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Woman
11 Dec 1919
10 Dec 2000 (80)
Marysvale, Utah, USA
Marie Windsor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many B-movies and film noirs. After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, Windsor began playing feature parts on the big screen in 1947. Her first film contract, with Warner Bros. in 1942, resulted from her writing jokes and submitting them to Jack Benny. Windsor said she submitted the gags under the name M.E. Windsor "because I was afraid he might be prejudiced against a woman gag writer." When Benny finally met Windsor, "he was stunned by her good looks" and had a producer sign her to a contract. After a tenure with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which the studio "signed her, put her in two small roles and then promptly forgot her", she signed a seven-year contract with The Enterprise Studios in 1948. The actress' first memorable role was in 1948 with John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. She had roles in numerous 1950s film noirs, notably The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps, and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie, The Killing, in which she played Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. She also made a foray into science fiction with the 1953 release of Cat-Women of the Moon. Windsor co-starred with Randolph Scott in The Bounty Hunter (1954). Later, Windsor moved to television. She appeared in 1954 as Belle Starr in the premiere episode of Stories of the Century. In 1962, she played Ann Jesse, a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of Lawman. She appeared on programs such as Maverick, Bat Masterson, Perry Mason, Bourbon Street Beat, The Incredible Hulk, Rawhide, General Hospital, Salem's Lot (TV miniseries), and Murder, She Wrote. Windsor worked consistently through the 1960s and 1970s, and remained on screen once or so annually up to the 1990s, playing her final role at 72 in 1991. Windsor has a star at 1549 N. Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated January 19, 1983. She was among the 500 stars nominated for selection as one of the 50 greatest American screen legends, as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years. In 1987, Windsor received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for best actress for her work in The Bar Off Melrose. She also received the Ralph Morgan Award from the Screen Actors Guild for her service on the organization's board of directors.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self |
1988 | Supercarrier | |
1987 | Commando Squad | Casey |
1986 | Horrible Horror | Helen Salinger in 'Cat-Women of the Moon' |
1985 | J.O.E. and the Colonel | Mom Roth |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Kate Gunnerson |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Caroline |
1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Madame Angler |
1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
1981 | Simon & Simon | |
1981 | Lovely But Deadly | Aunt May |
1981 | The Perfect Woman | Zelda |
1979 | Salem's Lot | Eva Miller |
1977 | The Incredible Hulk | |
1977 | Lou Grant | |
1976 | Freaky Friday | Mrs Murphy |
1976 | Charlie's Angels | Eve Le Deux |
1976 | Charlie's Angels | Gloria Kellerman |
1975 | Hearts of the West | Woman in Nevada |
1973 | Cahill: United States Marshal | Mrs. Hetty Green |
1973 | The Outfit | Madge Coyle |
1973 | Police Story | |
1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Goldie |
1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
1971 | One More Train to Rob | Slim |
1970 | Wild Women | Lottie Clampett |
1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Polly |
1969 | Bracken's World | Sally |
1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Gloria Marshall |
1968 | Adam-12 | Jenny |
1968 | Adam-12 | Eunice Claridge |
1968 | Adam-12 | Carolyn Halsman |
1968 | The Outsider | |
1967 | Mannix | |
1966 | Batman | Nellie Majors |
1966 | Chamber of Horrors | Madame Corona |
1965 | The F.B.I. | Grace |
