About
Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress. Born Ardis Ankerson 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. After divorcing actor Richard Gaines in 1940, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly slowed. 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.
Filmography
The Iroquois Trail1950 · Marion
Whispering Smith1948 · Marian Sinclair
Strange Impersonation1946 · Nora Goodrich
Paris After Dark1943 · Yvonne Blanchard
Background to Danger1943 · Tamara Zaleshoff
The Constant Nymph1943 · Toni Sanger
Wings Up1943 · Herself
You Can't Escape Forever1942 · Laurie Abbott
Captains of the Clouds1942 · Emily Foster
Breakdowns of 19411941 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Smiling Ghost1941 · Lil Barstow
Highway West1941 · Claire Foster
Singapore Woman1941 · Vicki Moore
Footsteps in the Dark1941 · Rita Warren
South of Suez1940 · Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
East of the River1940 · Laurie Romayne
Money and the Woman1940 · Barbara Patteson
The Sea Hawk1940 · Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
The Man Who Talked Too Much1940 · Celia Farrady
Espionage Agent1939 · Brenda Ballard