubrette
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944 · Terry Vance
It Happened Tomorrow
1944 · Nurse (uncredited)
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
1944 · Ghost of Josephine
The Woman of the Town
1943 · Daisy Davenport
Lady of Burlesque
1943 · Alice Angel
They Got Me Covered
1943 · Gloria
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 · Myrtle
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 · Diana De Corro
The Big Street
1942 · Mimi Venus
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Squirrel
Powder Town
1942 · Sue, Blonde Piano Player
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 · Fifi Russell
Wedded Blitz
1942 · Mrs. Errol
Fly By Night
1942 · Nurse
Weekend for Three
1941 · Mrs. Gloria Weatherby
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941 · Fifi
Lady Scarface
1941 · Ruby / Mary Jordan
New Wine
1941 · Mitzi
Cracked Nuts
1941 · Flashy Blonde in Corridor
Love at First Fright
1941 · Liza Hatrack
The Big Store
1941 · Peggy Arden
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Gertie
Blonde Inspiration
1941 · Wanda
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941 · Dawn
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940 · Cornelia
Blondes and Blunders
1940 · Blondie, Jewel Thief
Boom Town
1940 · Whitey
Untamed
1940 · 2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940 · Evangeline (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Blonde (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · Mlle. de la Valliere
Invitation to Happiness
1939 · Lola Snow
Sergeant Madden
1939 · Charlotte LePage
Pirates of the Skies
1939
His Exciting Night
1938 · Gypsy McCoy
The Storm
1938 · Jane
Youth Takes a Fling
1938 · Girl on Beach
Sinners in Paradise
1938 · Iris Compton
Cupid Takes a Holiday
1938 · Annabelle Postal -1st Prospective Bride
The Miss They Missed
1938
Boy, Oh Boy
1936 · Miss Glory Hutchinson
Richard Himber and His Orchestra
1935 · Singer
The Magic of Music
1935 · Blonde guest
Moon Over Manhattan
1935 · Dot
She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie
1934 · Miss Brooks
Crime Without Passion
1934 · Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Mr. W's Little Game
1934 · The Blonde
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