Marie Windsor
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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.
Acted in
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
Supercarrier
1988
Commando Squad
1987
as Casey
Horrible Horror
1986
as Helen Salinger in 'Cat-Women of the Moon'
J.O.E. and the Colonel
1985
as Mom Roth
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Kate Gunnerson
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Madame Angler
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Caroline
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Simon & Simon
1981
Lovely But Deadly
1981
as Aunt May
The Perfect Woman
1981
as Zelda
Salem's Lot
1979
as Eva Miller
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Freaky Friday
1976
as Mrs Murphy
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Eve Le Deux
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Gloria Kellerman
Hearts of the West
1975
as Woman in Nevada
The Outfit
1973
as Madge Coyle
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Mrs. Hetty Green
Police Story
1973
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Goldie
One More Train to Rob
1971
as Slim
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Wild Women
1970
as Lottie Clampett
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Polly
Bracken's World
1969
as Sally
Adam-12
1968
as Jenny
Adam-12
1968
as Eunice Claridge
Adam-12
1968
as Carolyn Halsman
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Gloria Marshall
The Outsider
1968
Mannix
1967
Chamber of Horrors
1966
as Madame Corona
Batman
1966
as Nellie Majors
The F.B.I.
1965
as Grace
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Queenie
Branded
1965
Bedtime Story
1964
as Mrs. Sutton
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Hannah
Critic's Choice
1963
as Sally Orr
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
1963
as Claire Fielding
Paradise Alley
1962
as Linda Belita
Shotgun Slade
1959
as Alice Batson
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Alaskans
1959
The Rebel
1959
as Emma Longdon
Bonanza
1959
as Mrs. Elizabeth Lassiter
Bonanza
1959
as Elizabeth Lassiter
Rawhide
1959
as Narcie Adams
Rawhide
1959
as Miss Katie
Rawhide
1959
as Amie Claybank
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
as Polly Landers
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Billie Jo James
Bronco
1958
Island Women
1958
as Elizabeth
Day of the Badman
1958
as Cora Johnson
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Josephine Bonaparte
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957
as Julia Parry
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957
as Tonya
Maverick
1957
as Cora
Perry Mason
1957
as Linda Griffith
Perry Mason
1957
as Flavia Pierce
Perry Mason
1957
as Edith 'Edie' Morrow
Perry Mason
1957
as Mrs. Helen Reed
The Unholy Wife
1957
as Gwen
The Killing
1956
as Sherry Peatty
Swamp Women
1956
as Josie Nardo
Matinee Theater
1955
No Man's Woman
1955
as Carolyn Ellenson Grant
Two-Gun Lady
1955
as Bess
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Mary K.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
as Madame Rontru
The Silver Star
1955
as Karen Childress
Climax!
1954
as Vivian Cummings
The Bounty Hunter
1954
as Alice Williams
The Whistler
1954
Hell's Half Acre
1954
as Rose
Stories of the Century
1954
as Belle Starr
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
as Cleo Abbott
City Detective
1953
Cat-Women of the Moon
1953
as Helen Salinger
So This Is Love
1953
as Marilyn Montgomery
City That Never Sleeps
1953
as Lydia Biddel
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Anne Williams McCormick
The Tall Texan
1953
as Laura Tompson
The Jungle
1952
as Princess Mari
The Sniper
1952
as Jean Darr
The Narrow Margin
1952
as Mrs. Frankie Neall
Outlaw Women
1952
as Iron Mae McLeod
Japanese War Bride
1952
as Fran Sterling
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Alice Batson
Two Dollar Bettor
1951
as Mary Slate
Hurricane Island
1951
as Jane Bolton
Little Big Horn
1951
as Celie Donlin
Frenchie
1950
as Diane Gorman
Double Deal
1950
as Terry Miller
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Phyllis
Force of Evil
1950
as Edna Tucker
The Showdown
1950
as Adelaide
Dakota Lil
1950
as Dakota Lil
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Ann Logan
Hellfire
1949
as Mary Carson / Doll Brown
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
as LaBelle Bergere (uncredited)
Outpost in Morocco
1949
as Cara
The Three Musketeers
1948
as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
The Pirate
1948
as Madame Lucia (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man
1947
as Helen Amboy
The Hucksters
1947
as Girl on Train (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited)
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
I Love My Husband, But!
1946
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
Follow the Leader
1944
Let's Face It
1943
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Pilot #5
1943
as Mrs. Claven
Cinderella Swings It
1943
as Girl (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here
1942
as (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
1942
as Actress at Rehearsal (Uncredited)
The Big Street
1942
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Parachute Nurse
1942
as Company 'C' Girl
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942
as The Princess
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited)
Weekend for Three
1941
as Old Field Inn Patron
All-American Co-Ed
1941
as Carrot Queen (uncredited)