10 Facts About Brenda Marshall

1.

Brenda Marshall's initial billing as Brenda Marshall came in Espionage Agent.

2.

Brenda Marshall starred opposite James Cagney in Captains of the Clouds.

3.

Brenda Marshall had a popular success in The Constant Nymph, but she virtually retired after this, appearing in only four more films, including the Western Whispering Smith.

4.

Brenda Marshall played scientist Nora Goodrich in the B picture cult film Strange Impersonation.

5.

Brenda Marshall was born as Ardis Ankerson in the American Philippines to Swedish parents.

6.

Brenda Marshall was one of two daughters of Otto Peter Ankerson, overseer of a large sugar plantation near Bacolod.

7.

Brenda Marshall's mother died in 1925 when she was young, so Ardis, along with her older sister Ruth, attended grammar school and began high school studies as boarding students at the Brent School in Baguio.

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8.

Brenda Marshall was her stage name, but she refused to use the name off-camera and insisted that her friends call her by her real name.

9.

Brenda Marshall married the actor Richard Huston Gaines in 1936, and they had one daughter, Virginia; the couple divorced in 1940.

10.

Brenda Marshall died in 1992 from throat cancer in Palm Springs, aged 76.