Marie Windsor
Acting • Born 1919-12-11 – Died 2000-12-10
Biography
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.
Filmography
132 credits
The Killing
Movie • 1956
Sherry Peatty
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie • 1973
Mrs. Hetty Green
Cinderella Swings It
Movie • 1943
Girl (uncredited)
The Narrow Margin
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Frankie Neall
The Sniper
Movie • 1952
Jean Darr
The Unholy Wife
Movie • 1957
Gwen
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie • 1955
Madame Rontru
Force of Evil
Movie • 1950
Edna Tucker
The Outfit
Movie • 1973
Madge Coyle
City That Never Sleeps
Movie • 1953
Lydia Biddel
Swamp Women
Movie • 1956
Josie Nardo
Hell's Half Acre
Movie • 1954
Rose
Trouble Along the Way
Movie • 1953
Anne Williams McCormick
Double Deal
Movie • 1950
Terry Miller
The Story of Mankind
Movie • 1957
Josephine Bonaparte
Cat-Women of the Moon
Movie • 1953
Helen Salinger
The Fighting Kentuckian
Movie • 1949
Ann Logan
The Girl in Black Stockings
Movie • 1957
Julia Parry
Freaky Friday
Movie • 1976
Mrs Murphy
Japanese War Bride
Movie • 1952
Fran Sterling
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie • 1971
Goldie
Two Dollar Bettor
Movie • 1951
Mary Slate
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Movie • 1969
Polly
No Man's Woman
Movie • 1955
Carolyn Ellenson Grant
J.O.E. and the Colonel
Movie • 1985
Mom Roth
Eyes in the Night
Movie • 1942
Actress at Rehearsal (Uncredited)
Outlaw Women
Movie • 1952
Iron Mae McLeod
The Jungle
Movie • 1952
Princess Mari
Critic's Choice
Movie • 1963
Sally Orr
The Showdown
Movie • 1950
Adelaide
One More Train to Rob
Movie • 1971
Slim
Little Big Horn
Movie • 1951
Celie Donlin
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
Movie • 1963
Claire Fielding
Pilot #5
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Claven
The Bounty Hunter
Movie • 1954
Alice Williams
Mail Order Bride
Movie • 1964
Hannah
Outpost in Morocco
Movie • 1949
Cara
Lovely But Deadly
Movie • 1981
Aunt May
The Parson and the Outlaw
Movie • 1957
Tonya
Two-Gun Lady
Movie • 1955
Bess
Frenchie
Movie • 1950
Diane Gorman
Paradise Alley
Movie • 1962
Linda Belita
Dakota Lil
Movie • 1950
Dakota Lil
So This Is Love
Movie • 1953
Marilyn Montgomery
Four Jacks and a Jill
Movie • 1942
Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited)
Commando Squad
Movie • 1987
Casey
Hurricane Island
Movie • 1951
Jane Bolton
The Tall Texan
Movie • 1953
Laura Tompson
The Eddie Cantor Story
Movie • 1953
Cleo Abbott
Follow the Leader
Movie • 1944
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1948
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man
Movie • 1947
Helen Amboy
Island Women
Movie • 1958
Elizabeth
The Silver Star
Movie • 1955
Karen Childress
Bedtime Story
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Sutton
Hellfire
Movie • 1949
Mary Carson / Doll Brown
Chamber of Horrors
Movie • 1966
Madame Corona
Living in a Big Way
Movie • 1947
Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie • 1949
LaBelle Bergere (uncredited)
The Pirate
Movie • 1948
Madame Lucia (uncredited)
All-American Co-Ed
Movie • 1941
Carrot Queen (uncredited)
The Lady or the Tiger?
Movie • 1942
The Princess
Let's Face It
Movie • 1943
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
I Love My Husband, But!
Movie • 1946
Bridge Player (uncredited)
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
Girl on Train (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here
Movie • 1942
(uncredited)
The Perfect Woman
Movie • 1981
Zelda
Day of the Badman
Movie • 1958
Cora Johnson
I Love My Wife BUT!
Movie • 1947
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Parachute Nurse
Movie • 1942
Company 'C' Girl
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Movie • 2001
Self
Hearts of the West
Movie • 1975
Woman in Nevada
Weekend for Three
Movie • 1941
Old Field Inn Patron
Wild Women
Movie • 1970
Lottie Clampett
The Big Street
Movie • 1942
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Flying with Music
Movie • 1942
Native Girl
Let's Face It
Movie • 1943
Chorus Girl
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Movie • 1947
Baggett Daughter (uncredited)
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Kate Gunnerson
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Madame Angler
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Maverick
TV • 1957
Cora
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Grace
Batman
TV • 1966
Nellie Majors
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Gloria Marshall
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Eve Le Deux
Mannix
TV • 1967
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Linda Griffith
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Mary K.
Stories of the Century
TV • 1954
Belle Starr
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Jenny
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Narcie Adams
Police Story
TV • 1973
Yancy Derringer
TV • 1958
Billie Jo James
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Phyllis
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Alice Batson
Climax!
TV • 1954
Vivian Cummings
Bronco
TV • 1958
Supercarrier
TV • 1988
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Bracken's World
TV • 1969
Sally
The Alaskans
TV • 1959
Branded
TV • 1965
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Emma Longdon
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Polly Landers
The Whistler
TV • 1954
The Legend of Jesse James
TV • 1965
Queenie
City Detective
TV • 1953
The Outsider
TV • 1968
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Mrs. Elizabeth Lassiter
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Miss Katie
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Amie Claybank
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Eunice Claridge
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Carolyn Halsman
Shotgun Slade
TV • 1959
Alice Batson
Salem's Lot
TV • 1979
Eva Miller
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Flavia Pierce
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Edith 'Edie' Morrow
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Mrs. Helen Reed
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Gloria Kellerman
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Elizabeth Lassiter
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Caroline
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Lily Henry