Marie Wilson (American actress)
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Born | Katherine Elizabeth Wilson August 19, 1916 Anaheim, California, U.S. |
Died | November 23, 1972 Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged 56)
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.
Early life
[edit]Wilson was born in Anaheim, California, on August 19, 1916. Her nickname at Anaheim High School was "Maybelle".[1] Wilson graduated from high school in 1933.[1]
Career
[edit]Radio
[edit]Although Wilson was afraid of the microphone used in radio,[2] she played scatterbrained Irma Peterson in the radio comedy My Friend Irma from April 11, 1947, to August 23, 1954.[3]
Film
[edit]Wilson began her career in Hollywood in the 1934 film Down to Their Last Yacht as a ship passenger,[4] and then appeared in Babes in Toyland as Mary Quite Contrary.[5] [6] Wilson appeared in Ladies Crave Excitement (1935),[7] The Girl Friend (1935),[8] Stars Over Broadway (1935),[9] Miss Pacific Fleet (1935),[10] The Big Noise (1936),[11][12] Melody for Two (1937),[13] Boy Meets Girl (1938),[14][15] Sweepstakes Winner (1939),[16] Virginia (1941),[17] She's in the Army (1942),[18][19][20] You Can't Ration Love (1944),[21] Young Widow (1946),[22] and Never Wave at a WAC (1952).[23] Her career got a boost when she performed at Harold Lloyd's Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals, which led to her being cast in Boy Meets Girl in 1938.[24]
In 1936, she played Miss Murgatroyd in Satan Met a Lady,[25] a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel The Maltese Falcon1 by Dashiell Hammett.[26] She was in The Great Garrick as Nicolle in 1937.[27] Wilson was in Fools for Scandal as Myrtle in 1938.[28] She was in Waterfront in 1939 as Ruby Waters.[29]
In 1949, she played Irma Peterson in the film My Friend Irma,[30] reprising her role from the radio series. In 1950, she again played Irma in My Friend Irma Goes West.[30] In 1952, she played Jane Sweet in A Girl in Every Port,[31] based on the short story They Sell Sailors Elephants by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan.[32] In 1957, she played Marie Antoinette in The Story of Mankind, loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon.[33] Wilson's last film was 1962's Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation,[34] based on the novel by Edward Streeter.[35]
Wilson also had roles in short films, including Bum Voyage (1934),[36] Slide, Nellie, Slide (1936),[37] Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6) (1938),[38] and Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 12).[38]
Television
[edit]Wilson first appeared on television in the series My Friend Irma from 1952 to 1954. She was in two episodes of Burke's Law. Wilson's voice was featured in the short-lived animated television series Where's Huddles?. Her last role was in 1972 as Margaret Cooperman in Love, American Style. Wilson was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show on four occasions.
Stage
[edit]In June and July 1950, Wilson portrayed Lady Teazle in a production of School for Scandal at the Circle Theater in Hollywood. She appeared with her husband, Allan Nixon, who played Charles Surface.[39] During February 1958 she starred as Cherie opposite Robert Gist as Bo in a production of Bus Stop at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona.[40]
Walk of Fame
[edit]Wilson's talents have been recognized with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:[1] for radio at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, for television at 6765 Hollywood Boulevard, and for movies at 6601 Hollywood Boulevard.[41]
Sculpture
[edit]Wilson's left leg was the model for a 35-ft (sometimes referred to as 34-ft), two-ton sculpture outside the Theme Hosiery (later Sanderson Hoisery) plant on Olympic and Barrington in West Los Angeles. The DuPont Co. commissioned the plaster leg, which was painted as if to be wearing nylons, to promote its new nylons product. Wilson was hoisted thigh-level at the sculpture's unveiling August 6, 1949.[42][43]
Personal life
[edit]Wilson was married to actor Allan Nixon from 1942 to 1950.[44] Her 1951 marriage to actor Robert Fallon lasted until her death from cancer at age 56.[2] Wilson was interred in the Columbarium of Remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.[45]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht | Ship Passenger |
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Babes in Toyland | Mary Quite Contrary |
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1935 | Ladies Crave Excitement | Girl |
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The Girl Friend | Girl | Musical film directed by Edward Buzzell[8] | |
Stars Over Broadway | Molly | Musical film directed by William Keighley[9] | |
Miss Pacific Fleet | Virginia 'Vergie' Matthews | Comedy film directed by Ray Enright[10] | |
Broadway Hostess | Dorothy | Romantic comedy musical film directed by Frank McDonald[46] | |
1936 | Colleen | Mabel | Romantic and musical film directed by Alfred E. Green[47] |
The Big Noise | Daisy | Comedy and crime film directed by Frank McDonald[11][12] | |
Satan Met a Lady | Miss Murgatroyd |
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China Clipper | Sunny Avery | Drama film directed by Ray Enright[49] | |
