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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 11, 1919
Died
December 10, 2000
Place of Birth
Marysvale, Utah, USA
Also Known As
- Emily Marie Bertelsen
Marie Windsor
0.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.4
Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
5.5
Supercarrier
1988
3.4
Casey
Commando Squad
1987
1.5
Mom Roth
J.O.E. and the Colonel
1985
7.5
Kate Gunnerson
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Caroline
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.2
Madame Angler
Tales from the Darkside
1984
6.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
2.9
Aunt May
Lovely But Deadly
1981
Credits
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
2001
7.4
Supercarrier
1988
5.5
Commando Squad
as Casey
1987
3.4
J.O.E. and the Colonel
as Mom Roth
1985
1.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Kate Gunnerson
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Caroline
1984
7.5
Tales from the Darkside
as Madame Angler
1984
7.2
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.4
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Lovely But Deadly
as Aunt May
1981
2.9
The Perfect Woman
as Zelda
1981
3.0
Salem's Lot
as Eva Miller
1979
6.8
The Incredible Hulk
1977
7.2
Lou Grant
1977
7.3
Freaky Friday
as Mrs Murphy
1976
6.1
Charlie's Angels
as Eve Le Deux
1976
6.7
Charlie's Angels
as Gloria Kellerman
1976
6.7
Hearts of the West
as Woman in Nevada
1975
5.6
The Outfit
as Madge Coyle
1973
6.8
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Mrs. Hetty Green
1973
6.1
Police Story
1973
6.9
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Goldie
1971
6.6
One More Train to Rob
as Slim
1971
5.4
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
Wild Women
as Lottie Clampett
1970
6.2
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Polly
1969
5.5
Bracken's World
as Sally
1969
5.0
Adam-12
as Jenny
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Eunice Claridge
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Carolyn Halsman
1968
7.0
Hawaii Five-O
as Gloria Marshall
1968
7.1
The Outsider
1968
5.2
Mannix
1967
6.7
Chamber of Horrors
as Madame Corona
1966
5.4
Batman
as Nellie Majors
1966
7.3
The F.B.I.
as Grace
1965
5.4
The Legend of Jesse James
as Queenie
1965
4.8
Branded
1965
6.6
Bedtime Story
as Mrs. Sutton
1964
6.2
Mail Order Bride
as Hannah
1964
6.6
Critic's Choice
as Sally Orr
1963
5.6
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
as Claire Fielding
1963
4.0
Paradise Alley
as Linda Belita
1962
6.0
Shotgun Slade
as Alice Batson
1959
5.7
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Rebel
as Emma Longdon
1959
4.7
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
Bonanza
as Mrs. Elizabeth Lassiter
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Elizabeth Lassiter
1959
7.5
Rawhide
as Narcie Adams
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Miss Katie
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Amie Claybank
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Polly Landers
1958
6.1
Yancy Derringer
as Billie Jo James
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
5.9
Island Women
as Elizabeth
1958
6.0
Day of the Badman
as Cora Johnson
1958
6.5
The Story of Mankind
as Josephine Bonaparte
1957
4.3
The Girl in Black Stockings
as Julia Parry
1957
6.1
The Parson and the Outlaw
as Tonya
1957
4.1
Maverick
as Cora
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Linda Griffith
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Flavia Pierce
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Edith 'Edie' Morrow
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Mrs. Helen Reed
1957
7.7
The Unholy Wife
as Gwen
1957
4.4
The Killing
as Sherry Peatty
1956
7.7
Swamp Women
as Josie Nardo
1956
3.4
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
No Man's Woman
as Carolyn Ellenson Grant
1955
4.8
Two-Gun Lady
as Bess
1955
4.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Mary K.
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Madame Rontru
1955
6.0
The Silver Star
as Karen Childress
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Vivian Cummings
1954
3.3
The Bounty Hunter
as Alice Williams
1954
6.6
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
Hell's Half Acre
as Rose
1954
5.3
Stories of the Century
as Belle Starr
1954
6.8
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Cleo Abbott
1953
5.0
City Detective
1953
7.0
Cat-Women of the Moon
as Helen Salinger
1953
4.1
So This Is Love
as Marilyn Montgomery
1953
3.8
City That Never Sleeps
as Lydia Biddel
1953
5.9
Trouble Along the Way
as Anne Williams McCormick
1953
5.9
The Tall Texan
as Laura Tompson
1953
4.5
The Jungle
as Princess Mari
1952
3.0
The Sniper
as Jean Darr
1952
6.6
The Narrow Margin
as Mrs. Frankie Neall
1952
7.3
Outlaw Women
as Iron Mae McLeod
1952
4.1
Japanese War Bride
as Fran Sterling
1952
5.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Alice Batson
1951
7.2
Two Dollar Bettor
as Mary Slate
1951
5.3
Hurricane Island
as Jane Bolton
1951
5.0
Little Big Horn
as Celie Donlin
1951
6.2
Frenchie
as Diane Gorman
1950
5.7
Double Deal
as Terry Miller
1950
6.2
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Phyllis
1950
6.3
Force of Evil
as Edna Tucker
1950
6.5
The Showdown
as Adelaide
1950
5.2
Dakota Lil
as Dakota Lil
1950
5.0
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Ann Logan
1949
5.9
Hellfire
as Mary Carson / Doll Brown
1949
6.1
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as LaBelle Bergere (uncredited)
1949
5.8
Outpost in Morocco
as Cara
1949
4.8
The Three Musketeers
as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
1948
6.7
The Pirate
as Madame Lucia (uncredited)
1948
6.4
Song of the Thin Man
as Helen Amboy
1947
6.8
The Hucksters
as Girl on Train (uncredited)
1947
6.9
Living in a Big Way
as Jane, Junior League Girl (uncredited)
1947
5.0
🎬
I Love My Wife BUT!
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
1947
7.5
🎬
I Love My Husband, But!
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
1946
0.0
Follow the Leader
1944
2.7
Let's Face It
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1943
4.5
Let's Face It
as Chorus Girl
1943
4.5
Pilot #5
as Mrs. Claven
1943
5.8
Cinderella Swings It
as Girl (uncredited)
1943
0.0
George Washington Slept Here
as (uncredited)
1942
6.3
Eyes in the Night
as Actress at Rehearsal (Uncredited)
1942
5.9
The Big Street
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
1942
5.6
Parachute Nurse
as Company 'C' Girl
1942
5.0
Flying with Music
as Native Girl
1942
3.5
The Lady or the Tiger?
as The Princess
1942
0.0
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Girl Applying Makeup (uncredited)
1942
6.0
Weekend for Three
as Old Field Inn Patron
1941
5.7
All-American Co-Ed
as Carrot Queen (uncredited)
1941
4.2