Happy Birthday Marie Windsor (1919-2000)

Marie Windsor, a former Miss Utah, trained for the stage under Maria Ouspenskaya, and after several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, she began playing feature and lead parts in 1947.

The 5'9" actress's first memorable role was opposite John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. Windsor also had large roles in film noirs including The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie The Killing as Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife.

Force of Evil (1948)

Force of Evil (1948)

Force of Evil (1948) with John Garfield

Outpost in Morocco (1949) with George Raft

Outpost in Morocco (1949) with George Raft

Hurricane Island (1951)

Hurricane Island (1951)

Steve Brodie and John Litel in Two Dollar Bettor (1951)

Marie Windsor and Arthur Franz in The Sniper (1952)

Outlaw Women (1952)

Outlaw Women (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin (1952) with Charles McGraw

The Tall Texan (1953) with Lloyd Bridges

Cat Women of the Moon (1953)

Victor Jory and Sonny Tufts in Cat Women of the Moon (1953)

Stories of the Century: "Wanted, Belle Star" TV (1954)

Stories of the Century: "Wanted, Belle Star" TV (1954)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

The Bounty Hunter (1954) with Randolph Scott and Howard Petrie

The Silver Star (1955) with Earle Lyon

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

No Man's Woman (1955)

No Man's Woman (1955) with Patric Knowles

with John Archer, Nancy Gates and Douglas Wood in No Man's Woman (1955)

with Richard Crane in No Man's Woman (1955)

with Patric Knowles in No Man's Woman (1955)

in No Man's Woman (1955) with John Archer

Two-Gun Lady (1955)

The Killing (1956)

The Killing (1956)

The Killing (1956) with Sterling Hayden

The Killing (1956) with Elisha Cook Jr

The Unholy Wife (1957)

The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)

Day of the Bad Man (1958)

Day of the Bad Man (1958) with Fred MacMurray

Skeet shooting with Cliff Robertson, 1963

The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)

Bedtime Story (1964)

Bedtime Story (1964)

Bedtime Story (1964)

After her acting career Marie became a painter and sculptor. She died on the day before her 81st birthday. She was one of the 500 stars nominated to become one of the 50 greatest American screen legends as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years.