Mari Blanchard
Acting
51
Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Becoming Marilyn
2022
as (archive footage)
Twice-Told Tales
1963
as Sylvia Ward
McLintock!
1963
as Camille Reedbottom
Burke's Law
1963
as Mrs. Vasquez
Breaking Point
1963
Don't Knock the Twist
1962
as Dulcie Corbin
The Virginian
1962
as Marie Coulter
Gunslinger
1961
as Contessa Maria del Aguilar
Klondike
1960
as Kathy O'Hara
The Roaring 20's
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Rawhide
1959
as Laura Carter
The Detectives
1959
Not for Hire
1959
Machete
1958
as Jean Montoya
No Place to Land
1958
as Iris Lee LaVonne
Karasu
1958
as Nevin
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Sea Hunt
1958
Bronco
1958
The Texan
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Countess Van Hohenstein
She Devil
1957
as Kyra Zelas
Jungle Heat
1957
as Ann McRae
Perry Mason
1957
as Irene Chase
Sugarfoot
1957
as Adah Isaacs Menken
The Cruel Tower
1956
as Mary 'The Babe' Thompson
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Barbara Duval
Basket of Mexican Tales
1956
as Gladys Winthrop
Son of Sinbad
1955
as Chistina
The Crooked Web
1955
as Joanie Daniel
The Return of Jack Slade
1955
as Texas Rose
The Millionaire
1955
as Policewoman Laura Hunter
Destry
1954
as Brandy
Rails Into Laramie
1954
as Lou Carter
Black Horse Canyon
1954
as Aldis Spain
Climax!
1954
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
as Allura
The Veils of Bagdad
1953
as Selima
The Brigand
1952
as Dona Dolores Castro
Back at the Front
1952
as Nina - Johnny Redondo's Accomplice
Something to Live For
1952
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Wanda Marlowe (scenes deleted)
Terry and the Pirates
1952
The Unknown Man
1951
as Sally Tever
No Questions Asked
1951
as Natalie
Bannerline
1951
as Eloise
Overland Telegraph
1951
as Stella
On the Riviera
1951
as Eugenie (uncredited)
Ten Tall Men
1951
as Marie DeLatour