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(Brenda Marshall)
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Early Life
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Brenda Marshall had a fascinating early life. She was born in the Philippines to Swedish parents on September 29, 1915. Her father, Otto Peter Ankerson, was an overseer of a large sugar plantation near Bacolod on Negros Island.
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Tragically, her mother passed away in 1925 when she was quite young. Following this, Ardis and her older sister Ruth attended grammar school and began high school studies as boarding students at the Brent School in Baguio.
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In the early 1930s, the girls were sent to San Antonio, Texas to complete high school. She attended Texas State College for Women in her freshman and sophomore years, 1933-1935, and was named the Freshman Class Beauty in 1934.
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Brenda Marshall: A Filipino-born American Hollywood film actress during the 1940s