Maris Wrixon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maris Wrixon (December 28, 1916 – October 6, 1999) was an American film and television actress. She appeared in over 50 films between 1939 and 1951. Between 1940 and 1942, Wrixon appeared in 29 films at Warner Bros., alternating between uncredited parts (in films including High Sierra and Dark Victory) and supporting roles. Wrixon worked primarily in B-movies and, in addition to her Warners films, in films produced by Poverty Row studios such as Monogram Pictures. Monogram released the film in which The New York Times says "horror fans remember her best," The Ape, which starred Boris Karloff.

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Dark Victory (1939)

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  George Brent  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  George Brent  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  James Cagney  •  George Raft  •  Jane Bryan  •  George Bancroft

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  James Cagney  •  George Raft  •  Jane Bryan  •  George Bancroft

Knute Rockne All American (1940)

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  Ronald Reagan  •  Gale Page  •  Donald Crisp

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  Ronald Reagan  •  Gale Page  •  Donald Crisp

Phantom Lady (1944)

A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Franchot Tone  •  Ella Raines  •  Alan Curtis  •  Aurora Miranda

A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Franchot Tone  •  Ella Raines  •  Alan Curtis  •  Aurora Miranda

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Alan Hale  •  Ronald Reagan

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Alan Hale  •  Ronald Reagan

The Graduate (1967)

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Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Nichols
CAST:  Anne Bancroft  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Katharine Ross  •  Murray Hamilton

Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Nichols
CAST:  Anne Bancroft  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Katharine Ross  •  Murray Hamilton

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Bette Davis  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Donald Crisp

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Bette Davis  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Donald Crisp

Daughters Courageous (1939)

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her 1st husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Claude Rains  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Rosemary Lane

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her 1st husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Claude Rains  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Rosemary Lane

Waterfront (1944)

A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his code book, and he must get it back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Sekely
CAST:  John Carradine  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Edwin Maxwell

A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his code book, and he must get it back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Sekely
CAST:  John Carradine  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Edwin Maxwell

Trail to Gunsight (1944)

In this western, an innocent saddletramp is blamed for killing a man. Fortunately he finds the real culprit before it is too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Keays
CAST:  Eddie Dew  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Ray Whitley

In this western, an innocent saddletramp is blamed for killing a man. Fortunately he finds the real culprit before it is too late.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Keays
CAST:  Eddie Dew  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Ray Whitley

This Love of Ours (1945)

At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new technique, Florence is revealed in a flashback as Michel's abandoned wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Claude Rains  •  Charles Korvin  •  Carl Esmond

At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new technique, Florence is revealed in a flashback as Michel's abandoned wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Claude Rains  •  Charles Korvin  •  Carl Esmond

A Child Is Born (1939)

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Gladys George  •  Gale Page

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Gladys George  •  Gale Page

Lady with Red Hair (1940)

An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Miriam Hopkins  •  Claude Rains  •  Richard Ainley  •  Laura Hope Crews

An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Miriam Hopkins  •  Claude Rains  •  Richard Ainley  •  Laura Hope Crews

Cinderella's Feller (1940)

The story of Cinderella with a children's cast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Juanita Quigley  •  Scotty Beckett  •  Bud Jamison  •  Maris Wrixon

The story of Cinderella with a children's cast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Juanita Quigley  •  Scotty Beckett  •  Bud Jamison  •  Maris Wrixon

Saturday's Children (1940)

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Anne Shirley  •  Claude Rains  •  Roscoe Karns

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Anne Shirley  •  Claude Rains  •  Roscoe Karns

Spy Ship (1942)

A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B. Reeves Eason
CAST:  Craig Stevens  •  Irene Manning  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Tod Andrews

A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B. Reeves Eason
CAST:  Craig Stevens  •  Irene Manning  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Tod Andrews

Calling Philo Vance (1940)

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  James Stephenson  •  Margot Stevenson  •  Edward Brophy  •  Sheila Bromley

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  James Stephenson  •  Margot Stevenson  •  Edward Brophy  •  Sheila Bromley

The Face of Marble (1946)

The story of Dr. Charles Randolph, a scientist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of life and death. Aided by assistant David Cochran, Charles conducts experiments that have horrifying side effects. Charles's lonely wife, Elaine, is frightened by his work, and in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  John Carradine  •  Claudia Drake  •  Robert Shayne  •  Maris Wrixon

The story of Dr. Charles Randolph, a scientist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of life and death. Aided by assistant David Cochran, Charles conducts experiments that have horrifying side effects. Charles's lonely wife, Elaine, is frightened by his work, and in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  John Carradine  •  Claudia Drake  •  Robert Shayne  •  Maris Wrixon

Highway 13 (1948)

Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Berke
CAST:  Robert Lowery  •  Pamela Blake  •  Clem Bevans  •  Michael Whalen

Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Berke
CAST:  Robert Lowery  •  Pamela Blake  •  Clem Bevans  •  Michael Whalen

The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)

Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Rosella Towne  •  William Gargan  •  James Stephenson  •  Benny Rubin

Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Rosella Towne  •  William Gargan  •  James Stephenson  •  Benny Rubin
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