Audrey Totter

Born: 1917-12-20

Audrey Mary Totter (December 20, 1917 – December 12, 2013), was a captivating American actress celebrated for her compelling performances in film noir during the 1940s and 1950s. A former MGM contract star of Austrian-Slovene and Swedish descent, her distinct husky voice and magnetic presence made her a standout femme fatale in classics like "Lady in the Lake" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice." Totter's versatility extended beyond noir, showcasing her talent in various genres, including dramas and thrillers. Her ability to portray complex, strong-willed characters left an indelible mark on Hollywood. Totter's legacy endures through her impactful contributions to the silver screen, forever remembered as an iconic figure in the golden era of cinema. Most references cite December 20, 1918, as her date of birth, although Intelius indicates the year was 1917.


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The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Madge Gorland
Released: 1946-05-02

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

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The Set-Up

as Julie
Released: 1949-03-29

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling...

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1974-06-21

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...

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Adventure

as Ethel (uncredited)
Released: 1945-12-28

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

as Martha Osten
Released: 1979-06-27

Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and...

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Lady in the Lake

as Adrienne Fromsett
Released: 1946-12-19

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But...

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Tension

as Claire Quimby
Released: 1949-11-25

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy....

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The Carpetbaggers

as Prostitute
Released: 1964-04-08

When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an...

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Alias Nick Beal

as Donna Allen
Released: 1949-03-04

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his...

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High Wall

as Dr. Ann Lorrison
Released: 1947-12-17

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife....

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The Unsuspected

as Althea Keane
Released: 1947-10-11

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his...

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Any Number Can Play

as Alice Elcott
Released: 1949-07-15

When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to...

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Main Street After Dark

as Jessie Belle Dibson
Released: 1945-01-12

A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle)...

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Woman They Almost Lynched

as Kate Quantrill / Kitty McCoy
Released: 1953-03-20

Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city...

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Assignment: Paris

as Sandy Tate
Released: 1952-09-04

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders)...

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The Vanishing American

as Marion Warner
Released: 1955-11-17

A woman arrives in New Mexico to claim property she's inherited and receives an education in the...

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A Bullet for Joey

as Joyce Geary
Released: 1955-04-15

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American...

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Man in the Dark

as Peg Benedict
Released: 1953-04-09

Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid...

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Mission Over Korea

as Kate
Released: 1953-08-01

A rookie pilot in the Korean War wants to avenge his brother's death.

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Bewitched

as Karen (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1945-07-04

A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.

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Bewitched

as Karen (voice)
Released: 1945-07-04

A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.

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The Secret Heart

as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Released: 1946-12-25

Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's...

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Women's Prison

as Joan Burton
Released: 1955-02-01

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

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Massacre Canyon

as Flaxy
Released: 1954-05-01

A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins.

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Jet Attack

as Tanya Nikova
Released: 1958-02-15

A Soviet nurse helps a U.S. pilot, his buddies and a scientist escape from North Korea. ...

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Under the Gun

as Ruth Williams
Released: 1951-02-22

A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.

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The Hidden Eye

as Perfume Sales Clerk
Released: 1945-08-31

A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused...

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The Sellout

as Cleo Bethel
Released: 1952-05-30

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

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Her Highness and the Bellboy

as Woman on Rooftop (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-11

In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and...

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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

as Self
Released: 2006-07-18

Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us...

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The Saxon Charm

as Alma Wragg
Released: 1948-09-28

In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around...

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Operation Heartbeat

as Eve Wilcox
Released: 1969-04-17

Lawsuits fly when a widow believes a gifted surgeon allowed her husband to die so his heart...

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Chubasco

as Theresa
Released: 1968-04-14

A wild beach boy takes a job on a tuna fishing boat.

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The Nativity

as Elizabeth
Released: 1978-12-17

The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.

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The Blue Veil

as Helen Williams
Released: 1951-10-26

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

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City Killer

as Receptionist
Released: 1984-10-28

An attractive young girl is being watched closely by her ex-lover, but matters soon start to...

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FBI Girl

as Shirley Wayne
Released: 1951-11-04

G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division.

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Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

as Self
Released: 1997-06-15

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula uncovers the life and career of legendary actor Bela Lugosi,...

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The Sailor Takes a Wife

as Lisa Borescu
Released: 1945-12-28

While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen...

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Dangerous Partners

as Lili Roegan
Released: 1945-06-07

A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.

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Harlow

as Marilyn
Released: 1965-05-14

Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two...

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The Outsider

as Mrs. Bishop
Released: 1967-11-21

Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A...

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Man or Gun

as Fran Dare
Released: 1958-05-30

Gun-slinging drifter "Maybe" Smith's Colt .44 pistol and shooting skills are put to the test...

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The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway

as Judge
Released: 1980-04-21

Two teenagers on the run with a quarter of a million dollars belonging to an illegal drug ring...

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My Pal Gus

as Joyce Jennings
Released: 1952-12-01

A single father falls in love with his son's schoolteacher.

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The Beginning or the End

as Jean O'Leary
Released: 1947-02-19

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of...

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Champ for a Day

as Miss Peggy Gormley
Released: 1953-08-15

An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western...

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The Cockeyed Miracle

as Jennifer Griggs
Released: 1946-10-26

A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their...

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Cruisin' Down the River

as Sally Jane Jackson
Released: 1953-08-02

A New Yorker inherits an old river boat and decides to turn it into a night club while falling...

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Perry Mason

as Reba Burgess
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Sister Paul
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Virginian

as Mrs. Archer
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Mrs. Royce
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Martha Phillips
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Climax!

as Edna Shaddick
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Dr. Helen Koenig
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Anna Lederer
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Dr. Kildare

as Ella Vitnack
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Dr. Kildare

as Norma Littell
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Cheyenne

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...

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Medical Center

as Nurse Wilcox
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Rawhide

as Vada Nordquist
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Mrs. Myra Moran
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Run for Your Life

as Dorothy Young
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Harry O

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-12

After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Betsy Blake
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mrs. Philips
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Matt Helm

as Mrs. Simmons, Ellen's mom
First aired: 1975-09-20

Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the...

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Cimarron City

as Beth Purcell
First aired: 1958-09-27

Cimarron City is an American Western television series, starring George Montgomery as Matt...

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Letter to Loretta

as Mrs. Page
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as WAF Dietician
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Ellen
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Mary Lund
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Olga Lemaire
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Betsy Dunn
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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