# Marianne Stewart

Marianne Stewart (born Annemarie Schünzel; 16 January 1922 – 1 November 1992) was a German-born American stage, film and television actress.

## Early life

Stewart was born Annemarie Schünzel in Berlin, Germany on January 16, 1922 to Hanne Brinkmann and Reinhold Schünzel. In 1937, she and her father emigrated to the United States, where she attended Beverly Hills High School, graduating in 1940.

## Career

On November 1, 1940, Stewart made her uncredited screen debut in MGM's Escape, her first credited appearance coming 2 years later in Valley of Hunted Men.
Stewart's Broadway debut came on October 23, 1944, when she replaced Annabella in Elia Kazan's production of Jacobowsky and the Colonel, opposite Oscar Karlweis and Louis Calhern. The following fall, Kazan cast Stewart, along with Edmund Gwenn and Montgomery Clift, in his staging of You Touched Me, Tennessee Williams' and Donald Windham's adaptation of the same-named D.H. Lawrence short story.
In 1946 Stewart was a member of the Summer stock cast at Elitch Theatre, the oldest Summer stock theater.
Stewart was married to her erstwhile leading man, Louis Calhern, from 1946 to 1955, and later to Wilbur George Dirksing until her death. Stewart died of cancer on May 10, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 70.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1940 | Escape | Helene - a student | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Four Sons | Peasant girl | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Valley of Hunted Men | Laura Steiner | Credited as Anna Marie Stewart |
| 1943 | Three Russian Girls | Olga | Credited as Anna Marie Stewart |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost | Buxom Lass at Party | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | French maid | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Our Hearts Were Growing Up | Lowell schoolgirl | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Right Cross | Audrey | |
| 1956 | Time Table | Ruth Norman | |
| 1957 | Hot Summer Night | Ruth Childers | |
| 1957 | Back from the Dead | Nancy Cordell | |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Ione | |
| 1960 | The Facts of Life | Connie Mason | |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Town Gossip | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1951 | Danger (TV series; one episode – 1951, 2 January) | Not available |
| 1954 | The Danny Thomas Show (TV series; two episodes – 1954, 23 February and 2 March) | Grace |
| 1954 | Henry Fonda Presents (TV series; one episode, "A Matter of Courage" – 1954, 28 August) | Not Available |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story (TV series; one episode – 1955, 2 January) | Bess |
| 1956-58 | Schlitz Playhouse (TV series; four episodes, "The Finger of God," "Officer Needs Help," "The Big Payoff" and "A Thing to Fight For" – 1956, 30 March, 18 May, 28 December; 1958, 26 September) | Jacoba Dewet, NA, Mary, Eleanor Searcy |
| 1956 | Big Town (TV series; one episode – 1956, 10 April) | Edith Miller |
| 1956 | Medic (TV series; one episode, "The Inconstant Heart" – 1956, 23 April) | Dot Forbes |
| 1956 | Crusader (TV series; one episode, "The Farm" – 1956, 22 June) | Erna |
| 1956 | Soldiers of Fortune (TV series; one episode, "Doubled in Diamonds" – 1956, 25 November) | Gretchen Van Loon |
| 1956–57 | General Electric Theater (TV series; three episodes, "The Pot of Gold," "The Charlatan" and "Angel of Wrath" – 1956, 7 October and 11 November; 1957, 5 May) | Alice, Mrs. Mikelson, Phyllis |
| 1957 | Gunsmoke (TV series; one episode, "Gone Straight" – 1957, 9 February) | Mrs. Timble |
| 1957 | The Millionaire (TV series; one episode, "The Jerry Patterson Story" – 1957, 6 March) | Jan Patterson |
| 1957 | Matinee Theater (TV series; one episode, "The Starmaster" – 1957, 17 May) | Patricia |
| 1957 | The Web (TV series; one episode, "Kill and Run" – 1957, 11 August) | Mrs. Lanham |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse (TV series; one episode, "The Lonely Man" – 1957, 14 September) | NA |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 3 Episode 3: "The Perfect Crime") (aired 20 October) | Alice West |
| 1957 | Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (TV series; one episode, "Class Reunion" – 1957, 20 October) | NA |
| 1958-59 | The Thin Man (TV series; two episodes, "The Tennis Champ" and "Gory Road" – 1958, 11 April; 1959, 3 April) | Beth Harvey, Sheila Van Dyke |
| 1958 | Alcoa Theatre (TV series; one episode, "The Clock Struck Twelve" – 1958, 2 June) | Wife (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Zane Grey Theater (TV series; one episode, "The Accuser" – 1957, 20 October) | Polly Merrick |
| 1959 | The Lineup (TV series; two episodes, "The Boylston Billing Case" and "The Hamilton Harker Case" – 1959, 23 January, 6 February) | Carmen Billing, NA |
| 1959 | Buckskin (TV series; one episode, "Who Killed Pat Devlin?" – 1959, 16 February) | Vanessa Devlin |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe (TV series; one episode, "Prescription for Murder" – 1959, 20 October) | Ann Vincent |
| 1959 | The Man from Blackhawk (TV series; one episode, "The Gypsy Story" – 1957, 20 October) | Molly Davenant |
| 1959 | Bachelor Father (TV series; one episode, "Bentley's Double Play" – 1957, 20 October) | Miss Gunther |
| 1959 | Mike Hammer (TV series; one episode, "I Ain't Talkin'" – 1957, 20 October) | Myra Robbins |
| 1960 | Bonanza (One episode, "A House Divided" – 1960, 16 January) | Lily Van Cleet Kyle |
| 1960 | Manhunt (One episode, "The Ice Caper" – 1960, 14 April) | Ellen |
| 1960 | Dante (One episode, "One for the Birds" – 1960, 3 October) | Veronica Mizell |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary (One episode, "Make a Million" – 1960, 2 November) | Mrs. Crawford |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne (One episode, "Murder plays Charades" – 1960, 9 December) | Emily Tallen |
| 1959-61 | Perry Mason (Three episodes, "The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor," "The Case of the Spurious Sister" and "The Case of the Wintry Wife" – 1959, 4 April, 3 October; 1961, 18 February) | Edith Douglas, Helen Sprague, Phyllis Hudson |
| 1961 | Route 66 (One episode, "Sleep on Four Pillows" – 1961, 24 February) | Marva Emerson |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle (One episode, "The Lay and the Lawyer" – 1961, 9 April) | Rose Wardell |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (One episode, "The Mortal Coil" – 1961, 24 July) | Sarah Denton |
| 1961 | Shotgun Slade (One episode, "Skinner's Rainbow" – 1961, 24 April) | Kate Murdock |
| 1962 | Ben Casey (two episodes, "A Story to be Softly Told" and "Pick Up All My Care and Woe" – 1962, 22 January, 17 December) | Miss Masterson, Ruth Shipley |
| 1962 | Straightaway (one episode, "Escape from Darkness" – 1962, 14 February) | NA |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (One episode, "A Shield Is For Hiding Behind" – 1963, 6 October) | Eileen Palmer |
| 1965 | My Living Doll (One episode, "The Kleptomaniac" – 1960, 16 January) | Salesgirl #2 |