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Mari Blanchard is a Actor American born on 13 april 1923 at Long Beach (USA)

Mari Blanchard

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Birth name Mary E. Blanchard
Nationality USA
Birth 13 april 1923 at Long Beach (USA)
Death 10 may 1970 (at 47 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

As saloon owner/heroine in Rails Into Laramie 1954 w/john Payne Dan Duryea, Wm Griffiths
Mari Blanchard (April 13, 1927 – May 10, 1970) was an American actress, known for her roles as a B movie femme fatale in American films of the 1950s and early 1960s.

Biography

Au cinéma, Mari Blanchard apparaît dans trente-et-un films — majoritairement américains — à partir de 1947, dont Sur la Riviera de Walter Lang (1951, avec Danny Kaye et Gene Tierney) et Le Fils de Sinbad de Ted Tetzlaff (1955, avec Dale Robertson et Vincent Price). Son dernier est le western Le Grand McLintock d'Andrew V. McLaglen (avec John Wayne et Maureen O'Hara), sorti en 1963.

Pour la télévision, elle contribue à vingt-neuf séries — la première en 1955 —, dont la série-western Klondike (quatorze épisodes, 1960-1961). Elle tient son ultime rôle au petit écran dans un épisode d’Opération vol, diffusé en 1968.

Deux ans après, en 1970, elle meurt prématurément d'un cancer.

Usually with

Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(6 films)
Kurt Neumann
Kurt Neumann
(2 films)
Ian MacDonald
Ian MacDonald
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mari Blanchard (24 films)

