# Marian Carr

Marian Carr (born Marion Dorice Dunn; July 6, 1926 – 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.

## Biography

Carr was born July 6, 1926, in Providence, Kentucky. In her adolescence, she relocated with her family to Chicago, Illinois, where she attended Austin High School.
After graduating high school, Carr worked in an office as well as taking jobs modeling in Chicago. She was spotted by a talent scout and was named "Chicago's Prettiest Office Worker" in 1946. Following this, Carr relocated Los Angeles, where she began acting in local theater productions. She subsequently signed a film contract with RKO Pictures in 1946 under Howard Hughes. 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. Carr had lead roles in several films, including the Westerns The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) and Northern Patrol (1953). After marrying Frederick Levy, an executive for Blum Candy, Carr took a temporary hiatus from acting, and resided in San Francisco, where she gave birth to a son in 1952.
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. Carr appeared in several other films, such as the unique L.A. noir horror film ‘’The 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. Carr later married television producer Lester Linsk in 1958, though the marriage ended in divorce in 1966. She subsequently married Francis Jerome Mason.

## Death

Carr died in Palm Desert, California, on July 30, 2003.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1946 | Twin Husbands | Harriet | Hal Yates | Short film |
| 1946 | San Quentin | Betty Rogers | Gordon Douglas | |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Jane Wainright | Frank Capra | |
| 1947 | The Devil Thumbs a Ride | Diane Ferguson | Felix E. Feist | |
| 1953 | Northern Patrol | Quebec Kid | Rex Bailey | |
| 1954 | World for Ransom | Frennessey March | Robert Aldrich | |
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | Valerie St. Dennis | James Edward Grant | |
| 1955 | Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model | Mannequin | Géza von Radványi | |
| 1955 | Cell 2455 Death Row | Doll | Fred F. Sears | |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly | Friday | Robert Aldrich | |
| 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | Chorine | Melville Shavelson | |
| 1956 | When Gangland Strikes | Hazel | R. G. Springsteen | |
| 1956 | Indestructible Man | Eve Martin | Jack Pollexfen | |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Alice | Mark Robson | |
| 1956 | Ghost Town | Barbara Leighton | Allen H. Miner | |
| 1956 | Nightmare | Madge Novick | Maxwell Shane | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | China Smith | Anya Karenski | Episode: "Shanghai Clipper" |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show | Doreen | Episode: "Kid Stuff" |
| 1953 | Four Star Playhouse | Alice Dana | Episode: "The Witness" |
| 1954 | Schlitz Playhouse | Anne | Episode: "At the Natchez Inn" |
| 1954 | The Whistler | Paula Layton | Episode: "Cup O'Gold" |
| 1955 | The Red Skelton Hour | Secretary | Episode: "Honeymooner's Spoof" |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Vie Harrington | Episode: "The Don Lewis Story" |
| 1963 | The Doctors | Mrs. Gardella | Episode: "#1.73" |