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Ardis Ankerson Gaines
Brenda Marshall
Acting
Biography
Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress.
Born Ardis Ankerson in Negros, Philippines, Marshall made her first film appearance in the 1939 Espionage Agent. The following year, she played the leading lady to Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk. After divorcing actor Richard Gaines in 1940, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly slowed. She starred opposite James Cagney in the 1942 film Captains of the Clouds. The Constant Nymph (1943) was a popular success but she virtually retired after this, appearing in only four more inconse…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Iroquois Trail
as Marion
Whispering Smith
as Marian Sinclair
Strange Impersonation
as Nora Goodrich
The Constant Nymph
as Toni Sanger
Background to Danger
as Tamara Zaleshoff
Paris After Dark
as Yvonne Blanchard
Wings Up
as Herself
You Can't Escape Forever
as Laurie Abbott
Captains of the Clouds
as Emily Foster
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
