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Marilyn Maxwell is a Actor American born on 3 august 1921 at Clarinda (USA)

Marilyn Maxwell

Marilyn Maxwell
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Birth name Marvel Marilyn Maxwell
Nationality USA
Birth 3 august 1921 at Clarinda (USA)
Death 20 march 1972 (at 50 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972), born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, was an American actress and entertainer. A sex symbol of the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope.

Biography

Maxwell married three times, each marriage ending in divorce. In September 1944, she married actor John Conte; they divorced in June 1946. Her second marriage, to restaurateur Anders McIntyre, lasted just over a year, from January 1, 1950, until they were divorced March 23, 1951. Maxwell's six-year marriage to writer/producer Jerry Davis ended in 1960. Her only child, Matthew, was born to Maxwell and Davis in 1956.

According to Arthur Marx's Bob Hope biography The Secret Life of Bob Hope, Hope's long-term affair with Maxwell was so open that the Hollywood community routinely referred to her as "Mrs. Bob Hope."

Maxwell also had a multi-year affair with Frank Sinatra, as detailed in Alex Gibney's 2015 documentary on Sinatra for HBO, All or Nothing At All.

Best films

Champion (1949)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Marilyn Maxwell (31 films)

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Actress

Arizona Bushwhackers, 1h27
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Howard Keel, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Marilyn Maxwell, Scott Brady, Brian Donlevy
Roles Molly
Rating50% 2.5156452.5156452.5156452.5156452.515645
Pendant la guerre civile, un espion confédéré prend un emploi comme maréchal d'une petite ville de l'ouest comme couverture pour ses activités d'espionnage. Cependant, il découvre bientôt qu'un homme d'affaires local vend des armes à un groupe d'Indiens déchaînés.
The Lively Set, 1h35
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Doug McClure, Ross Elliott, Charles Drake, Marilyn Maxwell
Roles Marge Owens
Rating58% 2.9048052.9048052.9048052.9048052.904805
Casey Owens (James Darren), a young mechanic, has developed a design for a turbine car engine, paving the way for a jet-powered auto certain to set a new land speed record. Wealthy playboy Stanford Rogers (Peter Mann) hires Casey to build the car for him to race in the Tri-State Endurance Run. Chuck Manning (Doug McClure), an engineering student Casey met in a drag race, discovers potential flaws in the car's design. After an unsuccessful test run, Rogers abandons the turbine-powered car for a traditional racing model, but Casey and Chuck rework the turbine vehicle to compete with Rogers in the endurance run. Pamela Tiffin plays Eadie, Chuck's sister who becomes Casey's love interest.
Stage to Thunder Rock, 1h22
Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Seymour, John Agar
Roles Leah Parker
Rating56% 2.817112.817112.817112.817112.81711
Après qu'ils ont cambriolé une banque, le shérif Horne poursuit Sawyer et ses deux fils. Mais le banquier victime du hold-up juge que Horne est bien trop intègre pour cette mission. Il propose alors une récompense à Sam Swope, un ancien shérif, pour restituer l'argent volé. Ainsi s'engage une double course-poursuite...
Critic's Choice, 1h40
Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films based on plays
Actors Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Rip Torn, Marilyn Maxwell, Jessie Royce Landis, Marie Windsor
Roles Ivy London
Rating57% 2.8522.8522.8522.8522.852
Parker Ballantine is a theatrical critic, busily praising or disparaging the shows of Broadway. His wife Angela is feeling useless and restless, so she writes a play about her mother and sisters.
Rock-a-Bye Baby, 1h43
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Reginald Gardiner, Hans Conried, Isobel Elsom
Roles Carla Naples
Rating66% 3.300653.300653.300653.300653.30065
Clayton Poole (Jerry Lewis) is a small-town TV repairman whose former sweetheart, Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell), is now a famous movie star. Carla marries a Mexican bullfighter and becomes pregnant; her husband dies the day after the wedding. Her agent, Harold Herman (Reginald Gardiner) tries to avoid a scandal by sending Carla back to the town where she grew up. The cover story is that she is going into seclusion to prepare for her next role, the lead in the religious epic The White Virgin of the Nile. Carla turns to Clayton for help, and he agrees to care for the child once it is born.
New York Confidential, 1h27
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens
Roles Iris Palmer
Rating70% 3.5371153.5371153.5371153.5371153.537115
