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Trudy Marshall

Trudy Marshall

Born on February 14th, 1922

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died on May 23rd, 2004

Biography

Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall was an American actress and model. A popular magazine cigarette girl during her modeling days for Harry Conover, Marshall was at different times "The Old Gold Girl", "The Chesterfield Girl", and "The Lucky Strike Girl". Marshall was signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. She played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans, the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS Juneau off Guadalcanal in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve. Taking roles as a decorative ingenue for a time, Marshall later played the "other woman" in a few features. Semi-retired by the 1960s, she returned very infrequently to Hollywood. She appeared in the movie Once Is Not Enough with her daughter Deborah Raffin. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood event.

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Willa

1979

Lady Trucker

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Once Is Not Enough

1975

Myrna

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Married Too Young

1962

Susan Newton

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1104 Sutton Road

1958

Character TBA

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I'll See You in My Dreams

1951

Frankie Mason (uncredited)

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Mark of the Gorilla

1950

Barbara Bentley

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Barbary Pirate

1949

Anne Ridgeway

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Shamrock Hill

1949

Carol Judson

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Disaster

1948

Jerry Hansford

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The Fuller Brush Man

1948

Sara Franzen

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Beyond Our Own

1947

Ann Rogers

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Key Witness

1947

Marge Andrews

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Joe Palooka in the Knockout

1947

Nina

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Too Many Winners

1947

Phyllis Hamilton

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Alias Mr. Twilight

1946

Corky Corcoran

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Boston Blackie and the Law

1946

Irene

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Dragonwyck

1946

Elizabeth Van Borden

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Talk About a Lady

1946

Toni Marlowe

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Sentimental Journey

1946

Ruth

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The Dolly Sisters

1945

Lenora Baldwin

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Circumstantial Evidence

1945

Agnes Hannon

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Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944

Gloria

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Ladies of Washington

1944

Carol Northrup

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The Purple Heart

1944

Mrs. Ross

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The Fighting Sullivans

1944

Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan

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The Dancing Masters

1943

Trudy Harlan

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Heaven Can Wait

1943

Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)

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Coney Island

1943

Girl Friend

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Crash Dive

1943

Telephone Operator

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Springtime in the Rockies

1942

Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)

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