
Person
Trudy Marshall
Acting · 1922–2004 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall was an American actress and model. A popular magazine cigarette girl during her modeling days for Harry Conover, Marshall was at different times "The Old Gold Girl", "The Chesterfield Girl", and "The Lucky Strike Girl". Marshall was signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. She played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans, the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS Juneau off Guadalcanal in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve. Taking roles as a decorative ingenue for a time, Marshall later played the "other woman" in a few features. Semi-retired by the 1960s, she returned very infrequently to Hollywood. She appeared in the movie Once Is Not Enough with her daughter Deborah Raffin. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood event.
Known for

The Donna Reed Show
1958

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Once Is Not Enough
Myrna

Dragonwyck
Elizabeth Van Borden

Roger Touhy, Gangster
Gloria

Heaven Can Wait
Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)

Too Many Winners
Phyllis Hamilton

Talk About a Lady
Toni Marlowe

Circumstantial Evidence
Agnes Hannon

The Purple Heart
Mrs. Ross
Filmography
- 1979WillaLady Trucker
- 1975Starsky & Hutch
- 1975Once Is Not EnoughMyrna
- 1962Married Too YoungSusan Newton
- 1958The Donna Reed Show
- 19581104 Sutton Road
- 1951I'll See You in My DreamsFrankie Mason (uncredited)
- 1950Mark of the GorillaBarbara Bentley
- 1949Barbary PirateAnne Ridgeway
- 1949Shamrock HillCarol Judson
- 1948DisasterJerry Hansford
- 1948The Fuller Brush ManSara Franzen
- 1947Beyond Our OwnAnn Rogers
- 1947Key WitnessMarge Andrews
- 1947Joe Palooka in the KnockoutNina
- 1947Too Many WinnersPhyllis Hamilton
- 1946Alias Mr. TwilightCorky Corcoran
- 1946Boston Blackie and the LawIrene
- 1946DragonwyckElizabeth Van Borden
- 1946Talk About a LadyToni Marlowe
- 1946Sentimental JourneyRuth
- 1945The Dolly SistersLenora Baldwin
- 1945Circumstantial EvidenceAgnes Hannon
- 1944Roger Touhy, GangsterGloria
- 1944Ladies of WashingtonCarol Northrup
- 1944The Purple HeartMrs. Ross
- 1944The Fighting SullivansGenevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
- 1943The Dancing MastersTrudy Harlan
- 1943Heaven Can WaitJane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
- 1943Coney IslandGirl Friend
- 1943Crash DiveTelephone Operator
- 1942Springtime in the RockiesMarilyn Crothers (uncredited)
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