{{Short description|American actress (1926–2003)}} {{Infobox person | name= Marian Carr | image = Marian Carr (1947).jpg | caption = Carr in 1947 | alt = | birth_name = Marion Dorice Dunn | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|07|06}} | birth_place = Providence, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|07|30|1926|07|06}} | death_place = Palm Desert, California, U.S. | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Frederick Levy|1948|1954|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Lester Linsk|1958|1966|reason=divorced}} }} | children = 1 | occupation = Actress | other_names = Marion Carr<br/>Marian Carr Mason }}
'''Marian Carr''' (born '''Marion Dorice Dunn''';{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} July 6, 1926{{spaced ndash}}July 30, 2003), sometimes credited as '''Marion Carr''', was an American actress who appeared in a number of films in the late 1940s through the 1950s.
==Early life== Carr was born July 6, 1926, in Providence, Kentucky.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|publisher=British Film Institute|title=Marian Carr|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3227936|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200531005007/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3227936|archive-date=May 31, 2020|access-date=May 31, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> In her adolescence, she relocated with her family to Chicago, Illinois, where she attended Austin High School.{{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}}
==Career== After graduating high school, Carr worked in an office as well as taking jobs modeling in Chicago.{{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}} She was spotted by a talent scout and was named "Chicago's Prettiest Office Worker" in 1946.{{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}} Following this, Carr relocated to Los Angeles, where she began acting in local theater productions.{{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}} She subsequently signed a film contract with RKO Pictures in 1946 under Howard Hughes.{{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}}<ref>{{cite news|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52487433/harrisburg-telegraph/|title=Marian Carr to Join 'Christian' as Nurse|date=November 29, 1947|page=45|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She made her feature film debut in ''San Quentin'' (1946), followed by a minor part in Frank Capra's 1946 ''It's a Wonderful Life''.<ref name=bfi/> Carr had lead roles in several films, including the Westerns ''The Devil Thumbs a Ride'' (1947) and ''Northern Patrol'' (1953).
After divorcing Levy in 1954, she returned to acting with supporting roles in ''Ring of Fear'' (1954), and two film noir by director Robert Aldrich: ''World for Ransom'' (1954) and cult classic ''Kiss Me Deadly'' (1955), in the latter of which she portrayed the sister of a mobster.{{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}} Carr appeared in several other films, such as the unique L.A. noir horror film ‘’Indestructible Man’’, as a recovering stripper girlfriend of the lead cop, Western ''Ghost Town'' (1956), before making her final feature film appearance in ''Nightmare'' (also 1956) before retiring.{{sfn|Koper|2010|pages=57–59}}
==Personal life== After marrying Frederick Levy, an executive for Blum Candy, Carr took a temporary hiatus from acting, and resided in San Francisco,<ref name=scheuer>{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|title='Oklahoma!' Tests Six; Marian Carr Aerialist; Topical Tales Bilingual|last=Scheuer|first=Philip K.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52487053/the-los-angeles-times/|page=71|date=November 16, 1953|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> where she gave birth to a son in 1952.{{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}}
Carr later married television producer Lester Linsk in 1958, though the marriage ended in divorce in 1966.<ref name=gg/><ref>{{cite news|work=Valley Times|last=Skolsky|first=Sidney|author-link=Sidney Skolsky|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52491451/valley-times/|title=Gossipel Truth For Hollywood|page=9|date=September 9, 1969|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She subsequently married Francis Jerome Mason.<ref name=gg/>
==Death== Carr died in Palm Desert, California, on July 30, 2003.<ref name=gg>{{cite web|work=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen|url=https://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/39/Marian+Carr/index.html|title=The Private Life and Times of Marian Carr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200531021039/https://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/39/Marian+Carr/index.html|archive-date=May 31, 2020|access-date=May 31, 2020}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| 1946 | ''Twin Husbands'' | Harriet | {{sortname|Hal|Yates}} | Short film | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row" | 1946 | ''San Quentin'' | Betty Rogers | {{sortname|Gordon|Douglas|Gordon Douglas (director)}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1946 | ''It's a Wonderful Life'' | Jane Wainright | {{sortname|Frank|Capra}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1947 | ''{{sortname|The|Devil Thumbs a Ride}}'' | Diane Ferguson | {{sortname|Felix E.|Feist}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1953 | ''Northern Patrol'' | Quebec Kid | {{sortname|Rex|Bailey|nolink=yes}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1954 | ''World for Ransom'' | Frennessey March | {{sortname|Robert|Aldrich}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1954 | ''Ring of Fear'' | Valerie St. Dennis | {{sortname|James Edward|Grant}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1955 | ''Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model'' | Mannequin | {{sortname|Géza von|Radványi}} | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1955 | ''Cell 2455 Death Row'' | Doll | {{sortname|Fred F.|Sears}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1955 | ''Kiss Me Deadly'' | Friday | {{sortname|Robert|Aldrich|nolink=yes}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1955 | ''{{sortname|The|Seven Little Foys}}'' | Chorine | {{sortname|Melville|Shavelson}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1956 | ''When Gangland Strikes'' | Hazel | {{sortname|R. G.|Springsteen}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1956 | ''Indestructible Man'' | Eve Martin | {{sortname|Jack|Pollexfen}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1956 | ''{{sortname|The|Harder They Fall|The Harder They Fall (1956 film)}}'' | Alice | {{sortname|Mark|Robson|Mark Robson (film director)}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1956 | ''Ghost Town'' | Barbara Leighton | {{sortname|Allen H.|Miner|nolink=yes}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |- ! scope="row"| 1956 | ''Nightmare'' | Madge Novick | {{sortname|Maxwell|Shane}} | | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=61}} |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| 1952 | ''China Smith'' | Anya Karenski | Episode: "Shanghai Clipper" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1953 | ''{{sortname|The|Loretta Young Show}}'' | Doreen | Episode: "Kid Stuff" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1953 | ''Four Star Playhouse'' | Alice Dana | Episode: "The Witness" | style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Koper|2010|p=57}} |- ! scope="row"| 1954 | ''Schlitz Playhouse'' | Anne | Episode: "At the Natchez Inn" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1954 | ''{{sortname|The|Whistler|The Whistler (TV series)}}'' | Paula Layton | Episode: "Cup O'Gold" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1955 | ''{{sortname|The|Red Skelton Hour}}'' | Secretary | Episode: "Honeymooner's Spoof" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1955 | ''{{sortname|The|Millionaire|The Millionaire (TV series)}}'' | Vie Harrington | Episode: "The Don Lewis Story" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1963 | ''{{sortname|The|Doctors|The Doctors (1963 TV series)}}'' | Mrs. Gardella | Episode: "#1.73" | style="text-align:center;"| |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== *{{cite book|last=Koper|first=Richard|year=2010|title=Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens|isbn=978-1-593-93521-4|publisher=BearManor Media|location=Duncan, Oklahoma}}
==External links== {{commons category|Marian Carr}} *{{IMDb name|0139792}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Marian}} Category:1926 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Actresses from Chicago Category:Actresses from Kentucky Category:American film actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:American television actresses Category:RKO Pictures contract players Category:People from Providence, Kentucky Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American women Category:Austin Community Academy High School alumni