Brenda Marshall

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Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American cinema actress.

Born Ardis Ankerson Gaines 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 but after a few well received parts, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly declined. 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 inconsequential films. Among these she played scientist Nora Goodrich in the grade-B 1946 cult classic Strange Impersonation.

After many separations, Marshall and Holden were divorced in 1971. Marshall died from throat cancer in Palm Springs, California, aged 76.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1939	Espionage Agent	Miss Brenda Ballard
1940	The Man Who Talked Too Much	Celia Farrady
	The Sea Hawk	Doña Maria	with Errol Flynn
	Money and the Woman	Barbara Patteson
	East of the River	Laurie Romayne
	South of Suez	. Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
1941	Footsteps in the Dark	Rita Warren
	Singapore Woman	Vicki Moore
	Highway West	Claire Foster	62mins.
	The Smiling Ghost	Lil Barstow
1942	Captains of the Clouds	Emily Foster
	You Can't Escape Forever	Laurie Abbott
1943	The Constant Nymph	Toni Sanger
	Background to Danger	Tamara Zaleshoff
	Paris After Dark	Yvonne Blanchard
1946	Strange Impersonation	Nora Goodrich
	Whispering Smith	Marian Sinclair
1950	The Iroquois Trail	Marion Thorne

Persondata
NAME	Marshall, Brenda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ardis Ankerson Gaines
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	September 29, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Negros, Philippines
DATE OF DEATH	July 30, 1992
PLACE OF DEATH	Palm Springs, California, United States