Marian Shockley
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Marian Shockley (October 10th, 1911-December 14th, 1981) was an American film actress of the 1930's.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Shockley was selected as a "WAMPAS Baby Star" in 1932, alongside such well known actresses as Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart, star of the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic. From 1930 to 1934 she starred in nineteen films, all B-movies, including the 1931 western Near the Trails End opposite Bob Steele, and Heroes of the Flames that same year, starring opposite Tim McCoy.
There were fourteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars" in 1932. Of those, several saw continued success in acting, whereas others would see short lived success, only to watch their acting career end with little notoriety. Shockley would be in the latter group. She continued auditioning for parts, receiving only one between 1934 and 1943. In the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen, which starred numerous actors and actresses in cameo roles, such as Katharine Cornell, Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead and others, Shockley had only a minor role.
She would have a couple of television roles following that, and retired from acting in 1953. She was a sister in law to Stuart Erwin and actress June Collyer, and was married to actor Bud Collyer until his death in 1969, and with whom she had three children. She died on December 14th, 1981.