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McLintock!
McLintock! (1963)
, 2h7
Directed by John Wayne, Yvonne De Carlo, Maureen O'Hara, Andrew V. McLaglen, Patrick Wayne, James Edward Grant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne De Carlo, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Camille Reedbottom
Rating70% 3.54623.54623.54623.54623.5462
Cattle baron George Washington "G.W." McLintock (John Wayne) is living the single life on his ranch. He is estranged from wife Katherine (Maureen O'Hara), who left him two years before, suspecting him of adultery.
Twice-Told Tales, 2h
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Brett Halsey, Edith Evanson, Beverly Garland, Richard Denning
Roles Sylvia Ward
Rating65% 3.295283.295283.295283.295283.29528
Each of the three sequences is introduced by Vincent Price (in a voice-over). Price also stars in all three narratives.
Don't Knock the Twist, 1h29
Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Lang Jeffries, Georgine Darcy, Nydia Westman, Frank Albertson, Mari Blanchard, Bess Flowers
Roles Dulcie Corbin
Rating51% 2.570652.570652.570652.570652.57065
Many twist dancers' meet in preparation for the TV variety show called "The Twist." While the special is still in the production stages, jealousies lead to problems - and a whole lot of dancing.
Machete
Machete (1958)
, 1h15
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, Juano Hernández, Lee Van Cleef, Carlos Rivas
Roles Jean Montoya
Rating53% 2.6511252.6511252.6511252.6511252.651125
Sugar plantation owner Don Luis Montoya gets married in New York and brings his bride Jean back to Puerto Rico, unaware that she wed him only for his money. Friends at their San Juan honeymoon hotel recognize her as a notorious party girl, so Jean urges her husband to take her home right away, before the marriage has even been consummated.
She Devil
She Devil (1957)
, 1h17
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, Albert Dekker, John Archer, Fay Baker, Blossom Rock
Roles Kyra Zelas
Rating56% 2.806612.806612.806612.806612.80661
Dr. Dan Scott has developed a serum that cures the ills of animals, although it did alter the color of a leopard used in one experiment. Eager to try it on a human being, despite his mentor Dr. Richard Bach's many concerns, Scott finds a consenting patient in Kyra Zelas, a woman with a meek personality who is dying of tuberculosis.
Jungle Heat, 1h15
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Lex Barker, Mari Blanchard, James Westerfield, Glenn Langan, Rhodes Reason
Roles Ann McRae
Rating53% 2.673512.673512.673512.673512.67351
This script must be run from the command line
Stagecoach To Fury, 1h15
Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Paul Fix, Leslie Banning, Wright King
Roles Barbara Duval
Rating59% 2.953962.953962.953962.953962.95396
A stagecoach with a mixed group of passenger en route to the town of Fury makes a stop at a layover. Upon arrival the passengers are held up by Lorenzo Garcia and his gang of bandidos capture and disarm the passengers, shooting one when he stops to raise his fallen trousers when he puts his hands up. The two staff of the coaching stop are missing presumed murdered. Garcia questions former Army captain Frank Townsend, now riding shotgun on the stagecoach on the location of the Federal Government gold shipment they expected to be carried by the stagecoach. After Garcia shoots and wounds Tim O'Connor the driver to encourage information, Townsend reveals that the stagecoach was to remain at the layover until a wagon containing the gold shipment would arrive and transfer the cargo to the stage.
The Crooked Web, 1h17
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning, John Mylong, Harry Lauter, Vince Barnett
Roles Joanie Daniel
Rating60% 3.000333.000333.000333.000333.00033
Stan Fabian runs a drive-in restaurant with girlfriend Joanie Daniel, whose brother Frank turns up for a visit. Joanie has declined to marry Stan because he's strapped for cash, but Frank tempts him with a proposition, mentioning that he and a partner hid a stash of gold in Germany during the war.
Son of Sinbad, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Mari Blanchard, Leon Askin, Kim Novak
Roles Chistina
Rating53% 2.6566352.6566352.6566352.6566352.656635
In ancient Baghdad, poet Omar Khayyám wanders the streets in search of his friend, Sinbad, the son and namesake of Sinbad the Sailor, and finds him outside the Khalif's palace. Although the Khalif has offered a reward for his capture, the roguish Sinbad ignores Omar's warnings and nonchalantly sneaks into the palace. Spouting Omar's poetry, Sinbad romances Nerissa, one of the Khalif's harem girls, but is exposed by jealous slave Ameer, who also loves him.
Destry
Destry (1954)
, 1h35
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Western
Actors Mari Blanchard, Audie Murphy, Lyle Bettger, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Brandy
Rating65% 3.2929253.2929253.2929253.2929253.292925
The sheriff of a small western town dies of a heart attack and the crooked mayor, The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers (Edgar Buchanan), and leading crook Phil Decker (Lyle Bettger) appoint the town drunk, Reginald T. "Rags" Barnaby (Thomas Mitchell), as the new sheriff, believing that he will be easily controlled by them. Rags, however, announces he is giving up drinking and refuses to accept Decker as his new deputy, telling them that he has someone else in mind: Tom Destry.
Black Horse Canyon, 1h21
Directed by Jesse Hibbs
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Murvyn Vye, Irving Bacon, John M. Pickard
Roles Aldis Spain
Rating60% 3.048853.048853.048853.048853.04885
En Arizona, un magnifique cheval noir nommé Bandit (Outlaw dans la version originale) redevenu sauvage erre dans les plaines et délivre les chevaux retenus dans les enclos. Del Rockwell accompagné du jeune Ti envisage de le capturer pour monter son élevage. Dans un ranch voisin, Doc Spain et sa nièce Aldis, qui a marqué Bandit lorsqu'il n'était qu'un poulain, revendiquent sa propriété. Enfin, un troisième éleveur, Jennings, dont un des hommes qui tentait d'immobiliser Bandit a été piétiné à mort, est prêt à tuer l'animal qu'il estime indomptable et dangereux. Le shérif donne une semaine à Aldis pour capturer et dresser Bandit, faute de quoi Jennings sera libre de mettre sa menace à exécution. Malgré son désir de réussir seule sa chasse, Aldis doit se faire assister par Del et Ti.
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, 1h17
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Space opera, Buddy films, Venus in film
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Dudley Dickerson, Robert Paige, Martha Hyer
Roles Allura
Rating58% 2.94882.94882.94882.94882.9488
Orville (Lou Costello) is the oldest orphan at the Hideaway Orphans Home. He accidentally winds up inside a truck heading to a top-secret laboratory, where he is placed under the guidance of lab worker Lester (Bud Abbott) to help load supplies onto a rocket ship. While on board with Lester, Orville hits the ignition button and the rocket blasts off, flying across the country to New Orleans, where Mardi Gras is in progress. They exit the ship and witness "hideous creatures", which are actually costumed celebrants, and conclude that they have landed on Mars.
The Veils of Bagdad
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Victor Mature, James Arness, Mari Blanchard, Virginia Field, Guy Rolfe, Leon Askin
Roles Selima
Rating61% 3.0932453.0932453.0932453.0932453.093245
Antar is sent by Selima, head of the Ottoman Empire, to prevent Pasha Hammam from attempting to overthrow the emperor.
Back at the Front, 1h27
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck, Mari Blanchard, Richard Long, Gregg Palmer, Barry Kelley
Roles Nina - Johnny Redondo's Accomplice
Rating65% 3.256263.256263.256263.256263.25626
Willie (Ewell) and Joe (Lembeck) are two U.S. Army veterans of World War II who got through the war by Goldbricking. After returning to civilian life they are recalled to active duty and end up part of the post war occupation forces in Japan. Chaos ensues as they attempt one con job after another in order to avoid work details and get leave to spend time in Tokyo.
The Brigand, 1h33
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Actors Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance, Anthony Quinn, Gale Robbins, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell
Roles Dona Dolores Castro
Rating59% 2.999562.999562.999562.999562.99956
A rogue exile impersonates a King and a virtuous person wants to be so because he is the rightful heir to the throne.