Marla English
Marla English (actually Marl A Gaile English; born January 4, 1935 in San Diego, California, † December 10, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona ) was an American actress of the 1950s.
Life
After winning a beauty contest in her hometown, she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures. For one week salary of $ 150 they had 1954 tiny roles in movies like Red Garters and Rear Window. Her breakthrough was to experience in addition to Spencer Tracy in the drama Mount of Temptation, which was shot in France, which is why English has received a smallpox vaccination. Since then stopped an attack of fever, she decided to cancel the film and was replaced by Paramount by Barbara Darrow. In an interview with Parade Magazine she said in September 1955 that it had a so done a stupid step and not exactly know why it had decided against the film. A friend told the Journal, English 've fallen in love with Paramount colleague Larry Pennell and canceled in protest against the non- cast in the film, the journey to France. So were almost exclusively B movies for English during her Hollywood career. They were seen in 1956 in crooks, scoundrels, fleet wives, Runaway Daughters, the horror film creature of horror and the Western blood and spores; 1957 finally in Voodoo Woman. In 1955 she had been occupied with John Ireland and Pennell in Hell's Horizon. At times it was called due to their very good looks "The poor man's Elizabeth Taylor ".
In 1956, she finished at the age of 21 years, her dramatic career when she met the businessman Paul A. Sutherland, to whom she was married until her death.