From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarion Martin (born Marion Suplee, June 7, 1909 – August 13, 1985) was an American movie and stage actress.Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a Bethlehem Steel executive. She became an actress after her family fortune was lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and appeared in the Broadway productions Lombardi Ltd. and Sweet Adeline.She made her film debut in Shes My Lillie, Im Her Willie and subsequently played minor roles, often as showgirls. Several of her early roles were in musicals and she achieved some success as a singer. By the end of the decade she had played leading female roles in several B pictures, playing one of her most notable roles in James Whales Sinners in Paradise (1938). Despite her success she was often cast in minor roles in more widely seen films such as His Girl Friday (1940). The majority of her roles were in comedies but she also appeared in dramas such as Boom Town (1940) in which she played a dance hall singer who is briefly romanced by Clark Gable. She played secondary roles in three Lupe Vélez Mexican Spitfire films in the early 1940s, and was a comic foil for the Marx Brothers in The Big Store, where the back of her skirt is cut away by Harpo.She played a ghost in Gildersleeves Ghost, and was the subject of a legendary fistfight between Gildersleeve star Harold Peary and Warner Bros studio mogul Bud Stevens at the Mocambo nightclub in 1943. Her more substantial roles included Alice Angel, a dizzy showgirl, in the murder mystery Lady of Burlesque with Barbara Stanwyck and Angel on My Shoulder. She also appeared in The Big Street with Lucille Ball, in the western The Woman of the Town with Claire Trevor and in The Great Mike at PRC in 1944.By the late 1940s, her roles were often minor. Three Stooges fans will remember her as western cowgirl Gladys in Merry Mavericks. She played Belle Farnol in a 1950 episode of The Lone Ranger entitled Pardon for Curley. Shortly afterward, she made her final film appearance in 1952. Married to a physicist, Martin retired, and although she expressed the desire to return to show business, suitable roles were not offered to her.She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to motion pictures, at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. She died in 1985 in Santa Monica, California, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Millie
Film 1946
Mrs. Bentley
Film 1946
Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
Film 1946
Annabelle Postal -1st Prospective Bride
Film 1938
Mlle. de la Valliere
Film 1939
Alice Angel
Film 1943
Ruby / Mary Jordan
Film 1941
Mimi Venus
Film 1942
Loud Friend's Girlfriend
Film 1947
JoJo, the Blonde
Film 1947
Laura Gibson
Film 1946
Rita (as Marian Martin)
Film 1945
Gladys
Film 1951
Iris Compton
Film 1938
Myrtle
Film 1942
Charlotte LePage
Film 1939
Terry Vance
Film 1944
Lola Cassell
Film 1946
Fifi Russell
Film 1942
Mrs. Gloria Weatherby
Film 1941
Film 1938
Fifi
Film 1941
LaBelle La Tour
Film 1952
Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]
Film 1944
Kitty Tremaine
Film 1944
The Blonde
Film 1934
Miss Brooks
Film 1934
Diana De Corro
Film 1942
Gloria
Film 1943
Betty Hanzel
Film 1945
Girl on Beach
Film 1938
Peggy Arden
Film 1941
Film 1939
Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
Film 1949
Dixie
Film 1945
Evangeline (uncredited)
Film 1940
Blonde Singer
Film 1950
Nurse (uncredited)
Film 1944
Gypsy McCoy
Film 1938
Gertie
Film 1941
Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend (as Marian Martin)
Film 1946
2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited)
Film 1940
Pearl (as Marian Martin)
Film 1948
Liza Hatrack
Film 1941
Rose Allure
Film 1945
Wanda
Film 1941
Sue, Blonde Piano Player
Film 1942
Mitzi
Film 1941
Jane
Film 1938
Ghost of Josephine
Film 1944
Nurse
Film 1942
Irma King
Film 1945
Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Film 1934
Bar Blonde
Film 1949
Film 1935
Lou, Blonde (uncredited)
Film 1946
Bubbles (uncredited)
Film 1945
Blonde (uncredited)
Film 1939
Mrs. Errol
Film 1942
Blondie, Jewel Thief
Film 1940
Diana (as Marian Martin)
Film 1951
Singer
Film 1935
Blonde guest
Film 1935
Miss Glory Hutchinson
Film 1936