Actor
Marla English
January 4, 1935 · San Diego, California, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Lance Fuller
3 titles together
The She-Creature, Voodoo Woman, Runaway Daughters
Bess Flowers
3 titles together
The She-Creature, Three Bad Sisters, Runaway Daughters
Raymond Burr
2 titles together
Rear Window, Casanova's Big Night
Tom Conway
2 titles together
The She-Creature, Voodoo Woman
Ron Randell
2 titles together
The She-Creature, Desert Sands
Frieda Inescort
2 titles together
The She-Creature, Casanova's Big Night
Full filmography · 14
Voodoo Woman
as Marilyn Blanchard
19574.7
Flesh and the Spur
as Wild Willow
1956
A Strange Adventure
as Lynn Novak
1956
The She-Creature
as Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby
19564.1
Three Bad Sisters
as Vicki Craig
1956
Runaway Daughters
as Audrey
1956
Hell's Horizon
as Sami
1955
Desert Sands
as Zara
1955
Shield for Murder
as Patty Winters
19546.7
Living It Up
as Manicurist (uncredited)
19546.5
About Mrs. Leslie
as Minor Role
1954
Rear Window
as Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
19548.3