1965 | Branded | |
1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Queenie |
1964 | Bedtime Story | Mrs. Sutton |
1964 | Mail Order Bride | Hannah |
1963 | The Day Mars Invaded Earth | Claire Fielding |
1963 | Critic's Choice | Sally Orr |
1962 | Paradise Alley | Linda Belita |
1959 | Bonanza | Mrs. Elizabeth Lassiter |
1959 | Bonanza | Elizabeth Lassiter |
1959 | Rawhide | Narcie Adams |
1959 | Rawhide | Miss Katie |
1959 | Rawhide | Amie Claybank |
1959 | Hawaiian Eye | |
1959 | The Rebel | Emma Longdon |
1959 | The Alaskans | |
1959 | Shotgun Slade | Alice Batson |
1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
1958 | Day of the Badman | Cora Johnson |
1958 | Bat Masterson | Polly Landers |
1958 | Yancy Derringer | Billie Jo James |
1958 | Bronco | |
1958 | Island Women | Elizabeth |
1957 | Perry Mason | Linda Griffith |
1957 | Perry Mason | Flavia Pierce |
1957 | Perry Mason | Edith 'Edie' Morrow |
1957 | Perry Mason | Mrs. Helen Reed |
1957 | Maverick | Cora |
1957 | The Girl in Black Stockings | Julia Parry |
1957 | The Story of Mankind | Josephine Bonaparte |
1957 | The Unholy Wife | Gwen |
1957 | The Parson and the Outlaw | Tonya |
1956 | The Killing | Sherry Peatty |
1956 | Swamp Women | Josie Nardo |
1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Madame Rontru |
1955 | Gunsmoke | Mary K. |
1955 | Cheyenne | |
1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
1955 | No Man's Woman | Carolyn Ellenson Grant |
1955 | Two-Gun Lady | Bess |
1955 | Matinee Theater | |
1955 | The Silver Star | Karen Childress |
1954 | The Bounty Hunter | Alice Williams |
1954 | Hell's Half Acre | Rose |
1954 | Climax! | Vivian Cummings |
1954 | Stories of the Century | Belle Starr |
1954 | The Whistler | |
1953 | Cat-Women of the Moon | Helen Salinger |
1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Lydia Biddel |
1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Anne Williams McCormick |
1953 | The Tall Texan | Laura Tompson |
1953 | So This Is Love | Marilyn Montgomery |
1953 | The Eddie Cantor Story | Cleo Abbott |
1953 | City Detective | |
1952 | The Narrow Margin | Mrs. Frankie Neall |
1952 | The Sniper | Jean Darr |
1952 | Outlaw Women | Iron Mae McLeod |
1952 | Japanese War Bride | Fran Sterling |
1952 | The Jungle | Princess Mari |
1951 | Two Dollar Bettor | Mary Slate |
1951 | Little Big Horn | Celie Donlin |
1951 | Hurricane Island | Jane Bolton |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Alice Batson |
1950 | Force of Evil | Edna Tucker |
1950 | Frenchie | Diane Gorman |
1950 | Double Deal | Terry Miller |
1950 | The Showdown | Adelaide |
1950 | Dakota Lil | Dakota Lil |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Phyllis |
1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | Ann Logan |
1949 | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | LaBelle Bergere (uncredited) |
1949 | Outpost in Morocco | Cara |
1949 | Hellfire | Mary Carson / Doll Brown |
1948 | The Three Musketeers | Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
1948 | The Pirate | Madame Lucia (uncredited) |
1947 | Song of the Thin Man | Helen Amboy |
1947 | The Hucksters | Girl on Train (uncredited) |
1947 | Living in a Big Way | Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited) |
1947 | I Love My Wife BUT! | Saleswoman (uncredited) |
1946 | I Love My Husband, But! | Bridge Player (uncredited) |
1944 | Follow the Leader | |
1943 | Pilot #5 | Mrs. Claven |
1943 | Let's Face It | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
1943 | Cinderella Swings It | Girl (uncredited) |
1942 | Eyes in the Night | Actress at Rehearsal (Uncredited) |
1942 | The Big Street | Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) |
1942 | George Washington Slept Here | (uncredited) |
1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill | Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited) |
1942 | Parachute Nurse | Company 'C' Girl |
1942 | The Lady or the Tiger? | The Princess |
1941 | All-American Co-Ed | Carrot Queen (uncredited) |
1941 | Weekend for Three | Old Field Inn Patron |