Her movie career only lasted four years, but after playing uncredited as “Girl at Songwriter’s Party” in Hitchcock’s Rear Window, the stunning Marla English had a string of featured roles. Two films, The She-creature (1956) and Voodoo Woman (1957) are cult classics featuring memorable Paul Blaisdell creatures. She’d been modeling since age 12 but she reportedly had some unpleasant experiences with a few people in show business, including Dean Martin and, particularly, billionaire Howard Hughes, and dropped out of the scene. She was quite secretive and would never sit down for an interview or discuss her film career. Marla English was 77 when she died over a month ago, but because of her reclusiveness, news of her death took a while to reach her fans.
From The Ut San Diego:
Not long after a 16-year-old Marla English was crowned the Del Mar Fair’s youngest Fairest of the Fair in 1951, Hollywood came calling.
From The Ut San Diego:
Not long after a 16-year-old Marla English was crowned the Del Mar Fair’s youngest Fairest of the Fair in 1951, Hollywood came calling.
- 1/29/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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