Marion Martin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 7, 1908
- Died
- August 13, 1985 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Martin (born Marion Suplee, June 7, 1909 – August 13, 1985) was an American movie and stage actress. Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a Bethlehem Steel executive. She became an actress after her family fortune was lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and appeared in the Broadway productions Lombardi Ltd. and Sweet Adeline. She made her film debut in She's My Lillie, I'm Her Willie and subsequently played minor roles, often as showgirls. Several of her early roles were in musicals and she achieved some success as a singer. By the end of the decade she had played leading female roles in several "B" pictures, playing one of her most notable roles in James Whale's Sinners in Paradise (1938). Despite her success she was often cast in minor roles in more widely seen films such as His Girl Friday (1940). The majority of her roles were in comedies but she also appeared in dramas such as Boom Town (1940) in which she played a dance hall singer who is briefly romanced by Clark Gable. She played secondary roles in three Lupe Vélez "Mexican Spitfire" films in the early 1940s, and was a comic foil for the Marx Brothers in The Big Store, where the back of her skirt is cut away by Harpo. She played a ghost in Gildersleeve's Ghost, and was the subject of a legendary fistfight between Gildersleeve star Harold Peary and Warner Bros studio mogul Bud Stevens at the Mocambo nightclub in 1943. Her more substantial roles included Alice Angel, a dizzy showgirl, in the murder mystery Lady of Burlesque with Barbara Stanwyck and Angel on My Shoulder. She also appeared in The Big Street with Lucille Ball, in the western The Woman of the Town with Claire Trevor and in The Great Mike at PRC in 1944. By the late 1940s, her roles were often minor. Three Stooges fans will remember her as western cowgirl Gladys in Merry Mavericks. She played "Belle Farnol" in a 1950 episode of The Lone Ranger entitled "Pardon for Curley". Shortly afterward, she made her final film appearance in 1952. Married to a physicist, Martin retired, and although she expressed the desire to return to show business, suitable roles were not offered to her. She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to motion pictures, at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. She died in 1985 in Santa Monica, California, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Filmography
Oklahoma Annie
Movie · as LaBelle La Tour
Merry Mavericks
Movie · as Gladys
Journey Into Light
Movie · as Diana (as Marian Martin)
Key to the City
Movie · as Emmy
Dakota Lil
Movie · as Blonde Singer
Come to the Stable
Movie · as Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Movie · as Bar Blonde
Thunder in the Pines
Movie · as Pearl (as Marian Martin)
Should Husbands Marry?
Movie · as Loud Friend's Girlfriend
Lighthouse
Movie · as JoJo, the Blonde
That's My Gal
Movie · as Pepper
Black Angel
Movie · as Millie
Angel on My Shoulder
Movie · as Rosie Morgan Bentley
Suspense
Movie · as Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder
Movie · as Laura Gibson
Queen of Burlesque
Movie · as Lola Cassell
Cinderella Jones
Movie · as Burlesque Queen
That Brennan Girl
Movie · as Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend (as Marian Martin)
Nobody Lives Forever
Movie · as Lou, Blonde (uncredited)
Gangs of the Waterfront
Movie · as Rita (as Marian Martin)
The Phantom Speaks
Movie · as Betty Hanzel
Girls of the Big House
Movie · as Dixie
Eadie Was a Lady
Movie · as Rose Allure
Penthouse Rhythm
Movie · as Irma King
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie · as Miss Milbane
On Stage Everybody
Movie · as Bubbles (uncredited)
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Movie · as Terry Vance
The Merry Monahans
Movie · as Soubrette
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie · as Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]
The Great Mike
Movie · as Kitty Tremaine
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Movie · as Ghost of Josephine
Lady of Burlesque
Movie · as Alice Angel
They Got Me Covered
Movie · as Gloria
The Woman of the Town
Movie · as Daisy Davenport
Tales of Manhattan
Movie · as Squirrel
The Big Street
Movie · as Mimi Venus
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Movie · as Myrtle
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Movie · as Fifi Russell
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Movie · as Diana De Corro
Powder Town
Movie · as Sue, Blonde Piano Player
Fly By Night
Movie · as Nurse
Wedded Blitz
Movie · as Mrs. Errol
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Movie · as Dawn
Lady Scarface
Movie · as Ruby / Mary Jordan
Weekend for Three
Movie · as Mrs. Gloria Weatherby
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Movie · as Fifi
The Big Store
Movie · as Peggy Arden
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie · as Gertie
Cracked Nuts
Movie · as Flashy Blonde in Corridor
Love at First Fright
Movie · as Liza Hatrack
Blonde Inspiration
Movie · as Wanda
New Wine
Movie · as Mitzi
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Movie · as Cornelia
Boom Town
Movie · as Whitey
His Girl Friday
Movie · as Evangeline (uncredited)
Untamed
Movie · as 2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited)
Blondes and Blunders
Movie · as Blondie, Jewel Thief
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Mlle. de la Valliere
Invitation to Happiness
Movie · as Lola Snow
Sergeant Madden
Movie · as Charlotte LePage
Pirates of the Skies
Movie
Invisible Stripes
Movie · as Blonde (uncredited)
Cupid Takes a Holiday
Movie · as Annabelle Postal -1st Prospective Bride
Sinners in Paradise
Movie · as Iris Compton
The Miss They Missed
Movie
Youth Takes a Fling
Movie · as Girl on Beach
His Exciting Night
Movie · as Gypsy McCoy
The Storm
Movie · as Jane
Boy, Oh Boy
Movie · as Miss Glory Hutchinson
Moon Over Manhattan
Movie · as Dot
Richard Himber and His Orchestra
Movie · as Singer
The Magic of Music
Movie · as Blonde guest
Mr. W's Little Game
Movie · as The Blonde
She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie
Movie · as Miss Brooks
Crime Without Passion
Movie · as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)