Marie Windsor

Actor

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Also Known As

Emily Marie Bertelsen

Birth Place

Marysvale, Utah, USA

Born

December 11, 1919

Died

December 10, 2000

Biography

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Though she spent much of her early career mired in low-budget and mediocre B-movies, Marie Windsor's memorable portrayal of a manipulative femme fatale in "Force of Evil" led to steady film and TV work. After appearing in the classic noir film, which was praised for its extensive use of on-location photography and a well-written script, Windsor, a former beauty pageant queen and telephon...

Filmography

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Commando Squad (1987)

J.O.E. and the Colonel (1985)

Lovely But Deadly (1983)

Freaky Friday (1976)

Stranded (1976)

Hearts of the West (1975)

Woman At Nevada Hotel

Photos & Videos

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Sniper, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Law Enforcement Is Helpless

Killing, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) These Two Other Guys

Family & Companions

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Ted Steele

Husband

Bandleader. Married on April 20, 1946; marriage annulled.

Jack Rodney Hupp

Husband

Real estate broker. Son of silent screen star Earl Rodney; married on November 30, 1954.

Biography

Though she spent much of her early career mired in low-budget and mediocre B-movies, Marie Windsor's memorable portrayal of a manipulative femme fatale in "Force of Evil" led to steady film and TV work. After appearing in the classic noir film, which was praised for its extensive use of on-location photography and a well-written script, Windsor, a former beauty pageant queen and telephone operator, traded campy roles in films like the science-fiction fantasy "Cat-Women of the Moon" for more serious fare. She landed a major role as a scheming racetrack window teller in the Stanley Kubrick heist film "The Killing," about a veteran criminal's attempt to pull off one last score, and also appeared in such melodramas as the Chicago-set "City that Never Sleeps" and the Oscar-nominated "The Narrow Margin." By the early '60s, Windsor had transitioned from film to television, landing recurring roles on the sketch comedy series "The Red Skelton Hour" and the long-running western "Rawhide." Windsor, who married former Olympic basketball player Jack Hupp in 1954, kept a steady TV presence through the '70s and '80s on popular series like "Charlie's Angels," about three beautiful, intelligentl private investigators, and "Lou Grant," a "Mary Tyler Moore Show" spin-off centered on Ed Asner's gruff but sympathetic newspaper editor. After health problems slowed down her acting career in the '90s, Windsor took up painting and sculpting.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Commando Squad (1987)

J.O.E. and the Colonel (1985)

Lovely But Deadly (1983)

Freaky Friday (1976)

Stranded (1976)

Hearts of the West (1975)

Woman At Nevada Hotel

Manhunter (1974)

The Outfit (1974)

Cahill, U.S. Marshal (1973)

One More Train to Rob (1971)

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Wild Women (1970)

Lottie Clampett

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

Chamber of Horrors (1966)

Bedtime Story (1964)

Mail Order Bride (1964)

Critic's Choice (1963)

The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)

Claire Fielding

Paradise Alley (1962)

Island Women (1958)

Day of the Bad Man (1958)

The Unholy Wife (1957)

The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)

The Story of Mankind (1957)

Josephine Bonaparte

The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

Swamp Women (1956)

The Killing (1956)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

The Silver Star (1955)

Karen [Childress]

No Man's Woman (1955)

Two-Gun Lady (1955)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

The Eddie Cantor Story (1954)

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

City That Never Sleeps (1953)

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

So This Is Love (1953)

Marilyn Montgomery

The Tall Texan (1953)

Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)

The Sniper (1952)

Japanese War Bride (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

Mrs. Neall, alias of Sarah Meggs

Outlaw Women (1952)

Iron Mae McLeod

The Jungle (1952)

Frenchie (1951)

Hurricane Island (1951)

Little Big Horn (1951)

Two Dollar Bettor (1951)

Double Deal (1950)

The Showdown (1950)

Adelaide Gilbert

Dakota Lil (1950)

Hellfire (1949)

Doll Brown, previously known as Mary Carson, also known as Julie Gaye

Outpost in Morocco (1949)

Force of Evil (1949)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

La Belle Bergere

The Pirate (1948)

On an Island with You (1948)

The Three Musketeers (1948)

Dark-eyed woman

Living in a Big Way (1947)

The Unfinished Dance (1947)

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)

Baggett daughter

The Hucksters (1947)

Let's Face It (1943)

Chatterbox (1943)

Pilot #5 (1943)

Three Hearts for Julia (1942)

Orchestra member

The Big Street (1942)

Call Out the Marines (1942)

Smart Alecks (1942)

Parachute Nurse (1942)

Company "C" girl

Cast (Special)

