fiction.wikisort.org - Actor Marie Wilson (born Katherine Elizabeth Wilson ; August 19, 1916 – November 23, 1972) was an American radio, film, and television actress. She may be best remembered as the title character in My Friend Irma .
US actress (1916–1972)
Marie Wilson
Wilson in 1951
Born Katherine Elizabeth Wilson
(1916-08-19 ) August 19, 1916Died November 23, 1972(1972-11-23) (aged 56)Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress Years active 1934– 1972 Spouses Nick Grinde
( m. 1938
, divorced
) Allan Nixon
( m. 1942
; div. 1950
) [citation needed ] Robert Fallon
( m. 1951
)
Marie Wilson with director/writer Nick Grinde .
Early life
Wilson was born in Anaheim, California , on August 19, 1916. Her nickname at Anaheim High School was "Maybelle".[1] Wilson graduated from high school in 1933.[1]
Career
Radio
Although Wilson was afraid of the microphone used in radio,[2] she played scatterbrained Irma Peterson in the radio comedy My Friend Irma from April 11, 1947, to August 23, 1954.[3]
Film
Wilson began her career in Hollywood in the 1934 film Down to Their Last Yacht as a ship passenger,[4] and then appeared in Babes in Toyland as Mary Quite Contrary .[5] Wilson appeared in Ladies Crave Excitement (1935),[7] The Girl Friend (1935),[8] Stars Over Broadway (1935),[9] Miss Pacific Fleet (1935),[10] The Big Noise (1936),[11] Melody for Two (1937),[13] Boy Meets Girl (1938),[15] Sweepstakes Winner (1939),[16] Virginia (1941),[17] She's in the Army (1942),[18] You Can't Ration Love (1944),[21] Young Widow (1946),[22] and Never Wave at a WAC (1952).[23]
In 1936, she played Miss Murgatroyd in Satan Met a Lady ,[24] a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel The Maltese Falcon 1 by Dashiell Hammett .[25] She was in The Great Garrick as Nicolle in 1937.[26] Wilson was in Fools for Scandal as Myrtle in 1938.[27] She was in Waterfront in 1939 as Ruby Waters.[28]
In 1949, she played Irma Peterson in the film My Friend Irma ,[29] reprising her role from the radio series. In 1950, she again played Irma in My Friend Irma Goes West .[29] In 1952, she played Jane Sweet in A Girl in Every Port ,[30] based on the short story They Sell Sailors Elephants by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan . In 1957, she played Marie Antoinette in The Story of Mankind , loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon .[32] Wilson's last film was 1962's Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation ,[33] based on the novel by Edward Streeter .[34]
Wilson also had roles in short films, including Bum Voyage (1934),[35] Slide, Nellie, Slide (1936), Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6) (1938), and Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 12) .
Television
Wilson first appeared on television in the series My Friend Irma from 1952 to 1954. She was in two episodes of Burke's Law . Wilson was in the short-lived television series Where's Huddles? . Her last role was in 1972 as Margaret Cooperman in Love, American Style . Wilson was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show on four occasions.
