Trudy Marshall
Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall was an American actress and model. A popular magazine cigarette girl during her modeling days for Harry Conover, Marshall was at different times "The Old Gold Girl", "The Chesterfield Girl", and "The Lucky Strike Girl". Marshall was signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. She played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans, the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS Juneau off Guadalcanal in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve. Taking roles as a decorative ingenue for a time, Marshall later played the "other woman" in a few features. Semi-retired by the 1960s, she returned very infrequently to Hollywood. She appeared in the movie Once Is Not Enough with her daughter Deborah Raffin. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood event.
Known for
ActingBirthday
February 14, 1922Deathday
May 23, 2004Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
30Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
Gertrude Madeline Marshall, Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" MarshallCast credits
Dragonwyck
Elizabeth Van BordenCircumstantial Evidence
Agnes HannonI'll See You in My Dreams
Frankie Mason (uncredited)The Purple Heart
Mrs. RossThe Fighting Sullivans
Genevieve 'Gen' SullivanDisaster
Jerry HansfordKey Witness
Marge AndrewsBoston Blackie and the Law
IreneThe Dancing Masters
Trudy HarlanLadies of Washington
Carol NorthrupRoger Touhy, Gangster
GloriaSpringtime in the Rockies
Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)Mark of the Gorilla
Barbara BentleySentimental Journey
RuthAlias Mr. Twilight
Corky CorcoranShamrock Hill
Carol JudsonOnce Is Not Enough
MyrnaTalk About a Lady
Toni MarloweToo Many Winners
Phyllis HamiltonMarried Too Young
Susan NewtonWilla
Lady Trucker