Linda Marsh

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Linda Marsh
Born
Linda Cracovaner

(1939-02-08) February 8, 1939 (age 85)
New York City, NY
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Bennington College
SpouseRichard Sinatra (1966 - ?)

Linda Marsh (born Linda Cracovaner; [1] February 8, 1939) is an American actress of film, stage, and television. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's 1963 film America, America . [2]

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Early years

Marsh was born in New York City to Arthur Cracovaner, a physician, and Liska March, a former Ziegfeld dancer. She chose Marsh as her stage last name because the actors' union already had a Linda March as a member. [3]

Marsh attended a private school in New York [1] and Bennington College. [4] She left Bennington after two years to pursue a career in acting. [1]

Career

Marsh became one of the actresses who were regularly romanced by the stars of TV series, including The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (S3E21, "The It's All Greek to Me Affair", 1967 Feb 03); I Spy ; The Wild Wild West (S1E14, "The Night of the Howling Light", 1965 Dec 17); Mannix (S1E4, "The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher", 1967 October 7; It Takes a Thief (S1E11, "To Steal a Battleship", 1968 March 26); Hawaii Five-O (S02E07, "Sweet Terror," 1969 Nov 05; S03E07, "Forces of Waves," 1970 Oct 28; S12E06, "Image of Fear," 1979 Nov 08); and Daniel Boone (S6E19, "A Matter of Vengeance", 1970).

Among her early television appearances, she played Elizabeth Bacio, daughter of the title character, in the 1965 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Sad Sicilian." In 1968, she had a major role playing Rachel in S1E8 of the TV series "Here Come the Brides." She also appeared as Nora in The Big Valley (S4E16, "The 25 Graves of Midas," February 3, 1969).

Marsh portrayed Susan Shelby Magoffin, the first woman to travel the Santa Fe Trail, in the 1965 episode "No Place for a Lady" on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days.

Marsh underwent a series of rhinoplasties following her early successes rather than changing her appearance before starting her career. She had more glamorous parts in the later 1960s. She was a frequent guest star on television into the 1970s, with her last credited roles in 1979.

Marsh's few film appearances included Che! (1969), Homebodies (1974) and Freebie and the Bean (1974). She had a supporting role in the television miniseries The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978).

Marsh won acclaim in Elia Kazan's film adaptation of his book America, America, playing a young woman who is betrothed to the story's ambitious main character but is abandoned in his quest to emigrate from Turkey to the United States. To play the characters in the epic film, which was loosely based on his uncle's life, the director said he chose actors who were Jewish (naming Marsh among them) or Greek because "all of them know oppression, they all have uncles from the 'Old World' and have an affectionate relationship towards their forebears." [5]

In 1964 she played Ophelia in John Gielgud's celebrated Broadway production of Hamlet starring Richard Burton. [3] Her Ophelia received mixed notices, but Gielgud liked her performance and resisted efforts to recast the part despite holding more auditions during rehearsals. [6]

Personal life

On April 3, 1966, Marsh married actor Richard Sinatra in Beverly Hills, California. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963 America, America Thomna Sinnikoglou
1964 Hamlet Ophelia
1968 Mannix Rina"The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher"
1968 Here Come the Brides Rachel"A Jew Named Sullivan"
1969 Che! Tania
1969 Mannix Suzan Ward"Who Will Dig The Graves"
1969 Hawaii 5-0 Mariana de Nava"Sweet Terror"
1970 Mannix Winifred Hill"Blind Mirror"
1970StopLee
1971 The F.B.I. Mrs. Talbot"Death on Sunday"
1971 Night Gallery Mildred Squiresegment "The Phantom Farmhouse"
1972 Gunsmoke Lucero"Hidalgo"
1972 Gunsmoke Lydia Walden"Bohannan"
1974 Homebodies Miss Pollack
1974 Freebie and the Bean Barbara - Freebie's Girl
1975 Six Million Dollar Man Barbara Thatcher"Lost Love"
1975 Cannon Alison Demorra"The Setup"
1977 The Waltons Fern Lockwood"The Recluse"

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  2. "("Linda Marsh" search results)". Golden Globe Awards. HFPA. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "She 'Dies' Daily for 'Hamlet' Burton". The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin. Wisconsin, Racine. Newspaper Enterprise Association. July 5, 1964. p. 24. Retrieved July 5, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Gaver, Jack (March 22, 1964). "Linda Marsh Gets Two Big Theater Breaks". The Terre Haute Tribune. Indiana, Terre Haute. United Press International. p. 73. Retrieved July 6, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. Ciment, Michel (1974). Kazan on Kazan . The Viking Press. p. 152.
  6. Gielgud, John (2004). Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters . Arcade Publishing. p.  308. ISBN   1-55970-729-1.
  7. "Richard Sinatra Weds Linda Marsh on Coast". The New York Times. April 4, 1966. p. 27. ProQuest   117592235 . Retrieved January 23, 2021 via ProQuest.