Mari Blanchard Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family

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Mari Blanchard was an American actress and model who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. She was best known for her roles in the films "Macao" (1952), "The Enemy Below" (1957), and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962). She also appeared in television series such as "The Adventures of Superman" (1953-1954) and "The Outer Limits" (1963-1965). Blanchard was born in Long Beach, California, and began her career as a model. She made her film debut in the 1952 film "Macao" and went on to appear in a number of other films, including "The Enemy Below" (1957), "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), and "The War Wagon" (1967). Blanchard also appeared in a number of television series, including "The Adventures of Superman" (1953-1954), "The Outer Limits" (1963-1965), and "The Wild Wild West" (1965-1966). Blanchard was married twice, first to actor John Agar from 1945 to 1949, and then to actor Robert Clarke from 1951 to 1956. She died in 1970 at the age of 47. Her net worth at the time of her death is unknown.

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Mari Blanchard Height, Weight & Measurements

At 47 years old, Mari Blanchard height is 5' 4½" (1.64 m) .

Who Is Mari Blanchard's Husband?

Her husband is Vincent J. Conti (1967 - 10 May 1970) ( her death), George Shepard (September 1965 - 1966) ( divorced), Reese Hale Taylor, Jr. (13 February 1960 - 1961) ( divorced)

Mari Blanchard Net Worth

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Timeline

She suffered from severe polio at age nine and it took three years before she was able to walk again. According to Brad Richards' full-length article on Mari in the Spring 2013 issue of "Films of the Golden Age", she credits the courage and obstinacy of her mother, a psychotherapist, for pulling her through. Her mother did not permit braces or injections but instead used Hawaiian massages and three-times-a-day hot-water soakings. Mari claimed that her first year was spent in a wheelchair and that she progressed to crutches in the second. By the third year she was back in school and had no ill effects whatsoever.

Her last role of note was as the cheerful and likeable town madam in the rollicking John Wayne western comedy McLintock! (1963).

First husband, Reese Taylor Jr., was an L.A. lawyer whose first wife had given him four sons. When Mari announced she was pregnant in April 1960, two months into the marriage, he left her because he didn't want any more children. Mari lost the baby later that year.

Mari then appeared for Republic in the eminently forgettable No Place to Land (1958) before briefly starring in her own short-lived adventure series Klondike (1960).

Hyde-like killer in the lurid She Devil (1957) (during filming she nearly died of acute appendicitis).

Burt Lancaster, co-producer and star (with Gary Cooper of the excellent A-grade western Vera Cruz (1954), had requested Mari as his leading lady, but Universal refused her release to United Artists and forbade her to accept the lucrative role (Denise Darcel ended up getting the part).

Mari then lost the lead in a much lesser picture,Saskatchewan (1954), to Shelley Winters.

Mari did end up with a respectable starring role in the western Destry (1954) opposite Audie Murphy.

It wasn't until Mari joined Universal that her fortunes improved somewhat, with a co-starring role (opposite Victor Mature) in The Veils of Bagdad (1953). After that, it was all downhill again.

Instead, she was cast as Venusian Queen Allura in one of the least exciting outings by Universal's leading comic duo, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953).

Ten Tall Men (1951), for example, limited her to a token stroll down a street, twirling a parasol and smiling seductively at members of the Foreign Legion.

Beautiful, worldly-looking American actress of 1950s Easterns and Westerns who typically played alluring harem girls and saloon dancers in "B" films.

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 international law before dropping out nine units short of a degree. Her university studies did not lead to a career either. Sometime in the late 1940s, she joined the Conover Agency as an advertising model and, at the same time, was promoted by famed cartoonist and writer Al Capp, becoming the inspiration for one of his Li'l Abner characters. As the result of an advertisement on the back page of the Hollywood Reporter, Mari was signed to a contract with Paramount. However, her early experience in the movie business proved an unhappy one, most of her roles being walk-ons and bit parts.

A remake of the classic Destry Rides Again (1939), she was cast in the Marlene Dietrich part and took great pains to affect a totally different look, darkening her hair so as not to be compared to the great star. Even the name of her character was changed from 'Frenchy' to 'Brandy'. "Destry" was not all smooth sailing. There was tension between her and director George Marshall (who had also directed the original version) and Mari suffered a facial injury as the result of a fight scene. The film was critically well received, but unfortunately Universal failed to renew its contract with Miss Blanchard, and her career then went into free fall. Freelancing for lesser studios, she played a TB victim injected with a serum turning her into a Mr.

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