Maria Palmer
Maria Palmer | |
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![]() Palmer in a 1959 episode of theanthologyseriesOne Step Beyond | |
Born | Maria Pichler 5 September 1917 |
Died | 6 September 1981 | (aged 64)
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) |
Alma mater | Vienna Conservatory |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1923–1967 |
Spouse(s) | Dr. Franz Marmorek (1933-19??; divorced) |
Maria Palmer(bornMaria Pichler;[1]5 September 1917 – 6 September 1981) was an Austrian-born American actress.
Early life
[edit]Palmer was born and raised in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (nowVienna, Austria) on 5 September 1917. She first appeared on stage as a child actor, in variousMax Reinhardtproductions. She trained as a dancer, and was a member of theBodenwieser Ensemble.She later studied drama and voice at theVienna Conservatory.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In 1938, a year before the outbreak of war, Palmer emigrated with her parents to the United States.[2]She first performed on the stage inNew York City,most notably in the 1942 production ofThe Moon Is Down.[3]
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She moved into film, helping to meet Hollywood's demand for exotic foreign women for war films and films noir. Her debut was playingCatherine de' Mediciin the 1942 shortNostradamus and the Queen.Her feature film debut was inMission to Moscow(1943). She continued in 1944 withDays of Glory,oppositeGregory Peck,and later that year,Lady on a Train.
In the 1950s, her film career declined and she went into radio, television and commercials. She even started her own production company, calledMaria Palmer Enterprises.In the early 1960s, Palmer hosted her own Los Angeles show, entitled "Sincerely, Maria Palmer". She appeared as Nora Krasner in the 1963 Perry Mason episode "The Case of Lawful Lazarus" and as murderer Florence Wood in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Borrowed Baby". In her later years, Palmer wrote a number of unproduced television screenplays, often using the pseudonymEliot Parker White.In 1962, she played "Elsa" in the episode "The Immigrants" on CBS'sRawhideand Marushka Vesterhauzy on the episode "A Bird of Warning" on NBC'sSam Benedict. Her papers, covering the years 1922–1975, are held by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[4]
Personal life
[edit]When she was 16, Palmer married Dr. Franz Marmorek; they later divorced.[5]
Later life
[edit]Palmer died of cancer atCedars-Sinai Medical Centerin Los Angeles on 6 September 1981,[2]the day after her 64th birthday. She was buried atForest Lawn Memorial Park,Hollywood Hills, California.[6]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1923 | Rumpelstilzchen | Girl | |
1943 | Mission to Moscow | Tanya Litvinov | |
1944 | Days of Glory | Yelena | |
1945 | Lady on a Train | Margo Martin | |
1946 | Rendezvous 24 | Greta Holvig | |
1947 | The Other Love | Huberta | |
1947 | The Web | Martha Kroner | |
1948 | 13 Lead Soldiers | Estelle Prager, alias Estelle Gorday | |
1950 | Surrender | Janet Barton | |
1951 | Strictly Dishonorable | Countess Lili Szadvany | |
1952 | Dangerous Assignment(Season 1, Episode 16) The Caboose Story] | Marta Steva | |
1953 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Renee LaRue | |
1953 | Flight Nurse | Captain Martha Ackerman | |
1956 | Three for Jamie Dawn | Julia Karek | |
1958 | Outcasts of the City | ||
1964 | The Evil of Frankenstein | Rena's Mother | (additional sequence: US), Uncredited |
References
[edit]- ^Cotter, Robert Michael "Bobb" (2013).The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography.McFarland. p. 145.ISBN9781476602011.RetrievedJuly 18,2017.
- ^ab"Noted Actress Maria Palmer Is Dead At 56".Santa Cruz Sentinel.California, Santa Cruz. Associated Press. September 14, 1981. p. 24.RetrievedJuly 17,2017– viaNewspapers.
- ^"(" Maria Palmer "search results)".Playbill Vault.Playbill. Archived fromthe originalon July 18, 2017.RetrievedJuly 18,2017.
- ^"Maria Palmer papers".Oscars.org.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.RetrievedMarch 8,2014.
- ^Carroll, Harrison (November 15, 1955)."Behind the Scenes in Hollywood".The Lethbridge Herald.Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta. p. 2.RetrievedJuly 17,2017– viaNewspapers.
- ^Wilson, Scott.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons,3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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