Cast
Marion Martin
Acting
Cast
Marion Martin
Known for
Acting
Born
1908-06-07
From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1985-08-13
Also known as Marion Suplee, Marian Martin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion 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 She's My Lillie, I'm 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 Whale's 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 Gildersleeve's 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.
★7.4
MOVIE1940
His Girl Friday
as Evangeline (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1943
Lady of Burlesque
as Alice Angel
★6.2
MOVIE1939
Invisible Stripes
as Blonde (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Bar Blonde
★6.1
MOVIE1946
Black Angel
as Millie
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Invitation to Happiness
as Lola Snow
★6.0
MOVIE1951
Merry Mavericks
as Gladys
★5.8
MOVIE1942
The Big Street
as Mimi Venus
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Blonde Inspiration
as Wanda
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Tales of Manhattan
as Squirrel
★6.4
MOVIE1946
Nobody Lives Forever
as Lou, Blonde (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Boom Town
as Whitey
★7.1
MOVIE1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Mlle. de la Valliere
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Angel on My Shoulder
as Rosie Morgan Bentley
★6.2
MOVIE1941
The Big Store
as Peggy Arden
★6.8
MOVIE1944
It Happened Tomorrow
as Nurse (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1943
They Got Me Covered
as Gloria
★6.5
MOVIE1944
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]
★6.7
MOVIE1949
Come to the Stable
as Rossi's Manicurist (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Key to the City
as Emmy
★5.4
MOVIE1938
Sinners in Paradise
as Iris Compton
★6.1
MOVIE1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Dawn
★5.8
MOVIE1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Miss Milbane
★10.0
MOVIE1941
New Wine
as Mitzi
★7.5
MOVIE1945
Gangs of the Waterfront
as Rita (as Marian Martin)
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Lady Scarface
as Ruby / Mary Jordan
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Sergeant Madden
as Charlotte LePage
★5.4
MOVIE1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Diana De Corro
★8.7
MOVIE1952
Oklahoma Annie
as LaBelle La Tour
★4.4
MOVIE1942
Powder Town
as Sue, Blonde Piano Player
★9.0
MOVIE1946
Deadline for Murder
as Laura Gibson
★5.9
MOVIE1934
Crime Without Passion
as Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
★4.6
MOVIE1947
Lighthouse
as JoJo, the Blonde
★8.0
MOVIE1945
On Stage Everybody
as Bubbles (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1951
Journey Into Light
as Diana (as Marian Martin)
★6.4
MOVIE1943
The Woman of the Town
as Daisy Davenport
★5.5
MOVIE1946
That Brennan Girl
as Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend (as Marian Martin)
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Fly By Night
as Nurse
★5.3
MOVIE1944
The Merry Monahans
as Soubrette
★9.0
MOVIE1939
Pirates of the Skies
★5.8
MOVIE1940
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Cornelia
★5.7
MOVIE1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Gertie
★3.8
MOVIE1946
Cinderella Jones
as Burlesque Queen
★5.3
MOVIE1944
Gildersleeve's Ghost
as Terry Vance
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Suspense
as Shooting Gallery Blond (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1938
The Storm
as Jane
★5.2
MOVIE1948
Thunder in the Pines
as Pearl (as Marian Martin)
★4.7
MOVIE1935
Richard Himber and His Orchestra
as Singer
★4.4
MOVIE1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Fifi Russell
★4.6
MOVIE1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Fifi
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Untamed
as 2nd Girl in Limousine (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1946
Queen of Burlesque
as Lola Cassell
★5.7
MOVIE1945
The Phantom Speaks
as Betty Hanzel
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Cracked Nuts
as Flashy Blonde in Corridor
★4.4
MOVIE1945
Eadie Was a Lady
as Rose Allure
★7.5
MOVIE1945
Girls of the Big House
as Dixie
★5.4
MOVIE1950
Dakota Lil
as Blonde Singer
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Weekend for Three
as Mrs. Gloria Weatherby
★9.0
MOVIE1944
The Great Mike
as Kitty Tremaine
★4.7
MOVIE1947
Should Husbands Marry?
as Loud Friend's Girlfriend
★5.7
MOVIE1944
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Ghost of Josephine
★6.7
MOVIE1942
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Myrtle
★8.0
MOVIE1945
Penthouse Rhythm
as Irma King
★8.0
MOVIE1934
She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie
as Miss Brooks
★5.5
MOVIE1938
Youth Takes a Fling
as Girl on Beach
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Blondes and Blunders
as Blondie, Jewel Thief
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Boy, Oh Boy
as Miss Glory Hutchinson
★7.0
MOVIE1938
The Miss They Missed
★9.0
MOVIE1941
Love at First Fright
as Liza Hatrack
★10.0
MOVIE1942
Wedded Blitz
as Mrs. Errol
★6.3
MOVIE1934
Mr. W's Little Game
as The Blonde
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Moon Over Manhattan
MOVIE1935
The Magic of Music
as Blonde guest
★4.3
MOVIE1938
His Exciting Night
as Gypsy McCoy
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Cupid Takes a Holiday
as Annabelle Postal -1st Prospective Bride