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{{Short description|American actress (1909–1978)}}
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| name = Adrienne Marden
| name = Adrienne Marden
| image =
| image = Adrienne Marden.jpg
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|birth_name=Mabel Adrienne Baruch
| birth_date = September 2, 1909
| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|9|2}}
| birth_place = [[ Cleveland, Ohio]], [[United States]]
| death_date = November 9, 1978
| birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|11|9|1909|9|2}}
| death_place = [[ Los Angeles, California]], United States
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| othername = Mabel Adrienne Baruch
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1932 - 1978 (film & TV)
| yearsactive = 1932–1978 (film & TV)
| alma_mater = [[University of Michigan]]
| imdb_id = 0546255
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Wendell Holmes (actor)|Wendell Holmes]]|1956|1962|end=died}}<ref name="facebook">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/1421351491421167/posts/star-trek-geek-alerthappy-dead-whit-bissell-day1996-whitner-nutting-whit-bissell/2339716492917991/|website = facebook.com| title = Facebook|access-date=January 15, 2022}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>
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'''Adrienne Marden''' (September 2, 1909 – November 9, 1978) was an American [[film actor|film]] and [[television actress]].<ref>Pitts p.162</ref>
'''Adrienne Marden''' (born '''Mabel Adrienne Baruch''', September 2, 1909 – November 9, 1978) was an American [[film actor|film]] and [[television actress]].<ref>Pitts p.162</ref>


==Early years==
Born '''Mabel Baruch''', in Cleveland, Ohio,<ref name=smh/> Marden attended the University of Michigan, where she was active in dramatics.<ref name="ma">{{cite journal|title='31|journal=The Michigan Alumnus|date=May 7, 1938|page=389|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_bhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA389&dq=%22Adrienne+Marden%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXu8aNhOnUAhWo8YMKHT9FD7wQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Adrienne%20Marden%22&f=false|accessdate=1 July 2017|publisher=UM Libraries|language=en}}</ref>
Marden was born in Cleveland, Ohio,<ref name=smh/> the daughter of Lenore (Stein) and Ralph Baruch.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMrOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22John+is+in+business+in+Lenore+(+Stein+)+Baruch+writes+from+California+that+Minneapolis+,+and+Calvin+is+in+business+in+Chicago+.%22 | title=The Smith Alumnae Quarterly | year=1938 | page=182}}</ref> Marden attended the University of Michigan, where she was active in dramatics.<ref name="ma">{{cite journal|title='31|journal=The Michigan Alumnus|date=May 7, 1938|page=389|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_bhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Adrienne+Marden%22&pg=PA389|access-date=July 1, 2017|publisher=UM Libraries|language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
One of Marden's first film roles was playing a czar's daughter in ''[[Rasputin and the Empress]]'' (1932), in which she was billed as '''Mabel Marden'''.<ref name="smh">{{cite news|title=Stage and Screen Personalities|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12061748/the_sydney_morning_herald/|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=July 28, 1936|location=Australia, Sydney, New South Wales|page=27|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = July 1, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Marden gained early acting experience in [[Repertory theatre|stock theater]] companies in Cleveland. She also directed musicals in some small towns in Ohio before moving to California and joining the [[Pasadena Playhouse]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Adrienne Marden in Debut at Palace|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12062542/the_mason_city_globegazette/|work=The Mason City Globe-Gazette|date=May 13, 1936|location=Iowa, Mason City|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 1, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>


One of Marden's first film roles was playing a czar's daughter in ''[[Rasputin and the Empress]]'' (1932), in which she was billed as '''Mabel Marden'''.<ref name="smh">{{cite news|title=Stage and Screen Personalities|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12061748/the_sydney_morning_herald/|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=July 28, 1936|location=Australia, Sydney, New South Wales|page=27|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 1, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Marden's acting credits on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] include ''Hickory Stick'' (1943), ''The American Way'' (1938), and ''The Women'' (1936).<ref>{{cite web|title=("Adrienne Marden" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Adrienne%20Marden&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac7d-d16d-a550-ec7fa6c70000&|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|accessdate=1 July 2017|archiveurl=https://archive.is/urmna|archivedate=1 July 2017}}</ref>


Marden debuted on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (play)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' (1934).<ref name="scs">{{cite news|title=The Rivalry Coming To Cabrillo|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12061927/santa_cruz_sentinel/|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|date=April 9, 1967|location=California, Santa Cruz|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 1, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> Her other Broadway credits include ''Hickory Stick'' (1943), ''The American Way'' (1938), and ''The Women'' (1936).<ref>{{cite web|title=("Adrienne Marden" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Adrienne%20Marden&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac7d-d16d-a550-ec7fa6c70000&|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|access-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170701222749/http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Adrienne%20Marden&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac7d-d16d-a550-ec7fa6c70000&|archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Selected filmography==

