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Maria Palmer

This lovely Austrian-born actress was born (in 1917) and raised in Vienna, performing as a child on stage and appearing in various productions for the renown Max Reinhardt. Trained in dance, she was a member of the Bodenwieser Ensemble, a European troupe. Following a few high school plays and dance recitals, she went on to study drama and voice at the Vienna Conservatory. Maria arrived in the United States at the outbreak of war in 1938 and first performed on the New York stage, notably in the 1942 production of "The Moon Is Down." Spotted for films, she was one of many foreign actresses Hollywood took in at the time to fill their quota of exotic mystery ladies in war-era intrigue and film noir. She made her debut in Mission to Moscow (1943) for Warner Bros. and continued on freelancing for other studios with Days of Glory (1944), opposite Gregory Peck, Lady on a Train (1944), The Web (1947), The Other Love (1947), Strictly Dishonorable (1941), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Outcasts of the City (1958), among others. Her film career waned in the 50s and she turned to radio, TV and commercials. She formed her own production company, Maria Palmer Enterprises, and hosted her own local Los Angeles show "Sincerely, Maria Palmer" in the early 60s. In later years she wrote a number of unproduced teleplays, often under the pseudonym Eliot Parker White. Dying of pulmonary failure while battling cancer in 1981, she kept extensive journals of her life and career which were later available to the public. (IMDB)


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Born:
Nov 5, 1917 In Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie Mission to Moscow 1943-04-29
Latest Project:
Series Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1958-10-06
Known For
Poster of Crash of Moons
Poster of 13 Lead Soldiers
Poster of Days of Glory
Filmography
Movie Outcasts of the City 1958-01-10
Series Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Unknown 1958-10-06
Movie Three for Jamie Dawn Julia Karek 1956-07-08
Movie Crash of Moons Potonda 1954-07-10
Movie By the Light of the Silvery Moon Renee LaRue 1953-03-26
Movie Flight Nurse Captain Martha Ackerman 1953-11-15
Movie Strictly Dishonorable Countess Lili Szadvany 1951-07-03
Movie Surrender Janet Barton 1950-09-15
Movie 13 Lead Soldiers Estelle Prager, alias Estelle Gorday 1948-04-30
Movie The Other Love Huberta 1947-05-14
Movie The Web Martha Kroner 1947-06-04
Movie Lady on a Train Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer 1945-08-03
Movie Days of Glory Yelena 1944-06-16
Movie Mission to Moscow Tanya Litvinov 1943-04-29