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Marianne Stewart
Stewart in Time Table (1956)
Born
Annemarie Schünzel[1]

(1922-01-16)16 January 1922[2]
Berlin, Germany
Died1 November 1992(1992-11-01) (aged 70)
Other namesAnn Loring[3][4]
Ann Sheldon[5][6][a]
Annemarie Stewart
Anna Maria Stewart
OccupationActress
Years active1943–1965
Spouse(s)
(m. 1946; div. 1955)
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Wilbur George Dirksing
(m. 19??)[9][2]
Parents

Marianne Stewart (born Annemarie Schünzel; 16 January 1922 – 1 November 1992) was a German-born American stage, film and television actress.

Early life

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Stewart was born Annemarie Schünzel in Berlin, Germany on January 16, 1922 to Hanne Brinkmann and Reinhold Schünzel. In 1937, she and her father emigrated to the United States,[1] where she attended Beverly Hills High School, graduating in 1940.[10]

Career

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On November 1, 1940, Stewart made her uncredited screen debut in MGM's Escape,[3] her first credited appearance coming 2 years later in Valley of Hunted Men.

Stewart's Broadway debut came on October 23, 1944, when she replaced Annabella in Elia Kazan's production of Jacobowsky and the Colonel, opposite Oscar Karlweis and Louis Calhern.[11] The following fall, Kazan cast Stewart, along with Edmund Gwenn and Montgomery Clift, in his staging of You Touched Me, Tennessee Williams' and Donald Windham's adaptation of the same-named D.H. Lawrence short story.[12]

In 1946 Stewart was a member of the Summer stock cast at Elitch Theatre, the oldest Summer stock theater.

Stewart was married to her erstwhile leading man, Louis Calhern, from 1946 to 1955, and later to Wilbur George Dirksing until her death.[9][2] Stewart died of cancer on May 10, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 70.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1940 Escape Helene - a student Uncredited
1940 Four Sons Peasant girl Uncredited
1942 Valley of Hunted Men Laura Steiner Credited as Anna Marie Stewart
1943 Three Russian Girls Olga Credited as Anna Marie Stewart
1944 The Canterville Ghost Buxom Lass at Party Uncredited
1944 Mrs. Parkington French maid Uncredited
1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up Lowell schoolgirl Uncredited
1950 Right Cross Audrey
1956 Time Table Ruth Norman
1957 Hot Summer Night Ruth Childers
1957 Back from the Dead Nancy Cordell
1959 The Big Fisherman Ione
1960 The Facts of Life Connie Mason
1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Town Gossip

