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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 7, 1908
Died
August 13, 1985
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Marion Suplee
- Marian Martin
Marion Martin
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
LaBelle La Tour
Oklahoma Annie
1952
6.0
Diana (as Marian Martin)
Journey Into Light
1951
5.5
Gladys
Merry Mavericks
1951
5.0
Blonde Singer
Dakota Lil
1950
6.2
Emmy
Key to the City
1950
4.7
Bar Blonde
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949
6.4
Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
Come to the Stable
1949
3.7
Pearl (as Marian Martin)
Thunder in the Pines
1948
2.0
Loud Friend's Girlfriend
Should Husbands Marry?
1947
4.5
JoJo, the Blonde
Lighthouse
1947
Credits
Oklahoma Annie
as LaBelle La Tour
1952
8.0
Journey Into Light
as Diana (as Marian Martin)
1951
6.0
Merry Mavericks
as Gladys
1951
5.5
Dakota Lil
as Blonde Singer
1950
5.0
Key to the City
as Emmy
1950
6.2
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Bar Blonde
1949
4.7
Come to the Stable
as Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
1949
6.4
Thunder in the Pines
as Pearl (as Marian Martin)
1948
3.7
Should Husbands Marry?
as Loud Friend's Girlfriend
1947
2.0
Lighthouse
as JoJo, the Blonde
1947
4.5
That Brennan Girl
as Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend (as Marian Martin)
1946
5.3
Nobody Lives Forever
as Lou, Blonde (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Angel on My Shoulder
as Mrs. Bentley
1946
6.4
Black Angel
as Millie
1946
6.1
Queen of Burlesque
as Lola Cassell
1946
0.0
Deadline for Murder
as Laura Gibson
1946
0.0
Suspense
as Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Cinderella Jones
as Burlesque Queen
1946
3.3
Girls of the Big House
as Dixie
1945
6.0
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Miss Milbane
1945
5.7
On Stage Everybody
as Bubbles (uncredited)
1945
0.0
Gangs of the Waterfront
as Rita (as Marian Martin)
1945
6.0
Penthouse Rhythm
as Irma King
1945
0.0
The Phantom Speaks
as Betty Hanzel
1945
5.4
Eadie Was a Lady
as Rose Allure
1945
4.0
The Great Mike
as Kitty Tremaine
1944
0.0
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]
1944
6.0
The Merry Monahans
as Soubrette
1944
5.5
Gildersleeve's Ghost
as Terry Vance
1944
5.0
It Happened Tomorrow
as Nurse (uncredited)
1944
6.7
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Ghost of Josephine
1944
4.0
The Woman of the Town
as Daisy Davenport
1943
6.3
Lady of Burlesque
as Alice Angel
1943
5.3
They Got Me Covered
as Gloria
1943
5.9
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Myrtle
1942
5.5
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Diana De Corro
1942
5.2
The Big Street
as Mimi Venus
1942
5.8
Tales of Manhattan
as 'Squirrel' Grey
1942
6.3
Powder Town
as Sue, Blonde Piano Player
1942
3.7
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Fifi Russell
1942
3.0
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Wedded Blitz
as Mrs. Errol
1942
0.0
Fly By Night
as Nurse
1942
6.4
Weekend for Three
as Mrs. Gloria Weatherby
1941
5.7
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Fifi
1941
4.3
Lady Scarface
as Ruby / Mary Jordan
1941
5.1
New Wine
as Mitzi
1941
0.0
Cracked Nuts
as Flashy Blonde in Corridor
1941
0.0
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Love at First Fright
as Liza Hatrack
1941
0.0
The Big Store
as Peggy Arden
1941
6.2
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Gertie
1941
5.2
Blonde Inspiration
as Wanda
1941
5.4
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Dawn
1941
5.7
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Cornelia
1940
5.7
Blondes and Blunders
as Blondie, Jewel Thief
1940
0.0
Boom Town
as Whitey
1940
6.9
Untamed
as 2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited)
1940
4.3
His Girl Friday
as Evangeline (uncredited)
1940
7.4
Invisible Stripes
as Blonde (uncredited)
1939
6.3
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Mlle. de la Valliere
1939
7.0
Invitation to Happiness
as Lola Snow
1939
0.0
Sergeant Madden
as Charlotte LePage
1939
6.0
Pirates of the Skies
1939
0.0
🎬
His Exciting Night
as Gypsy McCoy
1938
3.0
The Storm
as Jane
1938
0.0
Youth Takes a Fling
as Girl on Beach
1938
1.0
Sinners in Paradise
as Iris Compton
1938
5.3
🎬
Cupid Takes a Holiday
as Annabelle Postal -1st Prospective Bride
1938
0.0
🎬
The Miss They Missed
1938
0.0
🎬
Boy, Oh Boy
as Miss Glory Hutchinson
1936
0.0
🎬
Richard Himber and His Orchestra
as Singer
1935
3.5
🎬
The Magic of Music
as Blonde guest
1935
0.0
Moon Over Manhattan
1935
0.0
🎬
She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie
as Miss Brooks
1934
0.0
Crime Without Passion
as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Mr. W's Little Game
as The Blonde
1934
5.0