Acting
Trudy Marshall
EN cinema · 30 credits
Born
14 February 1922
Died
23 May 2004 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Gertrude Madeline Marshall · Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall
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
Filmography
Willa
as Lady Trucker
Once Is Not Enough
as Myrna
Married Too Young
as Susan Newton
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Frankie Mason (uncredited)
Mark of the Gorilla
as Barbara Bentley
Shamrock Hill
as Carol Judson
Barbary Pirate
as Anne Ridgeway
Disaster
as Jerry Hansford
The Fuller Brush Man
as Sara Franzen
Key Witness
as Marge Andrews
Too Many Winners
as Phyllis Hamilton
Beyond Our Own
as Ann Rogers
Dragonwyck
as Elizabeth Van Borden
Alias Mr. Twilight
as Corky Corcoran
Talk About a Lady
as Toni Marlowe
Circumstantial Evidence
as Agnes Hannon
The Dolly Sisters
as Lenora Baldwin
The Purple Heart
as Mrs. Ross
The Fighting Sullivans
as Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
Ladies of Washington
as Carol Northrup
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Gloria
The Dancing Masters
as Trudy Harlan
Coney Island
as Girl Friend
Crash Dive
as Telephone Operator
Heaven Can Wait
as Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies
as Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)