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{{Short description|American actress (1919β2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Marie Windsor | image = WindsorMarie.jpg | caption = Windsor in 1956 | birth_name = Emily Marie Bertelsen | birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|12|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Marysvale, Utah]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|12|10|1919|12|11|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S. | resting_place = Mountain View Cemetery, Marysvale, Utah, U.S. | height = 5 ft 9 in | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1939β1991 | spouse = Ted Steele (1946; annulled)<br>Jack Hupp (1954β2000, her death) | children = 1 }} '''Marie Windsor''' (born '''Emily Marie Bertelsen'''; December 11, 1919 β December 10, 2000)<ref name=BIO/><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/207740%7C106377/Marie-Windsor/| title=Marie Windsor| website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref> was an American actress known for her [[femme fatale]] characters in the classic [[film noir]] features ''[[Force of Evil]]'', ''[[The Narrow Margin]]'' and ''[[The Killing (film)|The Killing]]''. Windsor's height (5'9", 175 cm) created problems for her in scenes with all but the tallest actors. She was the female lead in so many [[B movie]]s that she became dubbed the "Queen" of the genre.<ref name="laj">{{cite news| title=Marie Windsor: Her Face Is Familiar| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5496065/lubbock_avalanchejournal/| newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal| agency=Associated Press|date=April 11, 1973| page=51| via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=June 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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