Marla English
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 4, 1935, San Diego, California, USA
- Died
- December 10, 2012
- Movies
- 14
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1957 | Voodoo Woman | Marilyn Blanchard |
| 1956 | Flesh and the Spur | Wild Willow |
| 1956 | A Strange Adventure | Lynn Novak |
| 1956 | The She-Creature | Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby |
| 1956 | Three Bad Sisters | Vicki Craig |
| 1956 | Runaway Daughters | Audrey |
| 1955 | Hell's Horizon | Sami |
| 1955 | Desert Sands | Zara |
| 1954 | Shield for Murder | Patty Winters |
| 1954 | Living It Up | Manicurist (uncredited) |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Minor Role |
| 1954 | Rear Window | Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Yankee Pasha | Harem Girl |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Girl In Gondola |
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