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
Credits
- 1979 · Willa as Lady Trucker
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1975 · Once Is Not Enough as Myrna
- 1962 · Married Too Young as Susan Newton
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as
- 1958 · 1104 Sutton Road as
- 1951 · I'll See You in My Dreams as Frankie Mason (uncredited)
- 1950 · Mark of the Gorilla as Barbara Bentley
- 1949 · Barbary Pirate as Anne Ridgeway
- 1949 · Shamrock Hill as Carol Judson
- 1948 · Disaster as Jerry Hansford
- 1948 · The Fuller Brush Man as Sara Franzen
- 1947 · Beyond Our Own as Ann Rogers
- 1947 · Key Witness as Marge Andrews
- 1947 · Joe Palooka in the Knockout as Nina
- 1947 · Too Many Winners as Phyllis Hamilton
- 1946 · Alias Mr. Twilight as Corky Corcoran
- 1946 · Boston Blackie and the Law as Irene
- 1946 · Dragonwyck as Elizabeth Van Borden
- 1946 · Talk About a Lady as Toni Marlowe
- 1946 · Sentimental Journey as Ruth
- 1945 · The Dolly Sisters as Lenora Baldwin
- 1945 · Circumstantial Evidence as Agnes Hannon
- 1944 · Roger Touhy, Gangster as Gloria
- 1944 · Ladies of Washington as Carol Northrup
- 1944 · The Purple Heart as Mrs. Ross
- 1944 · The Fighting Sullivans as Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
- 1943 · The Dancing Masters as Trudy Harlan
- 1943 · Heaven Can Wait as Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
- 1943 · Coney Island as Girl Friend
- 1943 · Crash Dive as Telephone Operator
- 1942 · Springtime in the Rockies as Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)