Trudy Marshall

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.

Known For

Starsky & Hutch

The Donna Reed Show

Heaven Can Wait

Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)

Dragonwyck

Elizabeth Van Borden

Once Is Not Enough

Myrna

The Purple Heart

Mrs. Ross

Crash Dive

Telephone Operator

I'll See You in My Dreams

Frankie Mason (uncredited)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1979	Willa	Lady Trucker
1975	Once Is Not Enough	Myrna
1962	Married Too Young	Susan Newton
1958	1104 Sutton Road
1951	I'll See You in My Dreams	Frankie Mason (uncredited)
1950	Mark of the Gorilla	Barbara Bentley
1949	Shamrock Hill	Carol Judson
1949	Barbary Pirate	Anne Ridgeway
1948	Disaster	Jerry Hansford
1948	The Fuller Brush Man	Sara Franzen
1947	Key Witness	Marge Andrews
1947	Too Many Winners	Phyllis Hamilton
1947	Joe Palooka in the Knockout	Nina
1947	Beyond Our Own	Ann Rogers
1946	Dragonwyck	Elizabeth Van Borden
1946	Boston Blackie and the Law	Irene
1946	Sentimental Journey	Ruth
1946	Alias Mr. Twilight	Corky Corcoran
1946	Talk About a Lady	Toni Marlowe
1945	Circumstantial Evidence	Agnes Hannon
1945	The Dolly Sisters	Lenora Baldwin
1944	The Purple Heart	Mrs. Ross
1944	The Fighting Sullivans	Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
1944	Ladies of Washington	Carol Northrup
1944	Roger Touhy, Gangster	Gloria
1943	The Dancing Masters	Trudy Harlan
1943	Coney Island	Girl Friend
1943	Heaven Can Wait	Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
1943	Crash Dive	Telephone Operator
1942	Springtime in the Rockies	Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
1975	Starsky & Hutch
1958	The Donna Reed Show