Editing Marie Windsor (section)

==Stage==
In 1940, after her move to Hollywood and entering [[Maria Ouspenskaya|Ouspenskaya]]'s drama school, she appeared in the play ''Forty Thousand Smiths'', her first use of the stage name "Marie Windsor".<ref name=ous>{{cite news| title=Screen to Claim 1939 Covered Wagon Days Queen| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5494819/the_salt_lake_tribune/| newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune| date=October 23, 1940| page=5| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=June 5, 2016}}{{Open access}}</ref> The next year she appeared in ''[[Once in a Lifetime (play)|Once in a Lifetime]]'' at the [[Pasadena Playhouse]].<ref>{{cite news| title='39 Wagon Days Queen Rehearses Coast Play| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5494966/the_salt_lake_tribune/| newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune| date=July 27, 1941| page=13| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=June 5, 2016}}{{Open access}}</ref> She also played a villain in a New York production of ''[[Follow the Girls]]''.<ref name=guardian/> Years later, in the 1980s, she returned to the stage.<ref name=wp/> In 1986, Marie Windsor played Francis Carson in the premiere of ''The Bar Off Melrose'' by Oliver Hailey et al.