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Trudy Marshall

American actress (1920–2004)

Leland Lindsay

(m. 1940; div. 1944)

Philip Jordan Raffin

(m. 1944; died 1981)

Children3; including Deborah Raffin

Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall^[1] (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.^[1] She graduated from Floral Park Memorial High School.^[2]

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.^[2]

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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.^[3]

Death

On May 23, 2004, Marshall died at age 84 in her Century City, Los Angeles, home.^[3] She is interred in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.^[4]

Partial filmography

Secret Agent of Japan (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Footlight Serenade (1942) - Secretary (uncredited)
Berlin Correspondent (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Orchestra Wives (1942) - Irene (uncredited)
Girl Trouble (1942) - Miss Kennedy
Thunder Birds (1942) - Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942) - Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)
Crash Dive (1943) - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Coney Island (1943) - Girl Friend (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait (1943) - Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
The Dancing Masters (1943) - Trudy Harlan
The Fighting Sullivans (1944) - Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
The Purple Heart (1944) - Mrs. Ross
Ladies of Washington (1944) - Carol Northrup
Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) - Gloria
Circumstantial Evidence (1945) - Agnes Hannon
The Dolly Sisters (1945) - Lenora Baldwin
Sentimental Journey (1946) - Ruth
Talk About a Lady (1946) - Toni Marlowe
Dragonwyck (1946) - Elizabeth Van Borden
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946) - Irene
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) - Corky Corcoran
Too Many Winners (1947) - Phyllis Hamilton
Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947) - Nina
Key Witness (1947) - Marge Andrews
Beyond Our Own (1947) - Ann Rogers
The Fuller Brush Man (1948) - Sara Franzen
Disaster (1948) - Jerry Hansford
Shamrock Hill (1949) - Carol Judson
Barbary Pirate (1949) - Anne Ridgeway
Mark of the Gorilla (1950) - Barbara Bentley
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) - Frankie Mason (uncredited)
The President's Lady (1953) - Jane Donelson (uncredited)
Full of Life (1956) - Nora Gregory
Married Too Young (1962) - Susan Newton
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975) - Myrna

References

^ ^a ^b "Person Details for Gertrude Madeline Marshall, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Vallance, Tom (June 14, 2004). "Trudy Marshall". Independent. Archived from the original on September 13, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Trudy Marshall, 84; Starred in Several Films in 1940s". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. June 5, 2004. p. B 15. Retrieved October 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.