Marla English

• Name — Marla English • Birth Name — Marleine Gaile English • Born — 4 January 1935 • Birthplace — San Diego, California, U.S. • Died — 10 December 2012 • Place of death — Tucson, Arizona, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1953–1957 • Children — 5

Born Marleine Gaile English in San Diego, California, as a teenager she worked as a model. She was originally signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures in 1952 after winning a San Diego beauty pageant to be "Fairest of the Fair". She was paid $150 per week to appear in such films as Red Garters (1954) and Rear Window (1954). Even though her scenes were often cut during the final editing of those and other films, English's contract rose to $200 a week. Her breakthrough role came when producer Aubrey Schenck borrowed her from Paramount to appear in his film noir production Shield for Murder (1954) starring Edmond O'Brien.

After co-starring with Tom Conway and Mike Connors in the horror film Voodoo Woman (1957), English married San Diego businessman Allen Paul Sutherland. She then retired from acting at just 21 years old. They had a daughter and four sons. English died of cancer at age 77 in Tucson, Arizona in December 2012. Her husband Paul Sutherland died five years later. Their graves are in Marana Cemetery in Marana, Arizona, 24 miles northwest of Tucson.

• Casanova's Big Night (1954) – Girl on Bridge (uncredited) • Yankee Pasha (1954) – Harem Girl (uncredited) • About Mrs. Leslie (1954) – Minor Role (uncredited) • Living It Up (1954) – Manicurist (uncredited) • Rear Window (1954) – Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited) • Shield for Murder (1954) – Patty Winters • Desert Sands (1955) – Princess Zara • Hell's Horizon (1955) – Sammi • Three Bad Sisters (1956) – Vicki Craig • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1956, TV Series) – Myia • The Bob Cummings Show (1956, TV Series) – Marie / Marie de Carlo • Crossroads (1956, TV Series) – Barbara Sherman • The She-Creature (1956, for AIP) – Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby • A Strange Adventure (1956) – Lynn Novak • Flesh and the Spur (1956, for AIP) – Wild Willow • Runaway Daughters (1956, for AIP) – Audrey Barton Lola Marshall • Voodoo Woman (1957, for AIP) – Marilyn Blanchard (final film role)