Marie Windsor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie Windsor (born Emily Marie Bertelsen; December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000) was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many B-movies and film noirs. After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, Windsor began playing feature parts on the big screen in 1947. Her first film contract, with Warner Bros. in 1942, resulted from her writing jokes and submitting them to Jack Benny. Windsor said she submitted the gags under the name M.E. Windsor "because I was afraid he might be prejudiced against a woman gag writer." When Benny finally met Windsor, "he was stunned by her good looks" and had a producer sign her to a contract. After a tenure with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which the studio "signed her, put her in two small roles and then promptly forgot her", she signed a seven-year contract with The Enterprise Studios in 1948. The actress' first memorable role was in 1948 with John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. She had roles in numerous 1950s film noirs, notably The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps, and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie, The Killing, in which she played Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. She also made a foray into science fiction with the 1953 release of Cat-Women of the Moon. Windsor co-starred with Randolph Scott in The Bounty Hunter (1954). Later, Windsor moved to television. She appeared in 1954 as Belle Starr in the premiere episode of Stories of the Century. In 1962, she played Ann Jesse, a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of Lawman. She appeared on programs such as Maverick, Bat Masterson, Perry Mason, Bourbon Street Beat, The Incredible Hulk, Rawhide, General Hospital, Salem's Lot (TV miniseries), and Murder, She Wrote. Windsor worked consistently through the 1960s and 1970s, and remained on screen once or so annually up to the 1990s, playing her final role at 72 in 1991. Windsor has a star at 1549 N. Vine Street in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated January 19, 1983. She was among the 500 stars nominated for selection as one of the 50 greatest American screen legends, as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years. In 1987, Windsor received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for best actress for her work in The Bar Off Melrose. She also received the Ralph Morgan Award from the Screen Actors Guild for her service on the organization's board of directors.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	2.3713
Birthday	1919-12-11
Place of Birth	Marysvale, Utah, USA
Also Known As	Emily Marie Bertelsen,

The Killing

Cahill: United States Marshal

Cinderella Swings It

The Narrow Margin

The Sniper

The Unholy Wife

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Force of Evil

The Outfit

City That Never Sleeps

Swamp Women

Hell's Half Acre

Trouble Along the Way

Double Deal

The Story of Mankind

Cat-Women of the Moon

The Fighting Kentuckian

The Girl in Black Stockings

Freaky Friday

Japanese War Bride

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Two Dollar Bettor

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

No Man's Woman

J.O.E. and the Colonel

Eyes in the Night

Outlaw Women

The Jungle

Critic's Choice

The Showdown

One More Train to Rob

Little Big Horn

The Day Mars Invaded Earth

Pilot #5

The Bounty Hunter

Mail Order Bride

Outpost in Morocco

Lovely But Deadly

The Parson and the Outlaw

Two-Gun Lady

Frenchie

Paradise Alley

Dakota Lil

So This Is Love

Four Jacks and a Jill

Commando Squad

Hurricane Island

The Tall Texan

The Eddie Cantor Story

Follow the Leader

The Three Musketeers

Song of the Thin Man

Island Women

The Silver Star

Bedtime Story

Hellfire

Chamber of Horrors

Living in a Big Way

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

The Pirate

All-American Co-Ed

The Lady or the Tiger?

Let's Face It

I Love My Husband, But!

The Hucksters

George Washington Slept Here

The Perfect Woman

Day of the Badman

I Love My Wife BUT!

Parachute Nurse

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Hearts of the West

Weekend for Three

Wild Women

The Big Street

Flying with Music

Let's Face It

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Joan of Paris

On an Island with You