Brenda wanted to be a film actress, all right; it's just that she didn't want to be Brenda Marshall. Throughout her years in Hollywood, she insisted that her friends and coworkers address her not by her studio-fabricated cognomen, but by her given name of Ardis Ankerson , and was distinguished by extended separations and numerous extracurricular romances.
Was the mother of Virginia Holden , by her first marriage to Richard Gaines. Virginia was adopted by step-father William Holden. Marshall & Holden had two sons - Scott Holden (born May 2, 1946) and Peter West Holden (born Nov 17, 1943). While Marshall & Holden remained married for 30 years, most of it was spent separated from each other while involved in various other romances.
Ex-sister-in-law of Richard P. Beedle and Robert Beddle.
