Age, Biography and Wiki
Who is it? | Actress, Soundtrack |
Birth Day | October 17, 1913 |
Age | 107 YEARS OLD |
Died On | November 9, 2006(2006-11-09) (aged 93)\nPalm Desert, California, U.S. |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Resting place | Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California |
Other names | Marilyn Morgan Marian Henderson |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1929–1958 |
Spouse(s) | Albert P. Scott (m. 1938; div. 1959) Clifford Henderson (m. 1960; d. 1984) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Jean Fenwick (sister) |
Net worth
Marian Marsh, a widely recognized actress and soundtrack artist, was born in 1913. With a prolific career in the entertainment industry, her net worth is estimated to range from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. Having showcased her talents in numerous films and contributing to soundtracks, Marsh has undoubtedly left a lasting impact on the world of cinema. Throughout her career, she has garnered critical acclaim and a substantial financial reward, solidifying her status as an accomplished and financially successful individual in the entertainment field.
Biography/Timeline
Violet attended Le Conte Junior High School and Hollywood High School. In 1928 Violet was approached by silent screen Actress Nance O'Neil who offered her speech and movement lessons, and with her sister Jean's help, Violet soon entered the movies. She secured a contract with Pathé where she was featured in many short subjects under the name Marilyn Morgan.
She was seen in a small roles in Howard Hughes's classic Hell's Angels (1930) and Eddie Cantor's lavish Technicolor musical Whoopee! (1930). Not long afterwards, she was signed by Warner Bros. and her name was changed to Marian Marsh.
Marsh was awarded the title of WAMPAS Baby Stars in August 1931 even before her second movie with Warner Brothers was released. With her ability to project warmth, sincerity and inner strength on the screen along with critical praise and the audience's approval of Svengali, she continued to star in a string of successful films for Warner Bros. including Five Star Final (1931) with Edward G. Robinson, The Mad Genius (1931) with Barrymore, The Road to Singapore (1931) with william Powell, The Sport Parade (1932) with Joel McCrea Beauty and the Boss (1932) with Warren william, and Under 18 (again with William).
In 1932, in the midst of a grueling work schedule, Marsh left Warner Bros. and took several film offers in Europe which lasted until 1934. She enjoyed working in England and Germany, as well as vacationing several times in Paris. Back in the United States, she appeared as the heroine, Elnora, in a popular adaptation of the perennial favorite A Girl of the Limberlost (1934).
In 1935, Marsh signed a two-year pact with Columbia Pictures. During this time, she starred in such films as Josef von Sternberg's classic Crime and Punishment (1935) with Peter Lorre, The Black Room (1935) regarded as one of Boris Karloff's best horror films of the decade, and The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) with Ralph Bellamy.
When her contract expired in 1936, Marsh once again freelanced; appearing steadily in movies for RKO Radio Pictures where she made Saturday's Heroes with Van Heflin, and for Paramount Pictures where she played a young woman caught up in a mystery in The Great Gambini (1937). She appeared with comic Joe E. Brown in When's Your Birthday? (1937), and Richard Arlen in Missing Daughters (1939). In the 1940s, Marsh played the wife in Gentleman from Dixie (1941) and, in her last screen appearance, Marsh portrayed the daughter in House of Errors (1942) which starred veteran silent film actor, Harry Langdon.
Marsh married a stockbroker named Albert Scott on March 29, 1938 and had two children with him. They divorced in 1959. In 1960, Marsh married Cliff Henderson, an aviation pioneer and Entrepreneur whom she had met in the early 1930s. They moved to Palm Desert, California, a town Henderson founded in the 1940s.
In the late 1950s, she appeared with John Forsythe in an episode of his TV series Bachelor Father and in an episode of the TV series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars before retiring in 1959.
In the 1960s Marsh founded Desert Beautiful, a non-profit, all volunteer conservation organization to promote environmental and beautification programs.
Cliff Henderson died in 1984 and Marsh remained in Palm Desert until her death, aged 93. She is buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.