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Marla English is a Actor American born on 4 january 1935 at San Diego (USA)
Marla English (January 4, 1935, San Diego, California – December 10, 2012, Tucson, Arizona) was an American film actress during the 1950s. She was originally signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures after winning a San Diego beauty pageant. She was paid $150 per week to appear in such films as Red Garters (1954) and Rear Window (1954).
She received a major break when she was cast opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, a film which was to be made in France. Marla was given a smallpox vaccine before leaving to go on location. She quickly developed a raging fever and decided to pull out of the movie. Paramount suspended English and replaced her with Barbara Darrow. Parade Magazine questioned English about her decision in September 1955. She said it was a very dumb move and was unsure why she decided against making The Mountain. A close relative told the publication that English had fallen in love with Paramount actor Larry Pennell. She became enraged when the studio would not give Pennell a role in the film so they could travel to France together.
English made mostly B-movie films throughout her career in Hollywood. Some of these include Three Bad Sisters (1956), Runaway Daughters (1956), The She Creature (1956), Flesh and the Spur (1957), and Voodoo Woman (1957). In 1955, she appeared with John Ireland and Pennell in Hell's Horizon. She gave up her acting career in 1956, aged 21, when she became engaged to San Diego businessman A. Paul Sutherland.
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Marla English
Birth name Marleine Gaile English
Nationality USA
Birth 4 january 1935 at San Diego (USA)
Death 10 december 2012 (at 77 years) at Tucson (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 4 january 1935 at San Diego (USA)
Death 10 december 2012 (at 77 years) at Tucson (USA)
She received a major break when she was cast opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, a film which was to be made in France. Marla was given a smallpox vaccine before leaving to go on location. She quickly developed a raging fever and decided to pull out of the movie. Paramount suspended English and replaced her with Barbara Darrow. Parade Magazine questioned English about her decision in September 1955. She said it was a very dumb move and was unsure why she decided against making The Mountain. A close relative told the publication that English had fallen in love with Paramount actor Larry Pennell. She became enraged when the studio would not give Pennell a role in the film so they could travel to France together.
English made mostly B-movie films throughout her career in Hollywood. Some of these include Three Bad Sisters (1956), Runaway Daughters (1956), The She Creature (1956), Flesh and the Spur (1957), and Voodoo Woman (1957). In 1955, she appeared with John Ireland and Pennell in Hell's Horizon. She gave up her acting career in 1956, aged 21, when she became engaged to San Diego businessman A. Paul Sutherland.
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Voodoo Woman (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Zombie films
Actors Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors, Lance Fuller, Mary Ellen Kay
Roles Marilyn Blanchard
Rating41%
A pair of treasure hunters, which includes the beautiful but ruthless Marilyn Blanchard (Marla English), discover gold in the voodoo idol of a tribe of the African jungle. Hoping to find more such treasures, they con the innocent Ted Bronson (Mike Connors) into acting as a jungle guide and leading them to the tribe that made the idol.
Flesh and the Spur (1956)
, 1h18Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Agar, Marla English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton, Joyce Meadows, Kenne Duncan
Roles Wild Willow
Rating48%
Tanner is a desperate prisoner who escapes from jail and promptly murders an innocent farmer named Matthew Random. Stealing Random's horse and gun, the outlaw promptly makes his escape. Finding his twin brother murdered, Lucius Random (Agar) vows revenge and sets off to find the killer.
The She-Creature (1956)
, 1h17Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Chester Morris, Marla English, Tom Conway, Cathy Downs, Lance Fuller, Frieda Inescort
Roles Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby
Rating38%
The plot concerns an oily carnival hypnotist (Chester Morris), whose experiments in hypnotic regression take his unwitting female subject (Marla English) to a past life as a prehistoric humanoid form of sea life. He uses the physical manifestation of the prehistoric creature to commit murders. The hypnotist's motives are never explicitly described, and the murders happen, apparently, either for revenge or notoriety.
