Maria Palmer

Maria Palmer

Deceased · Born: Sep 5, 1917 · Died: Sep 6, 1981

Personal Details

BornSep 5, 1917 Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Biography

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)

Career

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1959
One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond as Sylvia Ackroyd
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1958
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1954
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1953
Flight Nurse
Flight Nurse as Captain Martha Ackerman
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1951
Strictly Dishonorable
Strictly Dishonorable as Countess Lili Szadvany
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{"id":68823,"title":"Surrender","year":"1950","character":"Janet Barton","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/surrender-1950","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_68823.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_68823.jpg"},"released":1}
1950
Surrender
Surrender as Janet Barton
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1948
13 Lead Soldiers
13 Lead Soldiers as Estelle Prager, alias Estelle Gorday
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1947
The Web
The Web as Martha Kroner
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1946
Rendezvous 24
Rendezvous 24 as Greta Holvig
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1945
Lady on a Train
Lady on a Train as Margo Martin, Circus Club Singer
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1944
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1943
Mission to Moscow
Mission to Moscow as Tanya Litvinov