Stage
In June and July 1950, Wilson portrayed Lady Teazle in a production of School for Scandal at the Circle Theater in Hollywood. She appeared with her husband, Allan Nixon, who played Charles Surface.[38]
Walk of Fame
Wilson's talents have been recognized with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:[1] for radio at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, for television at 6765 Hollywood Boulevard, and for movies at 6601 Hollywood Boulevard.[39]
Sculpture
Wilson's left leg was the model for a 35-ft (sometimes referred to as 34-ft), two-ton sculpture outside the Theme Hosiery (later Sanderson Hoisery) plant on Olympic and Barrington in West Los Angeles. The DuPont Co. commissioned the plaster leg, which was painted as if to be wearing nylons, to promote its new nylons product. Wilson was hoisted thigh-level at the sculpture's unveiling August 6, 1949.[40] [41]
Personal life
Wilson was married to actor Allan Nixon from 1942 to 1950. Her 1951 marriage to actor Robert Fallon lasted until her death from cancer at age 56.[2] Wilson was interred in the Columbarium of Remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills .[43]
Filmography
Film
Film shorts/documentaries
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1934
Bum Voyage
Ship's Passenger at Party
Directed by Nick Grinde[35]
1935
My Girl Sally
Leading actress
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding [81]
1936
Slide, Nellie, Slide
Nellie, the Softball Player
Directed by Ralph Staub
1938
Swingtime in the Movies
Herself
Directed by written by Crane Wilbur [82]
For Auld Lang Syne #3
Herself
Documentary
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6)
Herself
Directed by Willard Du Brul, Clem McCarthy, and I. Miller[83]
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 12)
Herself
Directed by Lloyd French
1950
Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman
Herself
Directed by Ralph Staub[84]
1954
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade
Herself
Written and directed by Ralph Staub[84]
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1952-1954
My Friend Irma
Irma Peterson
Contract role
1962
The Comedy Spot
Ernestine
Episode: "The Soft Touch"
Ernestine
Ernestine McDougal[86]
Made-for-TV-movie directed by Sidney Salkow[2]
1963
Empire
Guest
Episode: "Hidden Asset" (S 1:Ep 26)
1964
Burke's Law
Chuchi Smith
Episode: "Who Killed Marty Kelso?" (S 1:Ep 22)
My Son, the Witch Doctor
Leading actress
Made-for-TV-movie
1965
Burke's Law
Ramona Specks
Episode: "Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings?"( S2:Ep 20)
1968
Mr. Blackwell Presents
Herself
Directed by William Edwards and William Stierwalt
1969
Jack Cassidy 's St. Patrick's Day TV Special
Singer
Directed by William Rainbolt
1970
Where's Huddles?
Penny McCoy
Contract role
1972
Love, American Style
Margaret Cooperman
Episode: "Love and the Girlish Groom / Love and the New You / Love and the Oldlyweds / Love and the Wishing Star" (S 4:Ep 4)
References
Notes
^ Original publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1929.
Citations
Anaheim High School Alumni Association (January 26, 2016). "Katherine Elizabeth "Maybelle" Wilson - a.k.a. Marie Wilson - Class of 1933" . Anaheim High School . Anaheim, California: Anaheim Union High School District. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016 . Tranberg, Charles (1970). Not So Dumb: The Life and Career of Marie Wilson . Albany, New York: BearManor Medi. ISBN 978-1593930493 . Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 472 –473. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3 . Retrieved September 4, 2019 . My Friend Irma, situation comedy. "Down to Their Last Yacht" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Babes in Toyland" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Ladies Crave Excitement" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Girl Friend" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Stars Over Broadway" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Miss Pacific Fleet" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Big Noise" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Melody for Two" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Boy Meets Girl" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Sweepstakes Winner" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Virginia" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "She's in the Army" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "You Can't Ration Love" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Young Widow" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Never Wave at a WAC" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Satan Met a Lady" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . Hammett, Dashiell (1992). The Maltese Falcon . New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. ISBN 978-0679722649 . "The Great Garrick" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Fools for Scandal" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Waterfront" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 16, 2016 . "My Friend Irma" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016 . "A Girl in Every Port" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016 . van Loon, Hendrik Willem (2006). The Story of Mankind (Reissue ed.). New York City: Cosimo Classics. ISBN 978-1596059566 . "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . Streeter, Edward (1954). Mr. Hobbs' Vacation . Harper & Brothers. OCLC 1391704 . "Bum Voyage" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Florabel Muir Reporting" . The Mirror . Los Angeles, California. June 8, 1950. p. 8. Retrieved April 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. "Marie Wilson on the Hollywood Star Walk" . Los Angeles Times . November 23, 1972. Retrieved September 22, 2016 . "SkyscraperPage Forum – View Single Post – noirish Los Angeles" . "The woman behind DuPont's nylon leg" . August 8, 2014. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries "Broadway Hostess" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Colleen" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Maltese Falcon 1931" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "China Clipper" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "King of Hockey" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Public Wedding" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Over the Goal" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Invisible Menace" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . Miller, Frank. "Fools for Scandal" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Broadway Musketeers" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . McCabe, John (1999). CAGNEY (1st ed.). New York City: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0786705801 . "Should Husbands Work?" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Cowboy Quarterback" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Rookies on Parade" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 15, 2016 . "Flying Blind!" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Harvard, Here I Come!" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Broadway" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Shine On Harvest Moon" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Music for Millions" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "No Leave, No Love" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016 . "The Fabulous Joe" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016 . "Linda, Be Good" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016 . "My Friend Irma Goes West" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 13, 2016 . "Watch I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953) Free Online" . OVGuide . Beverly Hills, California: FOTV Media Networks Inc. Retrieved September 23, 2016 . "Marry Me Again" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Story of Mankind" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Motion pictures, 1912-1939 online" . Prelinger Library . Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 1951. Retrieved September 22, 2016 . "Swingtime in the Movies" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6)" . Turner Classic Movies . Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 21, 2016 . "The Columbia Shorts Department" . Columbia Pictures . Los Angeles: Sony Pictures Entertainment. Retrieved September 23, 2016 . Goldberg, Lee (2015). Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989 . Seattle: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1511590679 .
Sources
Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 472 –473. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3 . My Friend Irma, situation comedy.
"Allan H. Nixon, actor divorce" . Los Angeles Times . December 30, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved September 22, 2016 . (subscription required)
Brown, Terry (2016). Character-Based Film Series Part 3 . Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 978-1365021312 .
Hischak, Thomas S. (2015). The Encyclopedia of Film Composers . Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 560. ISBN 978-1442245495 .
Pool, Jeannie Gayle (2008). Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band . Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 79 . ISBN 978-0810861022 .
Alan Goble, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (1st ed.). New Providence, New Jersey: Bowker-Saur. pp. 471, 532. ISBN 978-1857392296 .
Maltin, Leonard (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide . New York City: Signet Classics. p. 168. ISBN 978-0451224682 .
"Nancy Hamilton papers" (PDF) . Archives & Manuscripts: Call number T-Mss 1985-006 . New York City: The New York Public Library. pp. 3, 13. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
Yogerst, Chris (2016). From the Headlines to Hollywood: The Birth and Boom of Warner Bros. (Film and History) . Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 48. ISBN 978-1442262454 .
The American Film Institute (1997). The 1911-1960: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films (1st ed.). Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 1114. ISBN 978-0520209640 .
Aaker, Everett (2013). George Raft: The Films . New York City: McFarland & Company. p. 20. ISBN 978-0786466467 .
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Curley, Stephen; Wetta, Frank J. (1992). Celluloid Wars: A Guide to Film and the American Experience of War . Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 146 . ISBN 978-0313260995 . Marie Wilson in the 1942 film she's in the army.
Monush, Barry (2003). Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors, Vol. 1: From the Silent Era to 1965 . Milwaukee: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. p. 792. ISBN 978-1557835512 .
Coniam, Matthew (August 4, 2016). That's Me, Groucho! The Solo Career of Groucho Marx . New York City: McFarland & Company. p. 63. ISBN 978-1476663739 .
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The Fresno Bee Staff (January 12, 1964). "My Son, The Witch Doctor" . The Fresno Bee . p. 108. Retrieved September 20, 2016 . (subscription required)
Marie, Rose (2003). Hold the Roses . Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 264. ISBN 978-0813122649 .
Pittsburgh Press Staff (December 1, 1968). "1968 Blackwell Host At House First Feather Pat's Pointers J Knit Stripes Fashionable" . Pittsburgh Press . p. 82. Retrieved September 24, 2016 . (subscription required)
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На других языках - [en] Marie Wilson (American actress) [es] Marie Wilson Marie Wilson (Anaheim, 19 de agosto de 1916-Hollywood, Los Ángeles, 23 de noviembre de 1972) fue una actriz radiofónica, televisiva y cinematográfica estadounidense. [ru] Мари Уилсон Мари Уилсон (англ. Marie Wilson, 19 августа 1916 — 23 ноября 1972) — американская актриса. Она добилась национальной известности благодаря главной роли в комедийном шоу «Моя подруга Ирма»[1]. Шоу выходило на CBS Radio с 1947 по 1954 год, а в 1952-54 годах также транслировалось на телевидении. Также было снято два полнометражных кинофильма, «Моя подруга Ирма» (1949) и «Моя подруга Ирма едет на Запад» (1950), где также сыграла Уилсон.
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