Marie Windsor

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1919-12-11
  • event Death Date 2000-12-10
  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Marysvale, Utah, USA
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7.7

The Killing

1956-06-06

6.1

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973-07-11

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Cinderella Swings It

1943-01-22

7.3

The Narrow Margin

1952-05-03

6.7

The Sniper

1952-05-09

4.3

The Unholy Wife

1957-06-24

6.1

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955-06-23

6.5

Force of Evil

1950-08-24

6.8

The Outfit

1973-10-19

6

City That Never Sleeps

1953-06-12

3.5

Swamp Women

1956-04-01

5.4

Hell's Half Acre

1954-06-01

5.8

Trouble Along the Way

1953-04-04

6.2

Double Deal

1950-12-01

4.7

The Story of Mankind

1957-11-08

4.1

Cat-Women of the Moon

1953-09-03

5.9

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949-09-15

6.1

The Girl in Black Stockings

1957-09-24

6.1

Freaky Friday

1976-12-17

5.5

Japanese War Bride

1952-01-29

6.6

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971-05-26

5.4

Two Dollar Bettor

1951-09-09

5.4

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969-10-10

4.7

No Man's Woman

1955-10-27

2

J.O.E. and the Colonel

1985-09-11

7

Horrible Horror

1986-01-01

6

Eyes in the Night

1942-10-16

4.4

Outlaw Women

1952-04-28

5

The Jungle

1952-08-01

5.5

Critic's Choice

1963-02-24

4.8

The Showdown

1950-08-15

5.4

One More Train to Rob

1971-02-19

6.6

Little Big Horn

1951-06-15

4

The Day Mars Invaded Earth

1963-02-14

5.8

Pilot #5

1943-06-24

6.6

The Bounty Hunter

1954-09-25

6.8

Mail Order Bride

1964-03-10

4.8

Outpost in Morocco

1949-05-02

3.2

Lovely But Deadly

1981-06-19

4.1

The Parson and the Outlaw

1957-09-23

4.2

Two-Gun Lady

1955-10-15

5.7

Frenchie

1950-12-25

6

Paradise Alley

1962-01-02

5

Dakota Lil

1950-02-17

5.5

So This Is Love

1953-07-15

6

Four Jacks and a Jill

1942-01-23

4

Commando Squad

1987-06-01

5

Hurricane Island

1951-07-16

5.5

The Tall Texan

1953-02-13

5

The Eddie Cantor Story

1953-12-25

3.5

Follow the Leader

1944-06-03

6.8

The Three Musketeers

1948-10-20

6.8

Song of the Thin Man

1947-08-28

6

Island Women

1958-05-01

5

The Silver Star

1955-04-07

6.1

Bedtime Story

1964-06-10

5.8

Hellfire

1949-05-29

5.5

Chamber of Horrors

1966-10-19

5

Living in a Big Way

1947-06-10

5.8

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949-05-27

6.4

The Pirate

1948-06-11

4.2

All-American Co-Ed

1941-10-31

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The Lady or the Tiger?

1942-03-28

4.5

Let's Face It

1943-08-04

0

I Love My Husband, But!

1946-12-07

6.9

The Hucksters

1947-07-17

6.3

George Washington Slept Here

1942-10-30

3

The Perfect Woman

1981-01-01

6.5

Day of the Badman

1958-01-29

7.5

I Love My Wife BUT!

1947-04-05

5

Parachute Nurse

1942-08-06

7.4

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001-05-02

5.4

Hearts of the West

1975-10-08

5.7

Weekend for Three

1941-12-12

6.2

Wild Women

1970-10-20

5.8

The Big Street

1942-08-13

2.8

Flying with Music

1942-05-22

7.2

Lou Grant

1977-09-20

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

7.2

Tales from the Darkside

1984-09-30

6.7

77 Sunset Strip

1958-10-10

5.8

Cheyenne

1955-09-20

6.8

Maverick

1957-09-22

5

Bourbon Street Beat

1959-10-05

7.2

The Incredible Hulk

1977-11-04

5.4

The F.B.I.

1965-09-19

7.4

Batman

1966-01-12

6.7

Simon & Simon

1981-11-24

7.1

Hawaii Five-O

1968-09-20

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

1971-01-05

6.6

Charlie's Angels

1976-09-22

6.7

Mannix

1967-09-16

6.4

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983-10-03

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

5.7

Stories of the Century

1954-01-23

5.2

Hawaiian Eye

1959-10-07

7.1

Adam-12

1968-09-21

7

Rawhide

1959-01-09

7.1

Police Story

1973-03-20

6

Yancy Derringer

1958-10-02

6

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

6.7

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955-09-06

3

Climax!

1954-10-07

4.8

Bronco

1958-09-23

4.6

Matinee Theater

1955-10-31

5

Bracken's World

1969-09-19

5.5

Supercarrier

1988-03-06

5.5

The Alaskans

1959-10-04

6.4

Branded

1965-01-24

5.3

The Rebel

1959-10-04

6.3

Bat Masterson

1958-10-08

0

The Whistler

1954-07-13

4.8

The Legend of Jesse James

1965-09-13

0

City Detective

1953-09-07

5.2

The Outsider

1968-09-18

7.5

Bonanza

1959-09-12

7

Rawhide

1959-01-09

7

Rawhide

1959-01-09

7.1

Adam-12

1968-09-21

7.1

Adam-12

1968-09-21

5

Shotgun Slade

1959-10-24

6.8

Salem's Lot

1979-11-17

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

6.6

Charlie's Angels

1976-09-22

7.5

Bonanza

1959-09-12

7.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30