Marie Wilson (American actress)
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Wilson in 1954
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| Born |
Katherine Elizabeth Wilson August 19, 1916 Anaheim, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 23, 1972 (aged 56) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1934–1972 |
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Marie Wilson (born Katherine Elizabeth Wilson; August 19, 1916 – November 23, 1972) was an American radio, film, and television actress. She may be best remembered as the title character in My Friend Irma.
Wilson was born in Anaheim, California on August 19, 1916. Her nickname at Anaheim High School was Maybelle. Wilson graduated high school in 1933. At age 16, she soon moved her family of nine – including her mother, sister, grandfather, step-father and his four children to Hollywood after she inherited $11,000.
She played scatterbrained Irma Peterson in the radio situation comedy My Friend Irma for the Columbia network from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954. With the success of My Friend Irma, she would star in films.
Wilson began her career in Hollywood in the 1934 film Down to Their Last Yacht as a ship passenger although uncredited. She was in Babes in Toyland as Mary Quite Contrary also in 1934.Babes in Toyland was based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland. Wilson would appear in Ladies Crave Excitement (1935),The Girl Friend (1935),Stars Over Broadway (1935),Miss Pacific Fleet (1935),The Big Noise (1936),Melody for Two (1937),Boy Meets Girl (1938),Sweepstakes Winner (1939),Virginia (1941),She's in the Army (1942),You Can't Ration Love (1944),Young Widow (1946), and Never Wave at a WAC (1952).
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