Marla English
Acting
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...
Best Performances
Highest rated appearances
Filmography
Voodoo Woman
as Marilyn Blanchard
Flesh and the Spur
as Wild Willow
A Strange Adventure
as Lynn Novak
The She-Creature
as Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby
Three Bad Sisters
as Vicki Craig
Runaway Daughters
as Audrey
Hell's Horizon
as Sami
Desert Sands
as Zara
Shield for Murder
as Patty Winters
Living It Up
as Manicurist (uncredited)
About Mrs. Leslie
as Minor Role
Rear Window
as Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
Yankee Pasha
as Harem Girl
Casanova's Big Night
as Girl In Gondola