Marian Carr (born Marion Dorice Dunn;[citation needed] July 6, 1926 – July 30, 2003), sometimes credited as Marion Carr, was an American actress who appeared in a number of films in the late 1940s through the 1950s.
After graduating high school, Carr worked in an office as well as taking jobs modeling in Chicago.[2] She was spotted by a talent scout and was named "Chicago's Prettiest Office Worker" in 1946.[2] Following this, Carr relocated Los Angeles, where she began acting in local theater productions.[2] She subsequently signed a film contract with RKO Pictures in 1946 under Howard Hughes.[2][3] She made her feature film debut in San Quentin (1946), followed by a minor part in Frank Capra's 1946 It's a Wonderful Life.[1] Carr had lead roles in several films, including the Westerns The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) and Northern Patrol (1953). After marrying Frederick Levy, an executive for Blum Candy, Carr took a temporary hiatus from acting, and resided in San Francisco,[4] where she gave birth to a son in 1952.[2]
After divorcing Levy in 1954, she returned to acting with supporting roles in Ring of Fear (1954), and two film noir by director Robert Aldrich: World for Ransom (1954) and cult classic Kiss Me Deadly (1955), in the latter of which she portrayed the sister of a mobster.[2] Carr appeared in several other films, such as the unique L.A. noir horror film ‘’The Indestructible Man’’, as a recovering stripper girlfriend of the lead cop, Western Ghost Town (1956), before making her final feature film appearance in Nightmare (also 1956) before retiring.[5] Carr later married television producer Lester Linsk in 1958, though the marriage ended in divorce in 1966.[6][7] She subsequently married Francis Jerome Mason.[6]
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