* ''[[Madame Spy (1934 film)|Madame Spy]]'' (1934)
In 1935 Marden would appear at [[Elitch Theatre]] in the Summer Stock cast.<ref>Levy, Edwin Lewis, "Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado: A History of the Oldest Summer Theatre in the United States (1890-1941)" [Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, 1960]</ref>
* ''[[Star for a Night (film)|Star for a Night]]'' (1936)

* ''[[F-Man]]'' (1936)
On radio, Marden had the role of Patricia Jordan on ''The Story of Bess Johnson''<ref name="rp">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows|date=1999|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-4513-4|page=317}}</ref> and was on the ''American Drama School of the Air''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stars of Radioland|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12062398/the_evening_independent/|work=The Evening Independent|date=April 20, 1935|location=Ohio, Massillon|page=8|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 1, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
* ''[[For the Love of Mary]]'' (1948)

* ''[[The Walter Winchell File]]'' "The Law and Aaron Benjamin" - Marie Yancich (1957)
==Personal life==
* ''[[Kisses for My President]]'' (1964)
On August 12, 1956, Marden married actor Wendell Holmes in Santa Monica, California.<ref>{{cite news|title=Adrienne Marden and Wendell Holmes Wed|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12062132/the_corpus_christi_callertimes/|work=The Corpus Christi Caller-Times|agency=Associated Press|date=August 13, 1956|location=Texas, Corpus Christi|page=19|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 1, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1932|| ''[[Rasputin and the Empress]]'' || Minor Role || Uncredited
|-
|1933|| ''[[Only Yesterday (1933 film)|Only Yesterday]]'' || Helen ||
|-
|1934|| ''[[Madame Spy (1934 film)|Madame Spy]]'' || Luler ||
|-
|1935|| ''[[Millions in the Air]]'' || Girl ||
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1936|| ''[[13 Hours by Air]]'' || Ann McKenna, Stewardess ||
|-
| ''[[F-Man]]'' || Molly Carter ||
|-
| ''[[Star for a Night (film)|Star for a Night]]'' || Katherine Lind ||
|-
|1947|| ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' || || Uncredited
|-
|1948|| ''[[For the Love of Mary]]'' || Hilda ||
|-
|rowspan=4 | 1951|| ''[[The Company She Keeps]]'' || Amy Bower || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Payment on Demand]]'' || Mrs. Garrin || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Utah Wagon Train]]'' || Mrs. Belle Hatfield ||
|-
| ''[[Superman and the Mole Men]]'' || Nurse Ronson || Uncredited
|-
|1952|| ''[[The Sniper (1952 film)|The Sniper]]'' || Woman || Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1953|| ''[[Dangerous Crossing]]'' || Operator || Uncredited
|-
||''[[Inferno (1953 film)|Inferno]]'' || Emory's Secretary || Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1955|| ''[[The Shrike (film)|The Shrike]]'' || Miss Raymond ||
|-
| ''[[One Desire]]'' || Marjorie Huggins ||
|-
| ''[[Count Three and Pray (film)|Count Three and Pray]]'' || Mrs. Swallow || Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1956|| ''[[Man from Del Rio]]'' || Mrs. Tillman || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Great Man]]'' || Fran Fuller || Voice, Uncredited
|-
|1957|| ''[[The Walter Winchell File]]'' || Marie Yancich || TV series, 1 episode
|-
|1959|| ''[[The Sound and the Fury (1959 film)|The Sound and the Fury]]'' || Effie Mansfield, Maud's Old Maid Daughter || Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1960|| ''[[This Rebel Breed]]'' || Mrs. Drake || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' || Mildred || Season 6 Episode 11: "The Man with Two Faces"
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1962|| ''[[Walk on the Wild Side (film)|Walk on the Wild Side]]'' || Eva Gerard || (scenes deleted)
|-
| ''[[Birdman of Alcatraz (film)|Birdman of Alcatraz]]'' || Mrs. Woodrow Wilson || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Interns (film)|The Interns]]'' || Dead Child's Mother || Uncredited
|-
|1963|| ''[[The Wheeler Dealers]]'' || Art Gallery Patron || Uncredited
|-
|1964|| ''[[Kisses for My President]]'' || Miss Higgins ||
|-
|1970|| ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]'' || Mrs. Gertrude Cochran, Passenger || Uncredited
|}