Runaway Daughters (1956)
, 1h31Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Marla English, John Litel, Gloria Castillo, Anna Sten, Mary Ellen Kay, Frank Gorshin
Roles Audrey
Rating49%
Audrey Barton is the teen daughter of rich, irresponsible parents. When school classmate Tommy brings her home from a date, they spy Ruth Barton, her mother, passionately kissing a neighbor.
Three Bad Sisters (1956)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marla English, Kathleen Hughes, Sara Shane, John Bromfield, Jess Barker, Madge Kennedy
Roles Vicki Craig
Rating56%
This script must be run from the command line
Hell's Horizon (1955)
, 1h20Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Ireland, William Schallert, Jerry Paris, Marla English, Bill Williams, Hugh Beaumont
Roles Sami
Rating52%
Capt. John Merrill (John Ireland) is the pilot of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber based in Okinawa who is ordered to destroy a Yalu River bridge in Korea. The mission is continually delayed due to bad weather. His co-pilot (Bill Williams) has to step in when the bored and frustrated crew members begin to fight over Sammi (Marla English), a local woman who is employed as a laundress at their base.
Desert Sands (1955)
, 1h27Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Ron Randell, John Smith
Roles Zara
Rating52%
A strong force of mounted tribal Arabs launches a surprise attack on a French Foreign Legion fort in the North African desert, having previously intercepted and brutally massacred a relief column en route to the fort. After an Alamo-like battle, the more numerous Arabs capture the fort. Addressing the surviving Legionnaires as captives, the Arab leader makes passing reference to Pan-Islam as a motivation for the attacks.
Rear Window (1954)
, 1h49Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Assassinat, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn
Roles Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
Rating84%
After breaking his leg photographing a racetrack accident, professional photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies (James Stewart) is confined to his Greenwich Village apartment, using a wheelchair while he recuperates. His rear window looks out onto a small courtyard and several other apartments. During a summer heat wave, he passes the time by watching his neighbors, who keep their windows open to stay cool. The tenants he can see include a dancer he nicknames "Miss Torso", a lonely woman he nicknames "Miss Lonelyhearts", a composer-pianist, several married couples, a middle-aged sculptor, and Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr), a traveling jewelry salesman with a bedridden wife.
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol, Sammy White, James Bell
Roles Minor Role
Rating70%
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
, 1h26Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Lon Chaney, Jr., Raymond Burr
Roles Girl In Gondola
Rating66%
Pippo, a tailor, impersonates Casanova to woo the girls, particularly the widow Bruni. Casanova has left town, pursued by creditors who persuade Pippo to impersonate Casanova at the behest of a Genoan family that will pay "Casanova" to test the fidelity of the son's betrothed.
Living It Up (1954)
, 1h35Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Sheree North, Fred Clark
Roles Manicurist
Rating64%
Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. His big dream in life is to visit New York City while he is young.
Shield for Murder (1954)
, 1h22Directed by Edmond O'Brien, Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Marla English, Edmond O'Brien, John Agar, Emile Meyer, Carolyn Jones, Claude Akins
Roles Patty Winters
Rating67%
Lieutenant Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien), a 16-year veteran of the police force, has had enough. In a secluded alley late one night, he fatally shoots a bookmaker in the back and steals the $25,000 he was carrying. He then claims the man was killed trying to escape custody. Sergeant Mark Brewster (John Agar), his friend and partner, believes him, as does the Captain of Detectives, Captain Gunnarson (Emile Meyer). However, newspaper reporter Cabot (Herbert Butterfield) suspects otherwise.
Yankee Pasha (1954)
, 1h24Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Jeff Chandler, Rhonda Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, Lee J. Cobb, Hal March, Rex Reason
Roles Harem Girl
Rating62%
[On-screen text: "Salem, Mass. 1800"] Fur trapper Jason Starbuck (Jeff Chandler) arrives in Salem. A general store owner challenges him to a horse race, but his rider's fiancee, Roxana Reil, gives a helpful tip to Starbuck on how to win the race.