Trudy Marshall
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-02-14 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2004-05-23
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 Known For
Starsky & Hutch
The Donna Reed Show
Dragonwyck
as Elizabeth Van Borden
Heaven Can Wait
as Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
Crash Dive
as Telephone Operator
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Frankie Mason (uncredited)
The Purple Heart
as Mrs. Ross
Once Is Not Enough
as Myrna
The Fuller Brush Man
as Sara Franzen
The Dancing Masters
as Trudy Harlan
The Fighting Sullivans
as Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
Coney Island
as Girl Friend
Circumstantial Evidence
as Agnes Hannon
Sentimental Journey
as Ruth
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Gloria
Springtime in the Rockies
as Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)
The Dolly Sisters
as Lenora Baldwin
Too Many Winners
as Phyllis Hamilton
Willa
as Lady Trucker
Boston Blackie and the Law
as Irene