Marie Wilson (American actress)

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Marie Wilson (August 19, 1916 - November 23, 1972) was an American radio, film, and television actress.

Born Katherine Elisabeth Wilson in Anaheim, California, she began her show business career in New York City as a dancer on the Broadway stage. She gained national prominence with My Friend Irma on radio, television and on film and as a result built a career playing the quintessential dumb blonde appearing in numerous comedies and performing in Ken Murray's famous Hollywood "Blackouts". During World War II, Wilson was one of the volunteer performers at the Hollywood Canteen.

Wilson's talents have been recognized with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to radio at 6301 Hollywood Blvd., for television at 6765 Hollywood Blvd., and for motion pictures at 6601 Hollywood Blvd.

Wilson had three husbands: Nick Grinde (dates unknown), Allan Nixon (1942-1950) and Robert Fallon (1951-1972).

Wilson appeared in more than forty films and was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show on four occasions and a television performer during the 1960s, working up until the time her of her death from cancer in 1972 at age 56. She was interred in the Columbarium of Remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.

[edit] Filmography

Features:

• Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
• Babes in Toyland (1934)
• Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
• The Girl Friend (1935)
• Stars Over Broadway (1935)
• Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
• Broadway Hostess (1935)
• Colleen (1936)
• The Big Noise (1936)
• Satan Met a Lady (1936)
• China Clipper (1936)
• King of Hockey (1936)
• Melody for Two (1937)
• Public Wedding (1937)
• Over the Goal (1937)
• The Great Garrick (1937)
• The Invisible Menace (1938)
• Fools for Scandal (1938)
• Boy Meets Girl (1938)
• Broadway Musketeers (1938)
• Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
• Should Husbands Work? (1939)
• Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
• Virginia (1941)
• Rookies on Parade (1941)
• Flying Blind (1941)
• Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)
• Broadway (1942)
• She's in the Army (1942)
• You Can't Ration Love (1944)
• Shine On Harvest Moon (1944)
• Music for Millions (1944)
• Young Widow (1946)
• No Leave, No Love (1946)
• The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
• The Fabulous Joe (1947)
• Linda Be Good (1947)
• My Friend Irma (1949)
• My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
• Never Wave at a WAC (1952)
• A Girl in Every Port (1952)
• Marry Me Again (1953)
• The Story of Mankind (1957)
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Short Subjects:

• My Gal Sally (1935)
• Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
• For Auld Lang Syne #3 (1938)
• Vitaphone Pictorial Revue No. 12 (1938)
• Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman (1950)
• Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade (1954)

[edit] Television Work

• My Friend Irma (1952-1954)
• Ernestine (1962) (unsold pilot)
• Where's Huddles? (1970) (voice) (canceled after 10 episodes)

[edit] External links

• Marie Wilson at the Internet Movie Database