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Aliases: Gertrude Madeline Marshall , Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 22

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Dragonwyck
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7

Dragonwyck

(1946) Elizabeth Van Borden
The Purple Heart
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6

The Purple Heart

(1944) Mrs. Ross
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
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6
Willa
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0

Willa

(1979) Lady Trucker
Crash Dive
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6

Crash Dive

(1943) Telephone Operator
The Fighting Sullivans
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6

The Fighting Sullivans

(1944) Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
Circumstantial Evidence
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5

Circumstantial Evidence

(1945) Agnes Hannon
The Dolly Sisters
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6

The Dolly Sisters

(1945) Lenora Baldwin

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1979 Lady Trucker
1975 N/A
Myrna
1962 Susan Newton
1958 N/A
1951 Frankie Mason (uncredited)
1950 Barbara Bentley
1949 Anne Ridgeway
Carol Judson
1948 Jerry Hansford
Sara Franzen
1947 Ann Rogers
Marge Andrews
Nina
Phyllis Hamilton
1946 Corky Corcoran
Irene
Elizabeth Van Borden
Toni Marlowe
Ruth
1945 Lenora Baldwin
Agnes Hannon
1944 Gloria
Carol Northrup
Mrs. Ross
Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
1943 Trudy Harlan
Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
Girl Friend
Telephone Operator
1942 Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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