King of Hockey | Elsie | Drama film directed by Noel M. Smith[50] | |
1937 | Melody for Two | Camille Casey | Musical film directed by Louis King[13][51] |
Public Wedding | Tessie | Comedy film directed by Nick Grinde[52] | |
Over the Goal | Co-ed |
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The Great Garrick | Nicolle |
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1938 | The Invisible Menace | Sally | Mystery film directed by John Farrow[55] |
Fools for Scandal | Myrtle |
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Boy Meets Girl[14] | Susie | Screwball comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon.[15] | |
Broadway Musketeers | Miss Connie Todd | Drama film directed by John Farrow[58] | |
1939 | Sweepstakes Winner | Jennie Jones | Comedy film directed by William C. McGann[16] |
Waterfront | Ruby Waters |
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Should Husbands Work? | Myrtle | Comedy film directed by Gus Meins[64] | |
The Cowboy Quarterback | Maizie Williams | Comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith[65][66] | |
1941 | Virginia | Connie Potter | Drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith[17] |
Rookies on Parade | Kitty Mulloy | Musical-comedy film directed by Joseph Santley[67] | |
Flying Blind | Veronica Gimble | Action-comedy film directed by Frank McDonald[68] | |
Harvard, Here I Come! | Zella Phipps | Comedy film directed by Lew Landers[69] | |
1942 | Broadway | Grace | Crime-drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter[70] |
She's in the Army[19][20] | Susan Slatterty | Comedy-drama film directed by Jean Yarbrough[18] | |
1944 | You Can't Ration Love | Bubbles Keenan | Comedy film directed by Lester Fuller[21] |
Shine on Harvest Moon | Margie | Musical-biographical film of the vaudeville team of Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth directed by David Butler[71] | |
Music for Millions | Marie | Musical-comedy film directed by Henry Koster[72] | |
1946 | Young Widow | 'Mac' McCallister | Drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin[22] |
No Leave, No Love | Rosalind | Musical film directed by Charles Martin[73] | |
1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | Rachel Michot | Drama film directed by Albert Lewin[74] |
The Fabulous Joe | Gorgeous Gilmore | Comedy film directed by Harve Foster[75] | |
Linda, Be Good[20] | Margie LaVitte | Comedy film directed by Frank McDonald[76] | |
1949 | My Friend Irma[77][78] | Irma Peterson |
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1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West[77] |
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1952 | Never Wave at a WAC | Clara Schneiderman / Danger O'Dowd | Comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod[23] |
A Girl in Every Port | Jane Sweet |
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1953 | I Was a Burlesque Queen | Margie LaVitte |
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Marry Me Again | Doris | Comedy film written and directed by Frank Tashlin[81] | |
1957 | The Story of Mankind | Marie Antoinette |
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1962 | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Mrs. Turner |
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Film shorts/documentaries
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1934 | Bum Voyage | Ship's Passenger at Party | Directed by Nick Grinde[36] |
1935 | My Girl Sally | Leading actress | Directed by Alfred J. Goulding[83] |
1936 | Slide, Nellie, Slide[37] | Nellie, the Softball Player | Directed by Ralph Staub |
1938 | Swingtime in the Movies | Herself | Directed by written by Crane Wilbur[84] |
For Auld Lang Syne #3 | Herself | Documentary | |
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6)[38] | Herself | Directed by Willard Du Brul, Clem McCarthy, and I. Miller[85] | |
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 12)[38] | Herself | Directed by Lloyd French | |
1950 | Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman | Herself | Directed by Ralph Staub[86] |
1954 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade | Herself | Written and directed by Ralph Staub[86] |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1952–1954 | My Friend Irma | Irma Peterson | Contract role |
1962 | The Comedy Spot[87] | Ernestine | Episode: "The Soft Touch" |
Ernestine | Ernestine McDougal[88] | Made-for-TV-movie directed by Sidney Salkow[2][89] | |
1963 | Empire | Guest | Episode: "Hidden Asset" (S 1:Ep 26) |
1964 | Burke's Law | Chuchi Smith | Episode: "Who Killed Marty Kelso?" (S 1:Ep 22) |
My Son, the Witch Doctor | Leading actress | Made-for-TV-movie[90] | |
1965 | Burke's Law | Ramona Specks | Episode: "Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings?"( S2:Ep 20) |
1968 | Mr. Blackwell Presents[91] | Herself[92] | Directed by William Edwards and William Stierwalt |
1969 | Jack Cassidy's St. Patrick's Day TV Special[93] | Singer | Directed by William Rainbolt |
1970 | Where's Huddles? | Penny McCoy | Contract role |
1972 | Love, American Style | Margaret Cooperman | Episode: "Love and the Girlish Groom / Love and the New You / Love and the Oldlyweds / Love and the Wishing Star" (S 4:Ep 4) |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Original publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1929.
