A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: The Life of Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor (1919–2000), dubbed the “Queen of B movies” had a 50-year career in film and television. Her work included classic film noirs, such as Force of Evil, The Narrow Margin, The Sniper, and The Killing. She also shined in comedies (Freaky Friday), Westerns (Support Your Local Gunfighter), horror (Salem’s Lot), and sci-fi films (Cat-Women of the Moon). Noe (The Complete “Married with Children” Book) moves through Windsor’s performances with extreme detail at times. Each film and television appearance is described in-depth with lengthy summaries and references to IMDb reviews and comments. Although exhaustive in its representation of Windsor’s work, Noe’s choppy, and occasionally repetitive, writing sometimes makes it difficult to coherently follow. While thoroughly covering Windsor’s film and TV output, it only intermittently weaves in her personal life—marriages, the birth of her son, three facelifts, and breast cancer—but does not give it the space or depth it deserves.