Marianne Stewart
Marianne Stewart (born Annemarie Schünzel; 16 January 1922 – 1 November 1992) was a German-born American stage, film and television actress.
Marianne Stewart | |
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Born | Annemarie Schünzel[1] 16 January 1922[2] Berlin, Germany |
Died | 1 November 1992 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Other names | Ann Loring[3][4] Ann Sheldon[5][6][lower-alpha 1] Annemarie Stewart Anna Maria Stewart |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1943–1965 |
Spouse(s) |
[8] Wilbur George Dirksing (m. 19??)[9][2] |
Parents |
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Early life
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
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]
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
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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
Year | Title | Role |
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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
- 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
- "Message Boards: Hanne Brinkmann". Ancestry.com. 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Obituaries/Funeral Announcements: Dirksing, Marianne S.". The Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1992. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Director's Child in Screen Debut". The Washington Post. June 26, 1940. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- Chatter; Hollywood. Variety. May 22, 1940. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- Soister, John T. (2002). Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-7864-4511-0.
- 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.
- "Has Permanent Leading Man". New York Daily News. October 20, 1940. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- Calherns Divorced". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 20, 1955. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "All Public Member Trees results for Wilbur George Dirksing". Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Young Actress Nearly Got Too Much Theater". The New York Herald Tribune. October 22, 1944. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- Quirk, David. 'Norway' Duo Signed to Tune Berle Show". New York Daily News. Oct 23, 1944. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Photos by European". Town and Country. October 1945. Retrieved December 31, 2019
- "Maugham Story Will Be Feature of CBS-TV Show". The Sacramento Bee. August 28, 1954.
- "Saturday's TV Preview". The Washington Post. Sep 14, 1957. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- "Marianne Stewart in 'The Lonely Man'". Honolulu Start-Bulletin. May 10, 1958. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- "TV Week: Saturday Evening". Chicago Tribune. April 25, 1959. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- "Todays Complete TV Programs". The Hackensack Record. February 14, 1962. Retrieved January 28, 1962.
Further reading
- "European Cinema Chief in Los Angeles; Germany's Ace Director in City". Los Angeles Times. September 23, 1937.
- "Director's Daughter Spurns Screen Test". The Pittsburgh Press. July 29, 1939.
- "Lubitsch Tests Schunzel". The Hollywood Reporter. December 5, 1939.
- "Screen Society: Badminton is the Theme". The Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1940.
- "Young Actress Nearly Got Too Much Theater". The New York Herald Tribune. October 22, 1944. Pts. 1, 2 and 3.
- Schallert, Edwin. "Screen and Stage - 'Don Juan' Definitely Set for Errol Flynn". Los Angeles Times. Oct 26, 1944.
- Pollock, Arthur. "Playthings: Boy Marianne Just Wouldn't Be". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 5, 1944
- "In Long Run Play". The New York Times. November 30, 1944.
- Henry, Bill. By the Way. Los Angeles Times. December 4, 1944.
- "Hollywoodians On Stage". New York Daily News. February 25, 1945.
- Runyon, Damon. "Mr. 'B' and his Stork Club". Hearst International Combined with Cosmopolitan. May 1947.
- Chapman, John. "'The Survivors' a Talky Western With a Message Favoring Peace". New York Daily News. January 20, 1948.
- United Press. "Calhern, Wife Deny Income Tax Evasion". The Wilmington News. March 21, 1956.
- "Actor's Estate". South China Morning Post. May 24, 1956.
- "Player Resumes Career on Stage" . Los Angeles Times. January 28, 1957.
- "UCLA Theater Group to Present Play by Eliot Jan. 19-25". San Bernardino Sun. January 7, 1960.