Marla English

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Marla English (actually Marleine Gaile English ; born January 4, 1935 in San Diego , California - † December 10, 2012 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American actress in the 1950s.

Life

After winning a beauty pageant in her hometown, she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures . For a weekly fee of $ 150, she had tiny roles in 1954 films such as Red Garters and Das Fenster zum Hof . She was to experience her breakthrough alongside Spencer Tracy in the drama Mountain of Temptation , which was filmed in France, which is why English received a smallpox vaccination. Since then set a fever, she decided to cancel the film and was replaced by Paramount by Barbara Darrow . In an interview with Parade Magazineshe declared in September 1955 that she had taken a stupid step with it and was unsure why she had decided against the film. An acquaintance told the newspaper that English had fallen in love with Paramount colleague Larry Pennell and canceled his trip to France in protest against his lack of cast in the film. So almost exclusively B-films remained for English during her Hollywood career. You saw them in 1956 in crooks, scoundrels, brisk women , runaway daughters , the horror film Creature of Terror and the western Blood and Spurs ; 1957 finally in Voodoo Woman . In 1955 she was cast alongside John Ireland and Pennell in Hell's Horizon . At times she was called "The Poor Man's Elizabeth Taylor" because of her very good looks.

In 1956 she ended her acting career at the age of 21 when she met the businessman A. Paul Sutherland, with whom she was married until her death.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1954: Red Garters
  • 1954: The Rear Window
  • 1955: Hell's Horizon
  • 1956: crooks, scoundrels, brisk women (Three Bad Sisters)
  • 1956: The She-Creature
  • 1956: Blood and Spores (Flesh and the Spur)
  • 1956: Runaway Daughters
  • 1957: Voodoo Woman

Web links

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  • Kannapolis Daily Independent, Louella Parsons Reports From Hollywood , March 4, 1956, Page 22.
  • Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, People In The News , July 22, 1956, Page 6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] St. Petersburg Times, September 18, 1955
  2. ↑ [2] St. Petersburg Times, September 18, 1955
personal data
SURNAME English, Marla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES English, Marleine Gaile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress 1950s
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 2012
Place of death Tucson , Arizona , United States