Audrey Totter (1918-96) began her acting career in radio in the late 1930s, and after success in Chicago and New York she was signed by MGM. She made her film debut in MAIN STREET AFTER DARK (1945), and during the ‘40s established herself as a popular female lead, appearing in various film genres but most widely known in film noir productions. She was paired with some of the studio's biggest stars including John Garfield (THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, Robert Montgomery (LADY IN THE LAKE), Claude Rains (THE UNSUSPECTED), Robert Ryan (THE SET-UP) and Richard Basehart (TENSION). But in the '50s Audrey's tough-talking dames were out of style, and MGM dropped her. She signed for a time with Columbia and 20th Century Fox, but her bright noir days of "being good at being bad" were gone forever. Her last appearance was in a 1987 episode of “Murder, She Wrote,” after which she retired.
AUDREY TOTTER
Audrey Totter (1918-96) began her acting career in radio in the late 1930s, and after success in Chicago and New York she was signed by MGM. She made her film debut in MAIN STREET AFTER DARK (1945), and during the ‘40s established herself as a popular female lead, appearing in various film genres but most widely known in film noir productions. She was paired with some of the studio's biggest stars including John Garfield (THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, Robert Montgomery (LADY IN THE LAKE), Claude Rains (THE UNSUSPECTED), Robert Ryan (THE SET-UP) and Richard Basehart (TENSION). But in the '50s Audrey's tough-talking dames were out of style, and MGM dropped her. She signed for a time with Columbia and 20th Century Fox, but her bright noir days of "being good at being bad" were gone forever. Her last appearance was in a 1987 episode of “Murder, She Wrote,” after which she retired.
Didn't she live until quite recently?
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