Charlie Lupo is a gangster who runs the New York branch of a crime syndicate. He is a widower with a grown daughter, Kathy and a new lover, Iris.
New York Confidential
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Broderick Crawford, Anne Bancroft, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens
Roles Iris Palmer
Rating70% 3.5371153.5371153.5371153.5371153.537115
Installé à Chicago comme tueur à gages, Nick Magellan (Richard Conte) est appelé à New York par Charlie Lupo (Broderick Crawford), un puissant homme d'affaires corrompu qui dirige le lucratif syndicat du crime de Manhattan. Lors d'un règlement de comptes, trois des hommes de main de Lupo laissent de trop nombreuses traces de leurs passages. Pour se couvrir, Lupo charge Magellan de les éliminer. En parallèle à cette mission, Lupo lui demande de surveiller Katherine (Anne Bancroft), sa fille. Magellan tombe amoureux de la jeune femme et rate sa mission, mettant Lupo dans une situation délicate.
East of Sumatra, 1h22
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jeff Chandler, Anthony Quinn, Marilyn Maxwell, Peter Graves, Scatman Crothers, John Sutton
Roles Lory Hale
Rating54% 2.714072.714072.714072.714072.71407
Duke Mullane, directeur d'une mine en Malaisie, se rend dans une île peu connue pour ouvrir une nouvelle mine dans la jungle. Au début, les autochtones sont amicaux, mais une série d'incidents font changer l'attitude de Kiang, le roi de l'île.
Off Limits
Off Limits (1952)
, 1h29
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Mayehoff, Stanley Clements, Marvin Miller
Roles Connie Curtis
Rating60% 3.0485553.0485553.0485553.0485553.048555
Wally Hogan (Hope) has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley (Stanley Clements), a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when Bullet gets drafted. Hogan's gangster partners persuade him to enlist and keep an eye on the fighter, who is subsequently declared psychologically unfit for the Army. Enter Herbert Tuttle (Mickey Rooney), a draftee eager to have Hogan turn him into a fighter. Hogan reluctantly agrees only after he discovers Tuttle's aunt is the beautiful singer (Marilyn Maxwell) at a nightclub. From then on it's a case of stringing Tuttle along while trying to get close to his aunt. To further complicate Hogan's life there is a rulebook Military Police Officer who tries to squash the shenanigans.
The Lemon Drop Kid, 1h31
Directed by Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Ann Sheridan, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King
Roles 'Brainey' Baxter
Rating69% 3.495833.495833.495833.495833.49583
The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope), a New York City swindler, is illegally touting horses at a Florida racetrack. The Kid touts across a beautiful woman intending to bet $2,000 on a horse named Iron Bar. Rigging a con, the Kid convinces her to switch her bet, but learns that she was betting for boyfriend and notorious gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark). When the horse finishes dead last, a furious Moran demands the Kid pay him $10,000 (the amount he would have won) by Christmas Eve, or the Kid "won't make it to New Year's."
New Mexico
New Mexico (1951)
, 1h16
Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Lew Ayres, Robert Hutton, Marilyn Maxwell, Andy Devine, Raymond Burr, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Cherry
Rating56% 2.8037052.8037052.8037052.8037052.803705
Abraham Lincoln himself comes to New Mexico to discuss living together in peace with Acoma, a feared and respective Indian chief. He presents the chief with a cane as a gift and symbol of their friendship.
Key to the City, 1h41
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Clark Gable, Frank Morgan, Loretta Young, Marilyn Maxwell, Raymond Burr, James Gleason
Roles Shelia the 'Atom' Dancer
Rating63% 3.196793.196793.196793.196793.19679
Steve Fisk is the mayor of a town called Puget City. At a convention in San Francisco, he mistakes Clarissa Standish, the mayor of Wenonah, Maine, for a "balloon dancer" he was expecting.
Outside the Wall, 1h20
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Richard Basehart, Marilyn Maxwell, Signe Hasso, Dorothy Hart, Joseph Pevney, John Hoyt
Roles Charlotte Maynard
Rating66% 3.3311053.3311053.3311053.3311053.331105
Ex-convict Larry Nelson (Basehart), paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, has problems finding employment. Determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, he takes a job as a lab assistant in a country sanitarium. There he falls for attractive nurse Charlotte (Maxwell). Larry learns that the sanitarium is a front for a robbery syndicate and finally finds himself a clay pigeon for the gang. Sweet-and-wholesome nurse Ann (Hart) helps Larry to get out of the unpleasant situation.