MARIE WINDSOR, ACTRESS (DECEASED) SIGNED 8X10 JSA AUTHENTICATED COA #N44510

(DECEASED) ORIGINAL Autograph 8 x 10 PHOTO AUTHENTICALLY SIGNED AND AUTHENTICATED BY JSA Marie Windsor (December 11, 1919 December 10, 2000) Born as Emily Marie Bertelsen in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, Windsor was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many B-movies and film noirs. Windsor was born in 1919 in Marysvale, Utah. She was unofficially appointed "Miss Utah of 1939" by her hometown Chamber of Commerce and trained for the stage under famed Hollywood actress and coach Maria Ouspenskaya.[a] After working for several years as a telephone operator, a stage and radio actress, and a bit and extra player in films, she began playing feature parts on the big screen in 1947. The 5'9" actress's first memorable role was a year later opposite John Garfield in Force of Evil playing seductress Edna Tucker. She had roles in numerous 1950s film noirs, especially notably. The Sniper, The Narrow Margin, City That Never Sleeps, and Stanley Kubrick's heist movie, The Killing, playing Elisha Cook Jr.'s scheming wife. She also made a foray into science fiction with the 1953 release of Cat-Women of the Moon. Windsor co-starred with Randolph Scott in The Bounty Hunter (1954). Later, Windsor moved to television. She appeared in 1954 as Belle Starr in the premiere episode of Stories of the Century. In 1962, she played "Ann Jesse", a woman dying in childbirth, in the episode "The Wanted Man" of Lawman. She appeared on such programs as Maverick, Bat Masterson, Perry Mason, Bourbon Street Beat, The Incredible Hulk, Rawhide, General Hospital, Salem's Lot (TV miniseries), and Murder, She Wrote. Windsor worked consistently through the '60s and '70s, and remained on screen once or so annually clear up to the 1990s, playing her final role at 72 in 1991. She was among the 500 stars nominated for selection as one of the 50 greatest American screen legends, as part of the American Film Institute's 100 years. Windsor was politically conservative, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund