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Marianne Stewart

Marianne Stewart

German-American actress

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

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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,[1] where she attended Beverly Hills High School, graduating in 1940.[10]

Career

On November 1, 1940, Stewart made her uncredited screen debut in MGM's Escape,[3] 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.[11] 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.[12]

Stewart was married to her erstwhile leading man, Louis Calhern, from 1946 to 1955, and later to Wilbur George Dirksing until her death.[9][2] Stewart died of cancer on May 10, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 70.[2]

Filmography

Film

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Notes

  1. A likely explanation for Schünzel's pre-Stewart metamorphosis from Loring to Sheldon was the sudden and unexpected reemergence, less than 2 weeks prior to Escape's release, of an MGM alumnus of relatively recent vintage likewise named Ann Loring. This was due to the latter's much-publicized marriage to actor Herbert Rudley.[7]

References

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    "Message Boards: Hanne Brinkmann". Ancestry.com. 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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    "Obituaries/Funeral Announcements: Dirksing, Marianne S.". The Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1992. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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    "Director's Child in Screen Debut". The Washington Post. June 26, 1940. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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    Chatter; Hollywood. Variety. May 22, 1940. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
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    Soister, John T. (2002). Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-7864-4511-0.
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    American Film Institute Staff (1997).Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 314. ISBN 0-520-20964-8.
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    "Has Permanent Leading Man". New York Daily News. October 20, 1940. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
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    Calherns Divorced". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 20, 1955. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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    "All Public Member Trees results for Wilbur George Dirksing". Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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    "Young Actress Nearly Got Too Much Theater". The New York Herald Tribune. October 22, 1944. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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    Quirk, David. 'Norway' Duo Signed to Tune Berle Show". New York Daily News. Oct 23, 1944. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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    "Photos by European". Town and Country. October 1945. Retrieved December 31, 2019
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    "Maugham Story Will Be Feature of CBS-TV Show". The Sacramento Bee. August 28, 1954.
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    "Saturday's TV Preview". The Washington Post. Sep 14, 1957. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  15. [15]
    "Marianne Stewart in 'The Lonely Man'". Honolulu Start-Bulletin. May 10, 1958. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
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    "TV Week: Saturday Evening". Chicago Tribune. April 25, 1959. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  17. [17]
    "Todays Complete TV Programs". The Hackensack Record. February 14, 1962. Retrieved January 28, 1962.

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