Marion Martin: Marion Martin. Actress: Mexican Spitfire's Elephant. Dubbed "The World's Most Beautiful Showgirl" on Broadway and "Hollywood's blonde menace" on film, brassy "B" singer-actress Marion Martin was a minor predecessor to Marilyn Monroe's peroxide bombshell, yet her brazen persona was closer to the seductive leanings of Mae West. Born Marion Suplee on June 7, 1909, she was the daughter of a well-to-do Philadelphia executive of Bethlehem Steel and reared in Main...
Known For: Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (Diana De Corro), The Man in the Iron Mask (Mlle. de la Valliere(as Marian Martin)), Lady of Burlesque (Alice Angel), Boom Town (Whitey)