Marla English

About Marla English

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Day: January 04, 1935
Birth Place:  San Diego, California, United States
Died On: December 10, 2012(2012-12-10) (aged 77)\nTucson, Arizona, U.S.
Birth Sign: Aquarius
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1953–1957
Spouse(s): A. Paul Sutherland (1956-2012)

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Marla English was born on January 04, 1935 in  San Diego, California, United States, is Actress. Marla English was born Marlene Gaile English in San Diego, Califonia, on January 4, 1935. She was the daughter of Bertha Lenore and Arthur H. English, and Marla was the nickname given to her by friends of the family who took care of her when her mother fell ill in 1939. She began modeling at the age of 12, and became a member of San Diego's Globe Theatre while a sophomore in high school, and played roles in their productions of "Mad Woman of Chaillot" and "Cricket on the Hearth" while continuing her modeling career. Paramount Pictures signed her to a contract in the fall of 1952, and she had parts in five Paramount films.
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Biography/Timeline

1952

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.

1954

Her breakthrough role came when she was borrowed by Aubrey Schenck to appear in Shield for Murder (1954).

1955

English made mostly B-movie 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.

1956

English gave up her acting career in 1956, aged 21, when she became engaged to San Diego businessman A. Paul Sutherland.