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 Windsor in The Narrow Margin |
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| Birth name | Emily Marie Bertelsen |
| Born | December 11 1919 Marysvale, Utah |
| Died | December 10 2000 (aged 80) Beverly Hills, California |
| Spouse(s) | Ted Steele (m.1946) Jack Hupp (1954-2000) |
Marie Windsor (December 11 1919 - December 10 2000). Born as Emily Marie Bertelson in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, Windsor was called "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many film noirs and B-movies like Cat-Women of the Moon (1953). However, other actresses, such as Fay Wray, Lucille Ball, and others have garnered the title as well.[1]
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Career
She got her break into movies when she was seen crying while working as a cigarette girl. Film producer Arthur Hornblow saw the young student actress and as a consolation offered her a screen test - eventually leading to her long film career. The 5'9" actress's first memorable role was opposite John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. Windsor also had large roles in film noirs including The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie The Killing playing Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. Later she moved on to television, appearing on such shows as Maverick (in episodes "The Quick and the Dead" with James Garner and "Epitaph for a Gambler"), The Incredible Hulk, General Hospital, Murder, She Wrote and Rawhide ("Incident on the Edge of Madness"). After her acting career she became a painter and sculptor. She died of undisclosed causes on the day before her 81st birthday. She was one of the 500 stars nominated to become one of the 50 greatest American screen legends as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years.
Filmography
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Footnotes
- ^ Marie Windsor at the Internet Movie Database.
