1919-12-11 ( 105 years old ) in Marysvale, Utah, USA
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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.
Movies
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001-05-02
Commando Squad
1987-06-01
J.O.E. and the Colonel
1985-09-11
Lovely But Deadly
1981-06-19
The Perfect Woman
1981-01-01
Freaky Friday
1976-12-17
Hearts of the West
1975-10-08
The Outfit
1973-10-19
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973-07-11
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26
One More Train to Rob
1971-02-19
Wild Women
1970-10-20
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969-10-10
Chamber of Horrors
1966-10-19
Bedtime Story
1964-06-10
Mail Order Bride
1964-03-10
Critic's Choice
1963-02-24
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
1963-02-14
Paradise Alley
1962-01-02
Island Women
1958-05-01
Day of the Badman
1958-01-29
The Story of Mankind
1957-11-08
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957-09-24
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957-09-23
The Unholy Wife
1957-06-24
The Killing
1956-06-06
Swamp Women
1956-04-01
No Man's Woman
1955-10-27
Two-Gun Lady
1955-10-15
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955-06-23
The Silver Star
1955-04-07
The Bounty Hunter
1954-09-25
Hell's Half Acre
1954-06-01
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953-12-25
Cat-Women of the Moon
1953-09-03
So This Is Love
1953-07-15
City That Never Sleeps
1953-06-12
Trouble Along the Way
1953-04-04
The Tall Texan
1953-02-13
The Jungle
1952-08-01
The Sniper
1952-05-09
The Narrow Margin
1952-05-03
Outlaw Women
1952-04-28
Japanese War Bride
1952-01-29
Two Dollar Bettor
1951-09-09
Hurricane Island
1951-07-16
Little Big Horn
1951-06-15
Frenchie
1950-12-25
Double Deal
1950-12-01
Force of Evil
1950-08-24
The Showdown
1950-08-15
Dakota Lil
1950-02-17
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949-09-15
Hellfire
1949-05-29
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949-05-27
Outpost in Morocco
1949-05-02
The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
The Pirate
1948-06-11
Song of the Thin Man
1947-08-28
The Hucksters
1947-07-17
Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947-04-05
I Love My Husband, But!
1946-12-07
Follow the Leader
1944-06-03
Let's Face It
1943-08-04
Pilot #5
1943-06-24
Cinderella Swings It
1943-01-22
George Washington Slept Here
1942-10-30
Eyes in the Night
1942-10-16
The Big Street
1942-08-13
Parachute Nurse
1942-08-06
Flying with Music
1942-05-22
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942-03-28
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942-01-23
Weekend for Three
1941-12-12
All-American Co-Ed
1941-10-31
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