Biography
Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall was an American actress and model. A popular magazine cigarette girl during her modeling days for Harry Conover, Marshall was at different times "The Old Gold Girl", "The Chesterfield Girl", and "The Lucky Strike Girl". Marshall was signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1942 and groomed in bit parts. She played a featured role in the World War II war drama The Fighting Sullivans, the true story of a family that lost all five enlisted sons in the sinking of the USS Juneau off Guadalcanal in November 1942. Marshall played the surviving sister Genevieve. Taking roles as a decorative ingenue for a time, Marshall later played the "other woman" in a few features. Semi-retired by the 1960s, she returned very infrequently to Hollywood. She appeared in the movie Once Is Not Enough with her daughter Deborah Raffin. Marshall was the hostess of her own radio and TV show in the 1980s in which she interviewed stars who attended special Hollywood event.
Acted in 32
1970s
- 1979
Willa
Lady Trucker
- 1975
1960s
- 1962
Married Too Young
Susan Newton
1950s
- 1958
1104 Sutton Road
Movie
- 1951
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
Barbary Pirate
Anne Ridgeway
Shamrock Hill
Carol Judson
- 1948
Disaster
Jerry Hansford
The Fuller Brush Man
Sara Franzen
- 1947
Beyond Our Own
Ann Rogers
Key Witness
Marge Andrews
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Nina
Too Many Winners
Phyllis Hamilton
- 1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
Corky Corcoran
Boston Blackie and the Law
Irene
Talk About a Lady
Toni Marlowe
- 1945
The Dolly Sisters
Lenora Baldwin
Circumstantial Evidence
Agnes Hannon
- 1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Gloria
Ladies of Washington
Carol Northrup
The Purple Heart
Mrs. Ross
The Fighting Sullivans
Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
- 1943
The Dancing Masters
Trudy Harlan
Coney Island
Girl Friend
Crash Dive
Telephone Operator
- 1942
Springtime in the Rockies
Marilyn Crothers (uncredited)
