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Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 β 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
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Movies 77
TV Shows 43
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Supercarrier (1988)
Commando Squad (1987)
Horrible Horror (1986)
J.O.E. and the Colonel (1985)
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Simon & Simon (1981)
Lovely But Deadly (1981)
The Perfect Woman (1981)
Salem's Lot (1979)
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
Lou Grant (1977)
Freaky Friday (1976)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Hearts of the West (1975)
The Outfit (1973)
Cahill: United States Marshall (1973)
Police Story (1973)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
One More Train to Rob (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Wild Women (1970)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Bracken's World (1969)
Adam-12 (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
The Outsider (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Chamber of Horrors (1966)
Batman (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
Branded (1965)
Bedtime Story (1964)
Mail Order Bride (1964)
Critic's Choice (1963)
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)
Paradise Alley (1962)
Shotgun Slade (1959)
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
The Rebel (1959)
The Alaskans (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Bat Masterson (1958)
Yancy Derringer (1958)
Bronco (1958)
Island Women (1958)
Day of the Badman (1958)
The Story of Mankind (1957)
The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)
Maverick (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
The Killing (1956)
Swamp Women (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
No Man's Woman (1955)
Two-Gun Lady (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
The Silver Star (1955)
Climax! (1954)
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
The Whistler (1954)
Hell's Half Acre (1954)
Stories of the Century (1954)
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
City Detective (1953)
Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
So This Is Love (1953)
City That Never Sleeps (1953)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
The Tall Texan (1953)
The Jungle (1952)
The Sniper (1952)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
Outlaw Women (1952)
Japanese War Bride (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Two Dollar Bettor (1951)
Hurricane Island (1951)
Little Big Horn (1951)
Frenchie (1950)
Double Deal (1950)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Showdown (1950)
Dakota Lil (1950)
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Hellfire (1949)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
Force of Evil (1948)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
The Pirate (1948)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
The Hucksters (1947)
Living in a Big Way (1947)
I Love My Wife BUT! (1947)
I Love My Husband, But! (1946)
Follow the Leader (1944)
Let's Face It (1943)
Pilot #5 (1943)
Inca Gold (1943)
Cinderella Swings It (1943)
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Eyes in the Night (1942)
The Big Street (1942)
Parachute Nurse (1942)
The Lady or the Tiger? (1942)
Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
Weekend for Three (1941)
All-American Co-Ed (1941)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1919-12-11
Deathday2000-12-10 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceMarysvale, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEmily Marie Bertelsen
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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