Brenda Marshall
Acting
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Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress. Born Ardis Ankerson in Negros, Philippines, Marshall made her first film appearance in the 1939 Espionage Agent. The following year, she played the leading lady to Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk. After divorcing actor Richard Gaines in 1940, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly slowed. She starred opposite James Cagney in the 1942 film Captains of the Clouds. The Constant Nymph (1943) was a popular success but she virtually retired after this, appearing in only four more inconse…
Also known as
Ardis Ankerson Gaines
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I Love Lucy
1951 · TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Movie
East of the River
1940 · Movie
Captains of the Clouds
1942 · Movie
Whispering Smith
1948 · Movie
Strange Impersonation
1946 · Movie
The Constant Nymph
1943 · Movie
Money and the Woman
1940 · Movie
Footsteps in the Dark
1941 · Movie
You Can't Escape Forever
1942 · Movie
Blackwell's Island
1939 · Movie