Trudy Marshall

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American actress (1920–2004)

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::summary American actress (1920–2004) ::

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nameTrudy Marshall
imageTrudy Marshall 20th Century Fox player, Sentimental Journey 1946 (cropped).jpg
captionMarshall in 1946
birth_nameGertrude Madeline Marshall
birth_date
birth_placeBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_placeCentury City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
resting_placeHillside Memorial Park Cemetery
occupation
years_active1942–1979
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* {{marriageLeland Lindsay
* {{marriagePhilip Jordan Raffin
children3; including Deborah Raffin
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| name = Trudy Marshall | image = Trudy Marshall 20th Century Fox player, Sentimental Journey 1946 (cropped).jpg | caption = Marshall in 1946 | birth_name = Gertrude Madeline Marshall | birth_date = | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | resting_place = Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery | occupation = | years_active = 1942–1979 | spouse = {{plainlist|

| children = 3; including Deborah Raffin

Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall (February 14, 1920 – May 23, 2004) was an American actress and model.

Early life

Marshall was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Madeline (née Brennan) and Frederick Marshall.

Career

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. In The Dancing Masters (1943) she was female lead to Laurel and Hardy. She next played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans (1944), 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 (1975) 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 events.

Personal life

In 1944, Marshall married businessman Phillip Raffin, with whom she had three children, including model and actress Deborah Raffin. They remained together until his death in 1981.

Death

On May 23, 2004, Marshall died at age 84 in her Century City, Los Angeles, home. She is interred in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.

Partial filmography

References

References

  1. "Person Details for Gertrude Madeline Marshall, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952" — FamilySearch.org".
  2. (June 14, 2004). "Trudy Marshall". Independent.
  3. (June 5, 2004). "Trudy Marshall, 84; Starred in Several Films in 1940s". The Los Angeles Times.
  4. Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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