Marion Marshall | |
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Born |
Marion Tanner June 8, 1929 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1947–75 |
Spouse(s) |
Robert Wagner (1963-70) (divorced; 1 child) Stanley Donen (1952-59; 2 children) (divorced) Allen Davey (divorced) |
Marion Marshall (born Marion Tanner; June 8, 1929) is an American actress.
Marshall's first film appearances were in the 20th Century Fox films Gentleman's Agreement and Daisy Kenyon in 1947 (although they were both uncredited). She went on to play roles (many minor) in over 25 more films until 1967. She had a small but significant role in his I Was a Male War Bride (1949).
Marshall was featured prominently in three Martin and Lewis comedy films, The Stooge, Sailor Beware and That's My Boy, with stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Among her television appearances, she guest starred twice on Perry Mason in 1959. She played murderer Irene Bedford in "The Case of the Shattered Dream," and title character Ginny Hobart in "The Case of the Spurious Sister".
In the late 1940s, Marshall dated director Howard Hawks.
She married three times, her first husband being the cameraman Allen Davey. Her second husband (from 1952 until 1959) was Stanley Donen with whom she had two sons Peter (born December 20, 1953) and Joshua (born August 10, 1955). In 1963 she married Robert Wagner, with whom she had one child (the television presenter Katie Wagner) before they divorced in 1970.