Maria Palmer

Born: 1917-09-05

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 renowned 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 1950s 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 1960s. 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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Lady on a Train

as Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer
Released: 1945-08-03

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building....

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Mission to Moscow

as Tanya Litvinov
Released: 1943-04-29

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...

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The Other Love

as Huberta
Released: 1947-05-14

Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being...

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

as Renee LaRue
Released: 1953-03-26

Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World...

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The Web

as Martha Kroner
Released: 1947-06-04

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec...

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Days of Glory

as Yelena
Released: 1944-06-16

A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.

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Nostradamus and the Queen

as Queen Catherine de Medici
Released: 1953-09-29

An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately...

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Crash of Moons

as Cotondo
Released: 1954-07-10

A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released...

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Crash of Moons

as Potonda
Released: 1954-07-10

A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released...

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13 Lead Soldiers

as Estelle Prager, alias Estelle Gorday
Released: 1948-04-30

Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead...

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Surrender

as Janet Barton
Released: 1950-09-15

Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to...

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Flight Nurse

as Captain Martha Ackerman
Released: 1953-11-15

In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love...

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Outcasts of the City

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-10

In this drama, set just after the end of WWII, an American officer falls in love with a German...

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Strictly Dishonorable

as Countess Lili Szadvany
Released: 1951-07-03

A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.

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Three for Jamie Dawn

as Julia Karek
Released: 1956-07-08

Three jurors are ripe for bribery by the lawyer of a playgirl up for murder.

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Perry Mason

as Florence Wood
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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One Step Beyond

as Sylvia Ackroyd
First aired: 1959-01-20

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The...

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-06

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...

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The Californians

as Mme. Jouvais
First aired: 1957-09-24

San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild...

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