Marion Martin

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	1.819
Birthday	1908-06-07
Place of Birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As	Marion Suplee, Marian Martin,

Black Angel

Angel on My Shoulder

Suspense

Tales of Manhattan

Cupid Takes a Holiday

The Man in the Iron Mask

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Lady of Burlesque

Invitation to Happiness

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Lady Scarface

The Big Street

Should Husbands Marry?

Lighthouse

Deadline for Murder

Gangs of the Waterfront

Merry Mavericks

Sinners in Paradise

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

Sergeant Madden

Gildersleeve's Ghost

Queen of Burlesque

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

The Merry Monahans

Weekend for Three

The Miss They Missed

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Oklahoma Annie

Mystery of the Riverboat

Key to the City

The Great Mike

Boom Town

Mr. W's Little Game

She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

They Got Me Covered

The Phantom Speaks

Youth Takes a Fling

The Big Store

Pirates of the Skies

Cinderella Jones

Come to the Stable

Girls of the Big House

His Girl Friday

Dakota Lil

It Happened Tomorrow

His Exciting Night

The Lady from Cheyenne

That Brennan Girl

The Woman of the Town

Untamed

Thunder in the Pines

Cracked Nuts

Love at First Fright

Eadie Was a Lady

Blonde Inspiration

Powder Town

New Wine

The Storm

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

Fly-By-Night

Penthouse Rhythm

Crime Without Passion

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Moon Over Manhattan

Nobody Lives Forever

On Stage Everybody

Invisible Stripes

Wedded Blitz

Blondes and Blunders

Journey Into Light

Richard Himber and His Orchestra