Marla English

Marla English

She was born Marleine Gaile English in San Diego, California. As a teenager, she worked as a model and performed locally. English was originally signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures in 1952 after winning a San Diego beauty pageant to be "Fairest of the Fair". She was paid $150 per week to appear in such films as Red Garters (1954) and Rear Window (1954). She was often cut out of these films. Her contract went up to $200 a week. Her breakthrough role came when she was borrowed by Aubrey Schenck to appear in Shield for Murder (1954). She received a major break when she was cast opposite Spencer Tracy in The Mountain, a film which was to be made in France. English was given a smallpox vaccine before leaving to go on location. She quickly developed a raging fever and decided to pull out of the movie. Paramount suspended English and replaced her with Barbara Darrow. Parade Magazine questioned English about her decision in September 1955. She said it was a very dumb move and was unsure why she decided against making The Mountain. A close relative told the publication that English had fallen in love with Paramount actor Larry Pennell. She became enraged when the studio would not give Pennell a role in the film so they could travel to France together. English made mostly B films throughout her career in Hollywood. Some of these include Three Bad Sisters, Runaway Daughters, The She Creature, Flesh and the Spur, and Voodoo Woman. In 1955, she appeared with John Ireland and Pennell in Hell's Horizon.

  • Title: Marla English
  • Popularity: 1.729
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-01-04
  • Place of Birth: San Diego, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Marleine Gaile English
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Marla English Movies

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    Shield for Murder

    Shield for Murder

    6.6 1954 HD

    A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

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  • 1956
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    The She-Creature

    The She-Creature

    4.1 1956 HD

    A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.

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    Voodoo Woman

    Voodoo Woman

    4.559 1957 HD

    Deep in the jungles a mad scientist is using the natives' voodoo for his experiments to create an indestructible being to serve his will. When a...

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    Three Bad Sisters

    Three Bad Sisters

    4 1956 HD

    Following the death of a wealthy man, his three daughters squabble about who should be the principal heiress.

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    A Strange Adventure

    A Strange Adventure

    5.2 1956 HD

    A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.

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    Desert Sands

    Desert Sands

    4.4 1955 HD

    The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.

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    Flesh and the Spur

    Flesh and the Spur

    4.8 1956 HD

    A young man searches for his brother's killer with the help of a gunfighter, a native woman and a traveling medicine man.

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    Runaway Daughters

    Runaway Daughters

    3.9 1956 HD

    Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from...

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  • 1954
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    Yankee Pasha

    Yankee Pasha

    4 1954 HD

    Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.

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    About Mrs. Leslie

    About Mrs. Leslie

    7 1954 HD

    A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.

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    Living It Up

    Living It Up

    6.4 1954 HD

    Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic...

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    Casanova's Big Night

    Casanova's Big Night

    6.1 1954 HD

    Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little...

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    Rear Window

    Rear Window

    8.352 1954 HD

    A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

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    Hell's Horizon

    Hell's Horizon

    5 1955 HD

    The pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather.

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