The Resume

(December 11, 1919-December 10, 2000)
Born in Marysvale, Utah
Birth name was Emily Marie Bertelson
Appeared in the movies 'Song of the Thin Man' (1947), 'Force of Evil' (1948), 'The Pirate' (1948), 'The Fighting Kentuckian' (1949), 'Hellfire' (1949), 'The Sniper' (1952), 'Narrow Margin' (1952), 'Cat-Women of the Moon' (1953), 'Hell's Half Acre' (1954), 'Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy' (1955), 'Swamp Women' (1955), 'The Killing' (1956), 'The Day Mars Invaded Earth' (1963), 'Chamber of Horrors' (1966), 'Support Your Local Gunfighter' (1971) and 'Freaky Friday' (1976)
Nicknamed 'the Queen of the Bs'

Why she might be annoying:

Her first marriage was annulled after 11 months.
She noted, 'At 5'9, I was too tall for most leading men.'
She got a nose job, then regretted it, speculating she might have gotten more sympathetic roles with her original nose.
She noted about the parts she played, 'A lot of people on first meeting me are surprised, if not disappointed, when I don't come on like a bitch.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She modeled for Alberto Vargas.
Early in her career, she was a stand in for Bette Davis.
She toured Korea, visiting hospitalized GIs (1952).
She served on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild for 25 years.
She said, 'People sometimes ask if I'm not bitter because I didn't go further in my career. How could I be bitter when I've loved every bit of what I have been doing in film?'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• B-Movie Babes
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 51]
• College Drop Outs
• Film Noir Femme Fatales
• Golden Boot Award Recipients (Ranked: 1984)
• I am a Mormon
• I Attended Brigham Young University
• I Died in 2000 (Ranked: 80)
• I Had Rhinoplasty [Nose Job]
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Portrayed a Pirate
• I Visited Fantasy Island [R-Z]
• Marni Nixon Dubbed My Voice
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• Our Marriage Didn't Make It To Our First Anniversary
• Perry Mason - Guest Stars
• Profiles 35001-35250 (Ranked: 35075)
• Stanley Kubrick Films
• The Thin Man [Film Series]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 147 Votes: 46.94% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 114 Votes: 53.51% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 194 Votes: 67.01% Annoying