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Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor

Actor · 1919 – 2000 · Marysvale, Utah, USA

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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  • Movie7.6

    The Killing

    1956 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie7.4
  • Movie6.5

    The Pirate

    1948 · 109 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Freaky Friday

    1976 · 319 votes

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  • Movie6.8

    The Three Musketeers

    1948 · 164 votes

  • Movie5.9
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  • Movie6.7

    The Sniper

    1952 · 84 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie6.7

    The Outfit

    1973 · 103 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Bedtime Story

    1964 · 55 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Narrow Margin

    1952 · 179 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Trouble Along the Way

    1953 · 29 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Big Street

    1942 · 21 votes

  • Movie4.4

    The Story of Mankind

    1957 · 28 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Hearts of the West

    1975 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Bounty Hunter

    1954 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Fighting Kentuckian

    1949 · 68 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Song of the Thin Man

    1947 · 107 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Mail Order Bride

    1964 · 7 votes

  • Movie5.4

    One More Train to Rob

    1971 · 19 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Day of the Badman

    1958 · 16 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV7.5

    Murder, She Wrote

    1984 · 471 votes

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV7.5

    Bonanza

    1959 · 500 votes

  • TV7.1

    Adam-12

    1968 · 48 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV7.2

    Hawaii Five-O

    1969 · 164 votes

  • TV5.3

    Matinee Theater

    1955 · 7 votes

  • TV7.3

    Batman

    1966 · 617 votes

  • TV6.7

    Charlie's Angels

    1976 · 241 votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

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    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV7.2

    Tales from the Darkside

    1984 · 95 votes

  • TV6.7

    Simon & Simon

    1981 · 99 votes

  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Incredible Hulk

    1977 · 514 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV7.4

    Lou Grant

    1977 · 32 votes

  • TV6.2

    Yancy Derringer

    1958 · 11 votes

  • TV5.6

    Hawaiian Eye

    1959 · 10 votes

  • TV6.7

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    1983 · 46 votes

  • TV6.4

    Bat Masterson

    1958 · 16 votes