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c Anaheim High School Alumni Association (January 26, 2016). "Katherine Elizabeth "Maybelle" Wilson – a.k.a. Marie Wilson – Class of 1933". Anaheim High School. Anaheim, California: Anaheim Union High School District. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ a b c Tranberg, Charles (1970). Not So Dumb: The Life and Career of Marie Wilson. Albany, New York: BearManor Medi. ISBN 978-1593930493.
- ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 472–473. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "Down to Their Last Yacht". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Babes in Toyland". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Brown 2016, p. 128.
- ^ a b "Ladies Crave Excitement". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Girl Friend". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Stars Over Broadway". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Miss Pacific Fleet". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Big Noise". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Hischak 2015, p. 560.
- ^ a b "Melody for Two". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Maltin 2008, p. 168.
- ^ a b "Boy Meets Girl". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Sweepstakes Winner". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Virginia". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "She's in the Army". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Curley & Wetta 1992, p. 146.
- ^ a b c Monush 2003, p. 792.
- ^ a b "You Can't Ration Love". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Young Widow". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Never Wave at a WAC". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Cheatham, Maude (July 1938). "Beloved scatterbrain: Wacky or wistful? Marie Wilson ia a little of both, and Hollywood's best new comedy bet". Screenland. 37 (3): 34–35, 76–77 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Satan Met a Lady". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Hammett, Dashiell (1992). The Maltese Falcon. New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. ISBN 978-0679722649.
- ^ a b "The Great Garrick". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Fools for Scandal". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "Waterfront". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "My Friend Irma". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ a b "A Girl in Every Port". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ a b Coniam 2016, p. 63.
- ^ a b van Loon, Hendrik Willem (2006). The Story of Mankind (Reissue ed.). New York: Cosimo Classics. ISBN 978-1596059566.
- ^ a b "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Streeter, Edward (1954). Mr. Hobbs' Vacation. Harper & Brothers. OCLC 1391704.
- ^ a b "Bum Voyage". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Liebman 2010, p. 246.
- ^ a b c d Liebman 2010, p. 153.
- ^ "Florabel Muir Reporting". The Mirror. Los Angeles, California. June 8, 1950. p. 8. Retrieved April 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cutts, Anson B. (February 12, 1958). "'Bus Stop' Presented With High Distinction". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marie Wilson on the Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1972. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "SkyscraperPage Forum – View Single Post – noirish Los Angeles".
- ^ "The woman behind DuPont's nylon leg". August 8, 2014.
- ^ Los Angeles Times Staff 1950, p. 3.
- ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786450190 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Broadway Hostess". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Colleen". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "The Maltese Falcon 1931". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "China Clipper". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "King of Hockey". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Pool 2008, p. 79.
- ^ "Public Wedding". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Over the Goal". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Goble 1999, p. 471.
- ^ "The Invisible Menace". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Miller, Frank. "Fools for Scandal". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Hamilton 2016, pp. 3, 13.
- ^ "Broadway Musketeers". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ McCabe, John (1999). CAGNEY (1st ed.). New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0786705801.
- ^ Goble 1999, p. 532.
- ^ Yogerst 2016, p. 48.
- ^ The American Film Institute 1997, p. 1114.
- ^ Aaker 2013, p. 20.
- ^ "Should Husbands Work?". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "The Cowboy Quarterback". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Tibbetts & Welsh 2010, p. 55.
- ^ "Rookies on Parade". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ^ "Flying Blind!". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Harvard, Here I Come!". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Broadway". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Shine On Harvest Moon". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Music for Millions". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "No Leave, No Love". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "The Fabulous Joe". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "Linda, Be Good". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ a b Sterling & O'Dell 2009, p. 292.
- ^ Sterling 2003, p. 959.
- ^ "My Friend Irma Goes West". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "Watch I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953) Free Online". OVGuide. Beverly Hills, California: FOTV Media Networks Inc. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Marry Me Again". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "The Story of Mankind". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Motion pictures, 1912–1939 online". Prelinger Library. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 1951. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "Swingtime in the Movies". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6)". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Columbia Shorts Department". Columbia Pictures. Los Angeles: Sony Pictures Entertainment. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ Brooks 2007, p. 276.
- ^ Goldberg, Lee (2015). Unsold Television Pilots: 1955–1989. Seattle: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1511590679.
- ^ Irvin 2014, p. 110.
- ^ The Fresno Bee Staff 1964, p. 108.
- ^ Marie 2003, p. 264.
- ^ Pittsburgh Press Staff 1968, p. 82.
- ^ Terrace 2013, p. 203.
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My Friend Irma, situation comedy.
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Marie Wilson in the 1942 film she's in the army.
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External links
[edit]- 1916 births
- 1972 deaths
- Actresses from Anaheim, California
- American film actresses
- American radio personalities
- American radio actresses
- American television actresses
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
- Deaths from cancer in California
- Actresses from California
- 20th-century American actresses
- Warner Bros. contract players