Mary Russell

Mary Russell

Born: April 22, 1912
Died: August 22, 2005
in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
Mary Russell was born on April 22, 1912 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for The Golden Trail (1937), Murder in Greenwich Village (1937) and Squadron of Honor (1938). She was married to Paul Ames. She died on August 22, 2005 in San Rafael, California, USA.

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Squadron of Honor
Title: Squadron of Honor
Character: Eve Rogers
Released: June 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Squadron of Honor takes place during an American Legion convention, with newsreel shots of the genuine article interspersed among the reenacted scene. A murder is committed, and young legionnaire Blane (Don Terry) wants to find out who's responsible. The cops are convinced that pacifistic munitions executive Metcalf (Thurston Hall) committed the crime, but in fact Metcalf has been framed by pro-war armaments manufacturer Kimball (Robert Warwick).
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Extortion
Title: Extortion
Character: Betty Tisdelle
Released: May 9, 1938
Type: Movie
In this B potboiler, a college professor finds himself suspected of a murder on his school's campus.
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Women in Prison
Title: Women in Prison
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1938
Type: Movie
The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.
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Man Bites Lovebug
Title: Man Bites Lovebug
Character: Imogene
Released: December 24, 1937
Type: Movie
To test his wife, Charley's friend puts him up to making a play for her, but she's on to it and pretends she's fallen for him, infuriating the friend.Charley must stay overnight, and unexpected complications put him in the wife's bedroom.
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Murder in Greenwich Village
Title: Murder in Greenwich Village
Character: Antoinette aka Angel Annie McGillicutty
Released: November 3, 1937
Type: Movie
A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling detective snoops around, and their initial distaste for each other blossoms into romance.
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The Silver Trail
Title: The Silver Trail
Character: Molly Welburn
Released: February 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Western, featuring Rin Tin Tin Jr., about a man trying to find an old friend in a town that is trying to deceive him.
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Larceny on the Air
Title: Larceny on the Air
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Released: January 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.
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The Riders of the Whistling Skull
Title: The Riders of the Whistling Skull
Character: Betty Marsh
Released: January 4, 1937
Type: Movie
When Professor Marsh disappears while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, his daughter enlists the help of the Three Mesquiteers.
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The Mandarin Mystery
Title: The Mandarin Mystery
Character: Girl on Street Corner
Released: December 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
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Beware Of Ladies
Title: Beware Of Ladies
Character: Williams' Secretary (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1936
Type: Movie
An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to write about.
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Roarin' Lead
Title: Roarin' Lead
Character: Orphanage Assistant Mary
Released: December 9, 1936
Type: Movie
The Three Mesquiteers fight cattle rustlers.
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The Big Show
Title: The Big Show
Character: Mary
Released: November 16, 1936
Type: Movie
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.
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The Luckiest Girl in the World
Title: The Luckiest Girl in the World
Character: Manicurist
Released: October 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.
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My Marriage
Title: My Marriage
Character: Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1936
Type: Movie
When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Title: The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Character: Nurse Bertha
Released: January 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
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Ah, Wilderness!
Title: Ah, Wilderness!
Character: Elsie Rand (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1935
Type: Movie
At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from his wise father. A tender, coming-of-age story, with a wonderful look at a long-gone, but fondly remembered, small town America.
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Front Page Woman
Title: Front Page Woman
Character: Information Clerk (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
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Black Fury
Title: Black Fury
Character: Mary (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1935
Type: Movie
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
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A Night at the Ritz
Title: A Night at the Ritz
Character: Miss Barry
Released: March 23, 1935
Type: Movie
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
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Gold Diggers of 1935
Title: Gold Diggers of 1935
Character: Second Lady (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.
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Bordertown
Title: Bordertown
Character: Miss Martin - Dale's Other Friend (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
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The Payoff
Title: The Payoff
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Released: January 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
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The Secret Bride
Title: The Secret Bride
Character: Holdstock's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
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Flirtation Walk
Title: Flirtation Walk
Character: Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
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The St. Louis Kid
Title: The St. Louis Kid
Character: Trucking Company Office Girl (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1934
Type: Movie
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.
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Happiness Ahead
Title: Happiness Ahead
Character: Bob's Friend at the Pekin
Released: October 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.
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A Lost Lady
Title: A Lost Lady
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
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The Man with Two Faces
Title: The Man with Two Faces
Character: Debutante (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1934
Type: Movie
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoherent and Vance is found dead in the vanished producer's hotel suite
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Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Title: Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Character: Prime's Secretary
Released: July 28, 1934
Type: Movie
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
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The Personality Kid
Title: The Personality Kid
Character: Waitress
Released: June 6, 1934
Type: Movie
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.