Portrait of Brenda Marshall

Acting

Brenda Marshall

Career

Active from 1939 to 1950, busiest in 1940 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brenda Marshall Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Psychological
    4.1, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Tension 2
  • Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

2 titles · average score 72
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Brenda Marshall

The Iroquois Trail
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

as Marion

1940s

16 titles · average score 65
Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith (1948)
GoodWatch score 73

as Marian Sinclair

Strange Impersonation
Strange Impersonation (1946)
GoodWatch score 60

as Nora Goodrich

Background to Danger
Background to Danger (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

as Tamara Zaleshoff

Captains of the Clouds
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
GoodWatch score 79

as Emily Foster

You Can't Escape Forever
You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
GoodWatch score 60

as Laurie Abbott

Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

as Rita Warren

Highway West
Highway West (1941)

as Claire Foster

The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk (1940)
GoodWatch score 85

as Doña Maria Alvarez de Cordoba

East of the River
East of the River (1940)
GoodWatch score 62

as Laurie Romayne

The Man Who Talked Too Much
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Celia Farrady

Money and the Woman
Money and the Woman (1940)

as Barbara Patteson

South of Suez
South of Suez (1940)
GoodWatch score 55

as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield

1930s

2 titles · average score 53
Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent (1939)
GoodWatch score 49

as Brenda Ballard

Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

as Reynolds' Secretary (uncredited)