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

An Apartment in Rome (1964)

Johnny Come Lately (1960)

Alias Mike Hercules (1956)

Lydia Tremaine (Guest)

Tom and Jerry (1955)

Cast (Short)

I Love My Wife BUT! (1946)

I Love My Husband BUT! (1946)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Salem's Lot (1979)

Life Events

1939

"Unofficially" named Miss Utah by Chamber of Commerce

1947

Feature film acting debut

Photo Collections

The Narrow Margin - Publicity Still

Here is a Publicity Still from The Narrow Margin (1952), starring Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

Videos

Sniper, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Law Enforcement Is Helpless Journalistic and inflammatory, the dramatized quasi-factual prologue, and the introduction of Arthur Franz as the title character, in producer Stanley Kramer and director Edward Dmytryk’s first collaboration, The Sniper, 1952, also starring Adolphe Menjou and Richard Kiley, shot largely in San Francisco.

Killing, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) These Two Other Guys Ex-con Johnny (Sterling Hayden) briefing his cohorts, Joe Sawyer as Mike, Ted de Corsia as cop Randy, Jay C. Flippen as Marvin and Elisha Cook as racetrack employee George, whose wife Sherry (Marie Windsor) turns out to be listening-in, in Stanley Kubrick’s heist drama The Killing, 1956.

Killing, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Meatball With Gravy Sherry (Marie Windsor), having just heard from her milquetoast husband about the plan to rob the racetrack, visits Val (Vince Edwards) whom we learn is her lover, wondering after a fade to black how they might profit, in Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, 1956, starring Sterling Hayden.

Sniper, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I Think It's Brandy After burning himself on the stove in a bid for attention, and mostly failing, we join Eddie (Arthur Franz, title character) at work for the first time, a delivery man (working on location) in San Francisco, Marie Windsor his benevolent and alluring customer, in Edward Dmytryk’s The Sniper, 1952.

Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Madame Rontru Bumbling adventurers in Egypt Pete and Freddie (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) frighten a shopkeeper, meet the alluring Madame Rontru (Marie Windsor) and do a snake charming gag, early in Universal's Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, 1955.

Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Hole In The Rock Big comedy piece as Pete and Freddie (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) have finally reached the tomb of the evil mummy prince Klaris, accidentally gaining entry, in Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, 1955.

City That Never Sleeps (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Take The Service Elevator Continuing the omniscient narration, by the “voice of the city,” (Chicago), we meet William Talman as thief Stewart, Ron Hagerthy his sidekick, Edward Arnold as lawyer Biddell, Marie Windsor his wife, Gig Young again as Johnny, whom we didn’t know was a cop, and Paula Raymond as the wife we know he’s thinking of leaving, early in City That Never Sleeps, 1953.

Narrow Margin, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) After You Detectives Brown (Charles McGraw) and Forbes (Don Beddoe) meet their feisty witness (Marie Windsor) before the train ride, in an early scene from Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin, 1952.

Narrow Margin, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) He's Dead And You're Alive Detective Brown (Charles McGraw) controls fury toward Mrs. Neall (Marie Windsor) the whiny witness he's guarding, then gets steely toward Kemp (David Clarke) who invades their sleeper, in Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin, 1952.

Narrow Margin, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Steadier Nerves Cold then warm meeting with Ann (Jacqueline White) before Brown (Charles McGraw) sees reason to panic as Kemp (David Clarke) pursues his witness aboard the train in Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin, 1952.

Cahill, United States Marshal (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Austin To El Paso Widower John Wayne (title character) appoints Mrs. Green (Marie Windsor) to care for his younger son (Clay O’Brien), then takes his deputized older boy (Gary Grimes), who’s already in thrall to murderous bandit George Kennedy, to hire tracker Lightfoot (Neville Brand), in Cahill, United States Marshal, 1973.

Bounty Hunter, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) I Usually Get Champagne Obscuring his true profession, Kipp (Randolph Scott) makes friends with saloon showgirl Alice (Marie Windsor) and by proxy her ally, dealer George (Robert Keys), early in the Andre De Toth Western The Bounty Hunter, 1954.

Family

Lane Bertelsen

Father

Etta Bertelsen

Mother

Jerry Bertelsen

Brother

Born c. 1933.

Lousie Bertelsen

Sister

Born c. 1939.

Chris Hupp

Step-Son

Richard Rodney Hupp

Son

Born on January 11, 1963.

Companions

Ted Steele

Husband

Bandleader. Married on April 20, 1946; marriage annulled.

Jack Rodney Hupp

Husband

Real estate broker. Son of silent screen star Earl Rodney; married on November 30, 1954.

Bibliography

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