MARILYN NASH - Chaplin Leading Lady

with Chaplin

 

Actress Marilyn Nash, who was Charles Chaplin’s leading lady in the 1947 film "Monsieur Verdoux", died on October 8, 2011. She was 84.  Nash was born in Detroit, Michigan, in October of 1926. She met Chaplin while visiting Los Angeles in the late 1940s, and he cast her as Girl in "Monsieur Verdoux". Nash made only one further film, the 1951 sci-fi feature "Unknown World". She also appeared in episodes of "Hopalong Cassidy" and "Medic", and performed in numerous stage productions. Her first husband was screenwriter and producer Philip Yordan. She later was featured in the 2007 documentary "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story", about the exploitation film legend who had been a friend of her and her husband.