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Marion Martin
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Acting
Birthday
1908-06-07,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

6

Black Angel
1946-08-02

Angel on My Shoulder

6.4

Angel on My Shoulder
1946-09-20

6.316

Suspense
1946-06-15

Tales of Manhattan

6.226

Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05

Cupid Takes a Holiday

0

Cupid Takes a Holiday
1938-02-04

The Man in the Iron Mask

7.1

The Man in the Iron Mask
1939-07-13

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

5.7

Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940-11-30

Lady of Burlesque

5.4

Lady of Burlesque
1943-05-01

Invitation to Happiness

0

Invitation to Happiness
1939-06-07

Tall, Dark and Handsome

5.4

Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941-01-24

5.1

Lady Scarface
1941-09-26

5.8

The Big Street
1942-08-13

Should Husbands Marry?

2

Should Husbands Marry?
1947-11-13

4.5

Lighthouse
1947-01-10

Deadline for Murder

0

Deadline for Murder
1946-06-28

Gangs of the Waterfront

6

Gangs of the Waterfront
1945-07-03

Merry Mavericks

5

Merry Mavericks
1951-09-06

Sinners in Paradise

5.3

Sinners in Paradise
1938-05-19

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

5.5

The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942-12-31

Sergeant Madden

6

Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24

Gildersleeve's Ghost

5

Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944-06-01

Queen of Burlesque

0

Queen of Burlesque
1946-07-24

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

3

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942-03-13

The Merry Monahans

5.5

The Merry Monahans
1944-09-15

Weekend for Three

5.7

Weekend for Three
1941-12-12

The Miss They Missed

0

The Miss They Missed
1938-01-29

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

4.3

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941-11-28

8

Oklahoma Annie
1952-03-24

Mystery of the Riverboat

6

Mystery of the Riverboat
1944-10-24

Key to the City

6.1

Key to the City
1950-02-02

0

The Great Mike
1944-11-15

6.923

Boom Town
1940-08-30

Mr. W's Little Game

5

Mr. W's Little Game
1934-01-01

She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie

0

She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie
1934-09-07

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

5.2

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942-09-17

They Got Me Covered

5.9

They Got Me Covered
1943-03-04

The Phantom Speaks

5.4

The Phantom Speaks
1945-04-13

Youth Takes a Fling

1

Youth Takes a Fling
1938-09-22

6.246

The Big Store
1941-06-20

Pirates of the Skies

0

Pirates of the Skies
1939-01-01

Cinderella Jones

3.3

Cinderella Jones
1946-03-09

Come to the Stable

6.417

Come to the Stable
1949-07-27

Girls of the Big House

6

Girls of the Big House
1945-11-02

His Girl Friday

7.4

His Girl Friday
1940-01-18

5

Dakota Lil
1950-02-17

It Happened Tomorrow

6.7

It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31

His Exciting Night

3

His Exciting Night
1938-11-11

The Lady from Cheyenne

5.2

The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11

That Brennan Girl

5.3

That Brennan Girl
1946-12-23

The Woman of the Town

6

The Woman of the Town
1943-12-31

4.3

Untamed
1940-07-24

Thunder in the Pines

5

Thunder in the Pines
1948-11-11

0

Cracked Nuts
1941-07-02

Love at First Fright

0

Love at First Fright
1941-06-25

Eadie Was a Lady

4

Eadie Was a Lady
1945-01-24

Blonde Inspiration

5.4

Blonde Inspiration
1941-02-07

3.7

Powder Town
1942-06-07

0

New Wine
1941-09-10

0

The Storm
1938-10-28

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

4

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
1944-03-07

6.4

Fly By Night
1942-01-19

Penthouse Rhythm

0

Penthouse Rhythm
1945-06-22

Crime Without Passion

5.8

Crime Without Passion
1934-08-30

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

4.7

Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949-11-11

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

5.66

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05

Moon Over Manhattan

0

Moon Over Manhattan
1935-02-15

Nobody Lives Forever

6.2

Nobody Lives Forever
1946-11-01

On Stage Everybody

0

On Stage Everybody
1945-07-13

Invisible Stripes

6.119

Invisible Stripes
1939-12-30

0

Wedded Blitz
1942-03-13

Blondes and Blunders

0

Blondes and Blunders
1940-11-29

Journey Into Light

6

Journey Into Light
1951-09-28

Richard Himber and His Orchestra

3.5

Richard Himber and His Orchestra
1935-07-15

The Magic of Music

0

The Magic of Music
1935-06-17

0

Boy, Oh Boy
1936-08-14