In 1940, a blonde, sultry-looking model from Fort Worth, Texas,(birth name Marilyn Llewelling)calling herself Marilyn Merrick, was cast in two Warner Bros. features and one short. She also had a role in "Dr. Christian Meets the Women (RKO)", and one of the two leading ladies opposite Johnny Mack Brown in in "Ragtime Cowboy Joe(Universal)." The ...
Sultry blonde, blue-eyed actress of the 40s who appeared in numerous Republic Pictures westerns before moving on to Columbia Studio mysteries and lightweight comedies.
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When she and fortune heir Robert Goelet Jr. married in 1949, his countess mother, Donna Fernanda di Villa Rosa, the Princess Riabouchinsky of Florence, disinherited him.
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Attempted suicide with pills in March of 1950 but the incident, triggered by domestic troubles, appeared more of a cry for help.
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First husband, Conrad Nagel was well over 20 years older than she when the couple married. Her second husband, Robert Goelet Jr. was a year younger. Both marriages ended in divorce. She had no children.
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Selected a "Baby Star" by the Motion Picture Publicists Association in 1940, then is dubbed "Zoom Girl" by the sailors in the torpedo shop at San Diego Naval Air Station during WWII.
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Following her acting career, Merrick would go on to work in the fashion industry and serve as an executive field director for the Barbizon School of Modeling from 1967 to 1974. In later years she worked in sales at department stores in both California and Florida.
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Moved to Hollywood to pursue a modeling career while studying acting. While appearing in a theatrical production in L.A., she was spotted by a Republic talent scout.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Escape from Terror
1955
Lee Brooks
I Love Trouble
1948
Mrs. Johnston
Down to Earth
1947
Muse (uncredited)
Dangerous Business
1946
Lizbeth Ellsworth
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton
Voice of the Whistler
1945
Joan Martin Sinclair
Blonde from Brooklyn
1945
Susan Parker aka Susanna Bellwithers
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945
Constance Gloria Mannard
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
1945
Helen Carter
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
1944
Helen Tyler
Stars on Parade
1944
Dorothy Dean
Nine Girls
1944
Eve Sharon
Swing Out the Blues
1943
Penelope Carstairs
The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case
1943
Ellen Trotter
Is Everybody Happy?
1943
Ann
Doughboys in Ireland
1943
Gloria Gold
Dangerous Blondes
1943
May Ralston
Fugitive from Sonora
1943
Dixie Martin
Days of Old Cheyenne
1943
Nancy Carlyle
Murder in Times Square
1943
Nurse (uncredited)
Carson City Cyclone
1943
Linda Wade
Dead Man's Gulch
1943
Mary Logan
Mountain Rhythm
1943
Linda Weaver
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
1942
Ann Hollister
Youth on Parade
1942
Emmy Lou Piper
The Sombrero Kid
1942
Dorothy Russell
The Cyclone Kid
1942
Mary Phillips
Jesse James, Jr.
1942
Joan Perry
Stagecoach Express
1942
Ellen Bristol
Arizona Terrors
1942
Lila Adams
A Missouri Outlaw
1941
Virginia Randall
Death Valley Outlaws
1941
Carolyn Johnson
The Apache Kid
1941
Barbara Taylor
Ice-Capades
1941
Audition Girl (uncredited)
Hurricane Smith
1941
Blonde Girl (uncredited)
Throwing a Party
1941
Short
Princess Rica / Linda Hobson (as Marilyn Merrick)
Kansas Cyclone
1941
Martha King
Desert Bandit
1941
Sue Martin
The Gay Vagabond
1941
Betty Dixon
Sis Hopkins
1941
Phyllis
Two Gun Sheriff
1941
Ruth Norton
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940
Mary Curtiss (as Marilyn Merrick)
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
Kitty Browning (as Marilyn Merrick)
Flight Angels
1940
Marilyn (as Marilyn Merrick)
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Fussy Woman's Daughter (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Blonde from Brooklyn
1945
performer: "Baby, Save Him for Me", "La Cucaracha", "Alabamy Bound", "Comin' Around the Corner", "Yip Yip De Hootie My Baby Said Yes" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars
1941
Documentary short
Herself (as Marilyn Merrick)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Heroine (uncredited)
Known for movies
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) as Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton
Voice of the Whistler (1945) as Joan Martin Sinclair
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945) as Constance Gloria Mannard
The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943) as Ellen Trotter
$250,000