Television

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Year Title Role
1951 Danger (TV series; one episode – 1951, 2 January) Not available
1954 The Danny Thomas Show (TV series; two episodes – 1954, 23 February and 2 March) Grace
1954 Henry Fonda Presents (TV series; one episode, "A Matter of Courage" – 1954, 28 August) Not Available[13]
1955 The Star and the Story (TV series; one episode – 1955, 2 January) Bess
1956-58 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series; four episodes, "The Finger of God," "Officer Needs Help," "The Big Payoff" and "A Thing to Fight For" – 1956, 30 March, 18 May, 28 December; 1958, 26 September) Jacoba Dewet, NA, Mary, Eleanor Searcy
1956 Big Town (TV series; one episode – 1956, 10 April) Edith Miller
1956 Medic (TV series; one episode, "The Inconstant Heart" – 1956, 23 April) Dot Forbes
1956 Crusader (TV series; one episode, "The Farm" – 1956, 22 June) Erna
1956 Soldiers of Fortune (TV series; one episode, "Doubled in Diamonds" – 1956, 25 November) Gretchen Van Loon
1956–57 General Electric Theater (TV series; three episodes, "The Pot of Gold," "The Charlatan" and "Angel of Wrath" – 1956, 7 October and 11 November; 1957, 5 May) Alice, Mrs. Mikelson, Phyllis
1957 Gunsmoke (TV series; one episode, "Gone Straight" – 1957, 9 February) Mrs. Timble
1957 The Millionaire (TV series; one episode, "The Jerry Patterson Story" – 1957, 6 March) Jan Patterson
1957 Matinee Theater (TV series; one episode, "The Starmaster" – 1957, 17 May) Patricia
1957 The Web (TV series; one episode, "Kill and Run" – 1957, 11 August) Mrs. Lanham
1957 O. Henry Playhouse (TV series; one episode, "The Lonely Man" – 1957, 14 September) NA[14][15][16]
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 3 Episode 3: "The Perfect Crime") (aired 20 October) Alice West
1957 Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (TV series; one episode, "Class Reunion" – 1957, 20 October) NA
1958-59 The Thin Man (TV series; two episodes, "The Tennis Champ" and "Gory Road" – 1958, 11 April; 1959, 3 April) Beth Harvey, Sheila Van Dyke
1958 Alcoa Theatre (TV series; one episode, "The Clock Struck Twelve" – 1958, 2 June) Wife (uncredited)
1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV series; one episode, "The Accuser" – 1957, 20 October) Polly Merrick
1959 The Lineup (TV series; two episodes, "The Boylston Billing Case" and "The Hamilton Harker Case" – 1959, 23 January, 6 February) Carmen Billing, NA
1959 Buckskin (TV series; one episode, "Who Killed Pat Devlin?" – 1959, 16 February) Vanessa Devlin
1959 Philip Marlowe (TV series; one episode, "Prescription for Murder" – 1959, 20 October) Ann Vincent
1959 The Man from Blackhawk (TV series; one episode, "The Gypsy Story" – 1957, 20 October) Molly Davenant
1959 Bachelor Father (TV series; one episode, "Bentley's Double Play" – 1957, 20 October) Miss Gunther
1959 Mike Hammer (TV series; one episode, "I Ain't Talkin'" – 1957, 20 October) Myra Robbins
1960 Bonanza (One episode, "A House Divided" – 1960, 16 January) Lily Van Cleet Kyle
1960 Manhunt (One episode, "The Ice Caper" – 1960, 14 April) Ellen
1960 Dante (One episode, "One for the Birds" – 1960, 3 October) Veronica Mizell
1960 Peter Loves Mary (One episode, "Make a Million" – 1960, 2 November) Mrs. Crawford
1960 Michael Shayne (One episode, "Murder plays Charades" – 1960, 9 December) Emily Tallen
1959-61 Perry Mason (Three episodes, "The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor," "The Case of the Spurious Sister" and "The Case of the Wintry Wife" – 1959, 4 April, 3 October; 1961, 18 February) Edith Douglas, Helen Sprague, Phyllis Hudson
1961 Route 66 (One episode, "Sleep on Four Pillows" – 1961, 24 February) Marva Emerson
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (One episode, "The Lay and the Lawyer" – 1961, 9 April) Rose Wardell
1961 Whispering Smith (One episode, "The Mortal Coil" – 1961, 24 July) Sarah Denton
1961 Shotgun Slade (One episode, "Skinner's Rainbow" – 1961, 24 April) Kate Murdock
1962 Ben Casey (two episodes, "A Story to be Softly Told" and "Pick Up All My Care and Woe" – 1962, 22 January, 17 December) Miss Masterson, Ruth Shipley
1962 Straightaway (one episode, "Escape from Darkness" – 1962, 14 February) NA[17]
1963 Arrest and Trial (One episode, "A Shield Is For Hiding Behind" – 1963, 6 October) Eileen Palmer
1965 My Living Doll (One episode, "The Kleptomaniac" – 1960, 16 January) Salesgirl #2

Notes

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  1. ^ A likely explanation for Schünzel's pre-Stewart metamorphosis from Loring to Sheldon was the sudden and unexpected reemergence, less than 2 weeks prior to Escape's release, of an MGM alumnus of relatively recent vintage likewise named Ann Loring. This was due to the latter's much-publicized marriage to actor Herbert Rudley.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Message Boards: Hanne Brinkmann". Ancestry.com. 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituaries/Funeral Announcements: Dirksing, Marianne S.". The Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1992. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Director's Child in Screen Debut". The Washington Post. June 26, 1940. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Chatter; Hollywood. Variety. May 22, 1940. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  5. ^ Soister, John T. (2002). Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-7864-4511-0.
  6. ^ American Film Institute Staff (1997).Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 314. ISBN 0-520-20964-8.
  7. ^ "Has Permanent Leading Man". New York Daily News. October 20, 1940. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Calherns Divorced". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 20, 1955. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "All Public Member Trees results for Wilbur George Dirksing". Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  10. ^ "Young Actress Nearly Got Too Much Theater". The New York Herald Tribune. October 22, 1944. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  11. ^ Quirk, David. 'Norway' Duo Signed to Tune Berle Show". New York Daily News. Oct 23, 1944. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  12. ^ "Photos by European". Town and Country. October 1945. Retrieved December 31, 2019
  13. ^ "Maugham Story Will Be Feature of CBS-TV Show". The Sacramento Bee. August 28, 1954.
  14. ^ "Saturday's TV Preview". The Washington Post. Sep 14, 1957. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  15. ^ "Marianne Stewart in 'The Lonely Man'". Honolulu Start-Bulletin. May 10, 1958. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  16. ^ "TV Week: Saturday Evening". Chicago Tribune. April 25, 1959. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  17. ^ "Todays Complete TV Programs". The Hackensack Record. February 14, 1962. Retrieved January 28, 1962.

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