Marion Brash
{{Short description|American actress (1931–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Marion Brash
| image = Marion Brash headshot.jpg
| caption = Marion Brash in 1976
| birth_name = Marion Brasch
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|03|27}}
| birth_place = Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|01|10|1931|03|27}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
}}
Marion Brash (March 27, 1931 – January 10, 2022) was an American actress known for her work in television and cinema.
Early years
Brash was born in Berlin (as Marion Brasch), and came to the United States as a child.{{cite news|title='Born Yesterday' To Play Tonight, First of Series|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18666389/marion_brash/|work=The Leaf-Chronicle|date=December 12, 1950|location=Tennessee, Clarksville|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2018}} {{Open access}} Her acting debut came in a touring production of Born Yesterday shortly after she graduated from high school. She went on to study acting under Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.
Career
Brash was a regular on television's The Bob and Ray Show (1951–1953).{{cite book|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=119|edition=2nd}} She made her first appearance on television in 1948 on Studio One. In 1953, she appeared in an episode of Man Against Crime, an early television series starring Ralph Bellamy. She portrayed a glamorous prostitute in the 20th episode of Gunsmoke in 1956. On soap operas, Brash played Eunice Gardner Wyatt on Search for Tomorrow from 1957 to 1961{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/8140/Marion-Brash/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113085416/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/8140/Marion-Brash/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|title=Marion Brash - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com|accessdate=September 21, 2015}} and multiple characters on The Edge of Night. Subsequently, she appeared in many television series, including Hogan's Heroes and Ironside.
She also had roles in films, including The Group and Slaughter with Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, and Rip Torn.{{Citation needed |date=August 2020}}
On Broadway, Brash debuted in Tall Story (1959) and appeared in Hidden Stranger (1963).{{cite web|title=Marion Brash|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marion-brash-101755|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|accessdate=March 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327001033/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marion-brash-101755|archivedate=March 27, 2018}} She also acted for two years in an off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera. She was also active in summer stock theater productions. In her later years, she was a popular New York City tour guide entertaining tourists until the age of 88.
Personal life and death
Brash married Saul Novick, president of a clothing importing company.{{cite news|last=Marcham|first=Jane|title=Variety Nothing New for Actress Brash|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18665493/marion_brash/|work=The Ithaca Journal|date=July 19, 1968|location=New York, Ithaca|page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2018}} {{Open access}} She lived in New York City. Brash died in New York City on January 10, 2022, at the age of 90.{{Cite web|title=MARION BRASCH Obituary (1931–2022) New York Times|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/marion-brasch-obituary?id=32366102|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=Legacy.com}}
References
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External links
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Category:Actresses from Berlin
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American women
Category:American film actresses
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Tour guides of New York City
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