Marcia Ralston


Marcia Mascotte Ralston was an Australian-born actress who appeared in Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. She was married to Phil Harris from 1927 to 1940.

In Australia

Ralston's father was well known Australian singer and actor John Ralston. She attended Bethlehem College, Ashfield and won third place in a 1926 Miss Australia competition. She met band leader Phil Harris in Australia in 1927, and they married, then moved to California. She had a Warner Bros. contract by 1937 and appeared in a number of supporting and leading roles, mostly in B films.

Career in Hollywood

Her marriage to Harris ended in divorce in 1940. She continued to act in various bit and supporting roles until the late 1940s. Work after this included instructing for the Arthur Murray dance studio in the early 1950s. She married Bud Henderson in 1954. Henderson's sister Betty was married to actor Robert Young. The connection resulted in an occasional supporting role as Nurse Donnelly in the TV series Marcus Welby, M.D. in the early 1970s. She died at Rancho Mirage, California in 1988.

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