Donna Martell

Donna Martell

Born: December 24, 1927
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for Donna Martell...

Grace Kelly
Title: Grace Kelly
Character: Mrs. Austin
Released: February 21, 1983
Type: Movie
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Esther Callan
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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House of Numbers
Title: House of Numbers
Character: Lois
Released: September 12, 1957
Type: Movie
Story of twin brothers - one trying to help another escape from prison.
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Hell on Devil's Island
Title: Hell on Devil's Island
Character: Giselle Renault
Released: August 4, 1957
Type: Movie
An ex-con from Devil's Island enlists the support of the governor's daughter in exposing a prison mining operation.
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Last of the Desperados
Title: Last of the Desperados
Character: Alita
Released: October 31, 1955
Type: Movie
After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett is relentlessly dogged by members of the Kid's gang.
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Title: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Character: Suchen, Suyin's sister
Released: August 18, 1955
Type: Movie
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
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Ten Wanted Men
Title: Ten Wanted Men
Character: Maria Segura
Released: February 1, 1955
Type: Movie
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
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The Egyptian
Title: The Egyptian
Character: Lady in Waiting
Released: August 25, 1954
Type: Movie
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
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Give a Girl a Break
Title: Give a Girl a Break
Character: Janet Hallson
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle. Then producer Felix Jordan persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlan, to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.
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Project Moon Base
Title: Project Moon Base
Character: Col. Briteis
Released: September 4, 1953
Type: Movie
In the future (1970) the US sends a mission to the moon to investigate the building of a moon base.
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A Star Shall Rise
Title: A Star Shall Rise
Character: Mary
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Story of the Three Magi's search for the Christ child following their discovery of a new star foretold in Jewish scripture and Zoroastrain religious texts.
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The Golden Hawk
Title: The Golden Hawk
Character: Emilie Savonez
Released: October 8, 1952
Type: Movie
A 17th-century French pirate (Sterling Hayden) sides with an English noblewoman (Rhonda Fleming) who's posing as a pirate.
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Ghost Buster
Title: Ghost Buster
Character: Laura
Released: March 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Gil Lamb, window washer at the "Daily Record" has aspirations of becoming a reporter and marrying Carol Hughes, the city editor's secretary. When he hears of the disappearance of a town millionaire's nephew, he sets out, disguised as a nurse, for the millionaire's mansion to solve the case
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Elephant Stampede
Title: Elephant Stampede
Character: Lola
Released: October 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Bomba the jungle boy swings into action when an elephant herd is threatened by ivory hunters.
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Hills of Utah
Title: Hills of Utah
Character: Nola French
Released: September 30, 1951
Type: Movie
A singing doctor on horseback heals a feud between cattlemen and copper miners.
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Peggy
Title: Peggy
Character: Contestant
Released: July 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.
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Coyote Canyon
Title: Coyote Canyon
Character: Jane Barlow
Released: November 17, 1949
Type: Movie
This film and the 1950 short "The Fargo Phantom" were edited together and released as a feature called "Tales of the West #2" in 1950.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Character: Betty Crandall
Released: August 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
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Illegal Entry
Title: Illegal Entry
Character: Maria
Released: June 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked with DeCordova on the TV series Mr. Adams and Eve, stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. Department of Immigration. While attempting to bring a vicious gang of alien smugglers to justice, Powers falls in love with Anna Duvak (Marta Toren), a gang member who is Not What She Seems.
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Big Town Scandal
Title: Big Town Scandal
Character: Marion Harrison
Released: May 27, 1948
Type: Movie
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.
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The Woman from Tangier
Title: The Woman from Tangier
Character: Flo-Flo
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. $50,000, in gold, is stolen from the ship's safe and the captain tells the police that the purser was the thief and that he had to kill him in self defense, but the purser must have hidden the money before he got dead. The purser isn't in any position to make a disclaimer. Everybody buys that with the exception of an insurance detective, Shapley, who, along with the audience, suspects the captain of being the thief shows up to investigate further. Written By Les Adams
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Secret Beyond the Door...
Title: Secret Beyond the Door...
Character: Young Mexican Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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Robin Hood of Monterey
Title: Robin Hood of Monterey
Character: Lolita (as Donna DeMario)
Released: September 6, 1947
Type: Movie
Eduardo Belmonte overhears his new step-mother, Maria, and her lover, Don Ricardo Gonzales plotting to take over the Belmonte rancho on the night of the fiesta given by her husband, Don Carlos Belmonte. Eduardo offers Maria money if she will depart the hacienda premises, but she refuses and then accuses Eduardo of making love to her. The old Don doesn't take kindly to his son hitting on his step-mother and attacks him in a rage. The lights go out, the father is killed and Maria blames Eduardo, who escapes from the house, chased by Ricardo's men. The Cisco Kid and Pancho rescue Eduardo, who has been shot, and hide him while they investigate. Cisco discovers that bullets from Maria's gun, a handy little derringer, are the same type that killed Don Carlos. But the Alcalde arrests Cisco and Pancho, and Cisco is "supposedly" executed by a firing squad, but IS NOT shot and escapes by a trick. And now Maria and Ricardo are in real trouble with Cisco on the loose.
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Twilight on the Rio Grande
Title: Twilight on the Rio Grande
Character: Operator Talking to Gene
Released: March 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.
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Apache Rose
Title: Apache Rose
Character: Rosa Vega
Released: February 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are countered by gamblers from an off-shore gambling boat determined to control the land (and oil) themselves.