==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0546255}}


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Latest revision as of 06:16, 23 May 2024

Adrienne Marden
Born
Mabel Adrienne Baruch

(1909-09-02)September 2, 1909
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 9, 1978(1978-11-09) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationActress
Years active1932–1978 (film & TV)
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1956; died 1962)​
[1]
Children2

Adrienne Marden (born Mabel Adrienne Baruch, September 2, 1909 – November 9, 1978) was an American film and television actress.[2]

Early years

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Marden was born in Cleveland, Ohio,[3] the daughter of Lenore (Stein) and Ralph Baruch.[4] Marden attended the University of Michigan, where she was active in dramatics.[5]

Career

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Marden gained early acting experience in stock theater companies in Cleveland. She also directed musicals in some small towns in Ohio before moving to California and joining the Pasadena Playhouse.[6]

One of Marden's first film roles was playing a czar's daughter in Rasputin and the Empress (1932), in which she was billed as Mabel Marden.[3]

Marden debuted on Broadway in Merrily We Roll Along (1934).[7] Her other Broadway credits include Hickory Stick (1943), The American Way (1938), and The Women (1936).[8]

In 1935 Marden would appear at Elitch Theatre in the Summer Stock cast.[9]

On radio, Marden had the role of Patricia Jordan on The Story of Bess Johnson[10] and was on the American Drama School of the Air.[11]

Personal life

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On August 12, 1956, Marden married actor Wendell Holmes in Santa Monica, California.[12]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1932 Rasputin and the Empress Minor Role Uncredited
1933 Only Yesterday Helen
1934 Madame Spy Luler
1935 Millions in the Air Girl
1936 13 Hours by Air Ann McKenna, Stewardess
F-Man Molly Carter
Star for a Night Katherine Lind
1947 Gentleman's Agreement Uncredited
1948 For the Love of Mary Hilda
1951 The Company She Keeps Amy Bower Uncredited
Payment on Demand Mrs. Garrin Uncredited
Utah Wagon Train Mrs. Belle Hatfield
Superman and the Mole Men Nurse Ronson Uncredited
1952 The Sniper Woman Uncredited
1953 Dangerous Crossing Operator Uncredited
Inferno Emory's Secretary Uncredited
1955 The Shrike Miss Raymond
One Desire Marjorie Huggins
Count Three and Pray Mrs. Swallow Uncredited
1956 Man from Del Rio Mrs. Tillman Uncredited
The Great Man Fran Fuller Voice, Uncredited
1957 The Walter Winchell File Marie Yancich TV series, 1 episode
1959 The Sound and the Fury Effie Mansfield, Maud's Old Maid Daughter Uncredited
1960 This Rebel Breed Mrs. Drake Uncredited
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mildred Season 6 Episode 11: "The Man with Two Faces"
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Eva Gerard (scenes deleted)
Birdman of Alcatraz Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Uncredited
The Interns Dead Child's Mother Uncredited
1963 The Wheeler Dealers Art Gallery Patron Uncredited
1964 Kisses for My President Miss Higgins
1970 Airport Mrs. Gertrude Cochran, Passenger Uncredited

References

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  1. ^ "Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.[self-published]
  2. ^ Pitts p.162
  3. ^ a b "Stage and Screen Personalities". Sydney Morning Herald. Australia, Sydney, New South Wales. July 28, 1936. p. 27. Retrieved July 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "The Smith Alumnae Quarterly". 1938. p. 182.
  5. ^ "'31". The Michigan Alumnus. UM Libraries: 389. May 7, 1938. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "Adrienne Marden in Debut at Palace". The Mason City Globe-Gazette. Iowa, Mason City. May 13, 1936. p. 12. Retrieved July 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "The Rivalry Coming To Cabrillo". Santa Cruz Sentinel. California, Santa Cruz. April 9, 1967. p. 4. Retrieved July 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "("Adrienne Marden" search results)". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  9. ^ Levy, Edwin Lewis, "Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado: A History of the Oldest Summer Theatre in the United States (1890-1941)" [Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, 1960]
  10. ^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
  11. ^ "Stars of Radioland". The Evening Independent. Ohio, Massillon. April 20, 1935. p. 8. Retrieved July 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ^ "Adrienne Marden and Wendell Holmes Wed". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Texas, Corpus Christi. Associated Press. August 13, 1956. p. 19. Retrieved July 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.
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