Mari Blanchard
Birthday
1923/04/13
Day of death
1970/05/10 (47 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Also know as
Mary E. Blanchard
Biography
Petite, attractive Mari Blanchard rarely managed to get the lucky breaks. The daughter of an oil tycoon and a psychotherapist, she suffered from severe poliomyelitis from the age of nine, which denied her a hoped-for dancing career. For several years, she worked hard to rehabilitate her limbs from paralysis, swimming and later even performing on the trapeze at Cole Brothers Circus. At the urging of her parents, she then attended the University of Southern California, where she studied internatio...Read more
Acting
(1955) Son of Sinbad
as Chistina
(1953) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Allura
(1956) The Cruel Tower
as Mary 'The Babe' Thompson
(1963) Twice-Told Tales
as Sylvia Ward
(1955) The Crooked Web
as Joanie Daniel
(1951) The Unknown Man
as Sally Tever
(1951) No Questions Asked
as Natalie
(1958) Machete
as Jean Montoya
(1954) Destry
as Brandy
(1957) She Devil
as Kyra Zelas
(1956) Stagecoach To Fury
as Barbara Duval
(1957) Jungle Heat
as Ann McRae
(1952) The Brigand
as Dona Dolores Castro
(1954) Rails Into Laramie
as Lou Carter
(1951) Bannerline
as Eloise
(1955) The Return of Jack Slade
as Texas Rose
(1962) Don't Knock the Twist
as Dulcie Corbin
(1952) Back at the Front
as Nina - Johnny Redondo's Accomplice
(1956) Basket of Mexican Tales
as Gladys Winthrop
(1951) Overland Telegraph
as Stella
(1958) No Place to Land
as Iris Lee LaVonne
(1954) Black Horse Canyon
as Aldis Spain
(1963) McLintock!
as Camille Reedbottom
(1958) Karasu
as Nevin
(1951) On the Riviera
as Eugenie (uncredited)
(1953) The Veils of Bagdad
as Selima
(1952) Something to Live For
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
(1951) Ten Tall Men
as Marie DeLatour
(1952) Assignment: Paris
as Wanda Marlowe (scenes deleted)
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1963) Burke's Law
as Mrs. Vasquez
(1959) Mr. Lucky
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Irene Chase
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as ---
(1958) Sea Hunt
as ---
(1960) Klondike
as Kathy O'Hara
(1959) Rawhide
as Laura Carter
(1955) The Millionaire
as Policewoman Laura Hunter
(1962) The Virginian
as Marie Coulter
(1954) Climax!
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Adah Isaacs Menken
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1952) Terry and the Pirates
as ---
(1963) Breaking Point
as ---
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1959) Not for Hire
as ---