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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, "…
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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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Marie Windsor's Filmography
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Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
as Self
Commando Squad
as Casey
J.O.E. and the Colonel
as Mom Roth
Lovely But Deadly
as Aunt May
The Perfect Woman
as Zelda
Freaky Friday
as Mrs Murphy
Hearts of the West
as Woman in Nevada
The Outfit
as Madge Coyle
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Mrs. Hetty Green
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Goldie
One More Train to Rob
as Slim
Wild Women
as Lottie Clampett
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Polly
Chamber of Horrors
as Madame Corona
Bedtime Story
as Mrs. Sutton
Mail Order Bride
as Hannah
Critic's Choice
as Sally Orr
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
as Claire Fielding
Paradise Alley
as Linda Belita
Island Women
as Elizabeth
Day of the Badman
as Cora Johnson
The Story of Mankind
as Josephine Bonaparte
The Girl in Black Stockings
as Julia Parry
The Parson and the Outlaw
as Tonya
The Unholy Wife
as Gwen
The Killing
as Sherry Peatty
Swamp Women
as Josie Nardo
No Man's Woman
as Carolyn Ellenson Grant
Two-Gun Lady
as Bess
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Madame Rontru
The Silver Star
as Karen Childress
The Bounty Hunter
as Alice Williams
Hell's Half Acre
as Rose
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Cleo Abbott
Cat-Women of the Moon
as Helen Salinger
So This Is Love
as Marilyn Montgomery
City That Never Sleeps
as Lydia Biddel
Trouble Along the Way
as Anne Williams McCormick
The Tall Texan
as Laura Tompson
The Jungle
as Princess Mari
The Sniper
as Jean Darr
The Narrow Margin
as Mrs. Frankie Neall
Outlaw Women
as Iron Mae McLeod
Japanese War Bride
as Fran Sterling
Two Dollar Bettor
as Mary Slate
Hurricane Island
as Jane Bolton
Little Big Horn
as Celie Donlin
Frenchie
as Diane Gorman
Double Deal
as Terry Miller
Force of Evil
as Edna Tucker
The Showdown
as Adelaide
Dakota Lil
as Dakota Lil
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Ann Logan
Hellfire
as Mary Carson / Doll Brown
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as LaBelle Bergere (uncredited)
Outpost in Morocco
as Cara
The Three Musketeers
as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
The Pirate
as Madame Lucia (uncredited)
On an Island with You
as (uncredited)
Song of the Thin Man
as Helen Amboy
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Baggett Daughter (uncredited)
The Hucksters
as Girl on Train (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
as Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited)
No Poster
I Love My Wife BUT!
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
No Poster
I Love My Husband, But!
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
Follow the Leader
Let's Face It
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Let's Face It
as Chorus Girl
Pilot #5
as Mrs. Claven
Cinderella Swings It
as Girl (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here
as (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
as Actress at Rehearsal (Uncredited)
The Big Street
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Parachute Nurse
as Company 'C' Girl
Flying with Music
as Native Girl
The Lady or the Tiger?
as The Princess
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited)
Joan of Paris
Weekend for Three
as Old Field Inn Patron
All-American Co-Ed
as Carrot Queen (uncredited)