​Brenda Marshall (September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992) was an American film actress. Born Ardis Ankerson in Negros, Philippines, Marshall made her first film appearance in the 1939 Espionage Agent. The following year, she played the leading lady to Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk. After divorcing actor Richard Gaines in 1940, she married the actor William Holden in 1941 and her own career quickly slowed. She starred opposite James Cagney in the 1942 film Captains of the Clouds. The Constant Nymph (1943) was a popular success but she virtually retired after this, appearing in only four more inconsequential films. Among these, she played scientist Nora Goodrich in the grade-B 1946 cult classic Strange Impersonation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• I Love Lucy — Brenda Marshall
• 1950The Iroquois Trail — Marion
• 1948Whispering Smith — Marian Sinclair
• 1946Strange Impersonation — Nora Goodrich
• 1943Background to Danger — Tamara Zaleshoff
• 1943Paris After Dark — Yvonne Blanchard
• 1943The Constant Nymph — Toni Sanger
• 1942Captains of the Clouds — Emily Foster
• 1942You Can't Escape Forever — Laurie Abbott
• 1941Footsteps in the Dark — Rita Warren
• 1941Highway West — Claire Foster
• 1941Singapore Woman — Vicki Moore
• 1941The Smiling Ghost — Lil Barstow
• 1940East of the River — Laurie Romayne
• 1940Money and the Woman — Barbara Patteson
• 1940South of Suez — Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
• 1940The Man Who Talked Too Much — Celia Farrady
• 1940The Sea Hawk — Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba
• 1939Blackwell's Island — Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)
• 1939Espionage Agent — Brenda Ballard

Appearances as themselves (3)

• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• 1943Wings Up — Herself
• 1941Breakdowns of 1941 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)