![Maria Palmer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6DPfkrvhSZoQLxr4Qa9Ovb1EYEq.jpg)
Maria Palmer
This lovely Austrian-born actress was born (in 1917) and raised in Vienna, performing as a child on stage and appearing in various productions for the renowned Max Reinhardt. Trained in dance, she was a member of the Bodenwieser Ensemble, a European troupe. Following a few high school plays and dance recitals, she went on to study drama and voice at the Vienna Conservatory.
Maria arrived in the United States at the outbreak of war in 1938 and first performed on the New York stage, notably in the 1942 production of "The Moon Is Down." Spotted for films, she was one of many foreign actresses Hollywood took in at the time to fill their quota of exotic mystery ladies in war-era intrigue and film noir. She made her debut in Mission to Moscow (1943) for Warner Bros. and continued on freelancing for other studios with Days of Glory (1944), opposite Gregory Peck, Lady on a Train (1944), The Web (1947), The Other Love (1947), Strictly Dishonorable (1941), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Outcasts of the City (1958), among others.
Her film career waned in the 1950s and she turned to radio, TV and commercials. She formed her own production company, Maria Palmer Enterprises, and hosted her own local Los Angeles show "Sincerely, Maria Palmer" in the early 1960s. In later years she wrote a number of unproduced teleplays, often under the pseudonym Eliot Parker White. Dying of pulmonary failure while battling cancer in 1981, she kept extensive journals of her life and career which were later available to the public. (IMDB)
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 6.007 |
Birthday | 1917-09-05 |
Place of Birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] |
Also Known As | Maria Pichler, |
![Lady on a Train](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9DylvvWcb52Qjq6lzN4lJxOcYyU.jpg)
1945
![Lady on a Train](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9DylvvWcb52Qjq6lzN4lJxOcYyU.jpg)
Lady on a Train
6.5/47
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one t...
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Lady on a Train
![The Web](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zYlaxnJYYwTYfh9JIqGD90Qf70h.jpg)
1947
![The Web](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zYlaxnJYYwTYfh9JIqGD90Qf70h.jpg)
The Web
7/40
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly real...
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The Web
![Days of Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/b0iRM1CGk3VerLf1oO9uOn2sea1.jpg)
1944
![Days of Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/b0iRM1CGk3VerLf1oO9uOn2sea1.jpg)
Days of Glory
5.7/24
A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.
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![13 Lead Soldiers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/OLvqKdkogh9G5XuQzlIuacrowg.jpg)
1948
![13 Lead Soldiers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/OLvqKdkogh9G5XuQzlIuacrowg.jpg)
13 Lead Soldiers
6/4
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Drummond learns that the two soldie...
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13 Lead Soldiers
![Strictly Dishonorable](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xbXeNbkH98QuzygtEVoQ3WJWsng.jpg)
1951
![Strictly Dishonorable](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xbXeNbkH98QuzygtEVoQ3WJWsng.jpg)
Strictly Dishonorable
5.2/4
A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.
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Strictly Dishonorable
![Three for Jamie Dawn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rLsnOPPBOnz4Orj2VDmNG0TAO97.jpg)
1956
![Three for Jamie Dawn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rLsnOPPBOnz4Orj2VDmNG0TAO97.jpg)
Three for Jamie Dawn
5/1
Three jurors are ripe for bribery by the lawyer of a playgirl up for murder.
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![Flight Nurse](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4y48Qcijbd7pIpSVKbfSfmAPUD6.jpg)
1953
![Flight Nurse](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4y48Qcijbd7pIpSVKbfSfmAPUD6.jpg)
Flight Nurse
5.5/2
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
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![Nostradamus and the Queen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qsP7w95iM0gq8Ru3MHBLAa6O6Kn.jpg)
1953
![Nostradamus and the Queen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qsP7w95iM0gq8Ru3MHBLAa6O6Kn.jpg)
Nostradamus and the Queen
0/0
An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and he...
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![The Other Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/86W2NuG5ceGKib4x21NIK3urMdL.jpg)
1947
![The Other Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/86W2NuG5ceGKib4x21NIK3urMdL.jpg)
The Other Love
6.1/16
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of...
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The Other Love
![Outcasts of the City](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eBcEuLNWEwiAmEfisFdScy30XUQ.jpg)
1958
![Outcasts of the City](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eBcEuLNWEwiAmEfisFdScy30XUQ.jpg)
Outcasts of the City
0/0
In this drama, set just after the end of WWII, an American officer falls in love with a German woman. Their blissful affair is disrupted when her Germ...
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Outcasts of the City
![Crash of Moons](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9ItQQY9H03fNDwWHlYWcCxvH5BC.jpg)
1954
![Crash of Moons](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9ItQQY9H03fNDwWHlYWcCxvH5BC.jpg)
Crash of Moons
3.2/13
A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a feature for 16mm rental only. Season 1 episodes 21...
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Crash of Moons
![By the Light of the Silvery Moon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ocRuJFbhZhUX0IV0RP2bSEeSP0K.jpg)
1953
![By the Light of the Silvery Moon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ocRuJFbhZhUX0IV0RP2bSEeSP0K.jpg)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
5.8/17
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and trib...
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![Surrender](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2j6dFGPlIF33eCIB2gtwqtxpr2v.jpg)
1950
![Surrender](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2j6dFGPlIF33eCIB2gtwqtxpr2v.jpg)
Surrender
4.8/4
Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of b...
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![Mission to Moscow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pQ2hj7sfTwUGtz7mulxAc28hKYQ.jpg)
1943
![Mission to Moscow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pQ2hj7sfTwUGtz7mulxAc28hKYQ.jpg)
Mission to Moscow
5.2/17
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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![Crash of Moons](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9ItQQY9H03fNDwWHlYWcCxvH5BC.jpg)
1954
![Crash of Moons](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9ItQQY9H03fNDwWHlYWcCxvH5BC.jpg)
Crash of Moons
3.2/13
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