Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born February 14, 1922
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.
MovieWilla
1979
as Lady Trucker
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
MovieOnce Is Not Enough
1975
as Myrna
MovieMarried Too Young
1962
as Susan Newton
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
Movie1104 Sutton Road
1958
MovieI'll See You in My Dreams
1951
as Frankie Mason (uncredited)
MovieMark of the Gorilla
1950
as Barbara Bentley
MovieBarbary Pirate
1949
as Anne Ridgeway
MovieShamrock Hill
1949
as Carol Judson
MovieDisaster
1948
as Jerry Hansford
MovieThe Fuller Brush Man
1948
as Sara Franzen
MovieBeyond Our Own
1947
as Ann Rogers
MovieKey Witness
1947
as Marge Andrews
MovieJoe Palooka in the Knockout
1947
as Nina
MovieToo Many Winners
1947
as Phyllis Hamilton
MovieAlias Mr. Twilight
1946
as Corky Corcoran
MovieBoston Blackie and the Law
1946
as Irene
MovieDragonwyck
1946
as Elizabeth Van Borden
MovieTalk About a Lady
1946
as Toni Marlowe
MovieSentimental Journey
1946
as Ruth
MovieThe Dolly Sisters
1945
as Lenora Baldwin
MovieCircumstantial Evidence
1945
as Agnes Hannon
MovieRoger Touhy, Gangster
1944
as Gloria
MovieLadies of Washington
1944
as Carol Northrup
MovieThe Purple Heart
1944
as Mrs. Ross
MovieThe Fighting Sullivans
1944
as Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
MovieThe Dancing Masters
1943
as Trudy Harlan
MovieHeaven Can Wait
1943
as Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
MovieConey Island
1943
as Girl Friend
MovieCrash Dive
1943
as Telephone Operator
MovieSpringtime in the Rockies
1942
as Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)
