Editing Trudy Marshall

{{Short description|American actress (1920–2004)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Trudy Marshall 
| image         = Trudy Marshall 20th Century Fox player, Sentimental Journey 1946 (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Marshall in 1946
| birth_name    = Gertrude Madeline Marshall
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1920|2|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2004|5|23|1920|2|14|mf=y}}
| death_place   = [[Century City, Los Angeles, California|Century City]], [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actress|[[model (person)|model]]}}
| years_active  = 1942&ndash;1979
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Leland Lindsay|1940|1944|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Philip Jordan Raffin|1944|1981|end=died}}
}}
| children      = 3; including [[Deborah Raffin]]
}}

'''Gertrude Madeline''' "'''Trudy'''" '''Marshall'''<ref name=rmeiri1>{{cite web| url = https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K86Y-5XG |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043835/https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K86Y-5XG |archive-date=2016-03-04 |title=Person Details for Gertrude Madeline Marshall, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952" — FamilySearch.org|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> (February 14, 1920 – May 23, 2004) was an American actress and model.

== Early life ==
Marshall was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], the daughter of Madeline (née Brennan) and Frederick Marshall.<ref name=rmeiri1/> She graduated from  [[Floral Park Memorial High School]].<ref name="i">{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Trudy Marshall |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/trudy-marshall-730567.html |work=Independent |date=June 14, 2004 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130913144437/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/trudy-marshall-6167534.html |archivedate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>

== Career ==
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. In ''[[The Dancing Masters]]'' (1943) she was female lead to [[Laurel and Hardy]]. She next played a featured role in the [[World War II]] war drama ''[[The Fighting Sullivans]]'' (1944), the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the [[USS Juneau (CL-52)|USS ''Juneau'']] off [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal|Guadalcanal]] in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve.<ref name=i/>

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]]'' (1975) 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 events. {{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

== Personal life ==
In 1944, Marshall married businessman Phillip Raffin, with whom she had three children, including model and actress Deborah Raffin. They remained together until his death in 1981.<ref name="lat">{{cite news |title=Trudy Marshall, 84; Starred in Several Films in 1940s |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24280729/trudy_marshall/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 5, 2004 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=B 15|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = October 4, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

== Death ==
On May 23, 2004, Marshall died at age 84 in her [[Century City, Los Angeles]], home.<ref name="lat" /> She is interred in [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]].<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref>

== Partial filmography ==
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* ''[[Secret Agent of Japan]]'' (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Footlight Serenade]]'' (1942) - Secretary (uncredited)
* ''[[Berlin Correspondent]]'' (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Orchestra Wives]]'' (1942) - Irene (uncredited)
* ''[[Girl Trouble (1942 film)|Girl Trouble]]'' (1942) - Miss Kennedy
* ''[[Thunder Birds (1942 film)|Thunder Birds]]'' (1942) - Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
* ''[[Springtime in the Rockies]]'' (1942) - Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)
* ''[[Crash Dive]]'' (1943) - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
* ''[[Coney Island (1943 film)|Coney Island]]'' (1943) - Girl Friend (uncredited)
* ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1943 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' (1943) - Jane Van Cleve - Jack's Wife (uncredited)
* ''[[The Dancing Masters]]'' (1943) - Trudy Harlan
* ''[[The Fighting Sullivans]]'' (1944) - Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
* ''[[The Purple Heart]]'' (1944) - Mrs. Ross
* ''[[Ladies of Washington]]'' (1944) - Carol Northrup
* ''[[Roger Touhy, Gangster]]'' (1944) - Gloria
* ''[[Circumstantial Evidence (1945 film)|Circumstantial Evidence]]'' (1945) - Agnes Hannon
* ''[[The Dolly Sisters (film)|The Dolly Sisters]]'' (1945) - Lenora Baldwin
* ''[[Sentimental Journey (film)|Sentimental Journey]]'' (1946) - Ruth
* ''[[Talk About a Lady]]'' (1946) - Toni Marlowe
* ''[[Dragonwyck (film)|Dragonwyck]]'' (1946) - Elizabeth Van Borden
* ''[[Boston Blackie and the Law]]'' (1946) - Irene
* ''[[Alias Mr. Twilight]]'' (1946) - Corky Corcoran
* ''[[Too Many Winners]]'' (1947) - Phyllis Hamilton
* ''[[Joe Palooka in the Knockout]]'' (1947) - Nina
* ''[[Key Witness (1947 film)|Key Witness]]'' (1947) - Marge Andrews
* ''Beyond Our Own'' (1947) - Ann Rogers
* ''[[The Fuller Brush Man]]'' (1948) - Sara Franzen
* ''[[Disaster (film)|Disaster]]'' (1948) - Jerry Hansford
* ''[[Shamrock Hill (film)|Shamrock Hill]]'' (1949)  - Carol Judson
* ''[[Barbary Pirate (film)|Barbary Pirate]]'' (1949) - Anne Ridgeway
* ''[[Mark of the Gorilla]]'' (1950) - Barbara Bentley
* ''[[I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]'' (1951) - Frankie Mason (uncredited)
* ''[[The President's Lady]]'' (1953) - Jane Donelson (uncredited)
* ''[[Full of Life]]'' (1956) - Nora Gregory
* ''Married Too Young'' (1962) - Susan Newton
* ''[[Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (film)|Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough]]'' (1975) - Myrna
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|0551221}}
* {{Find a Grave|8931013}}

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