Audrey Totter was an American actress known for her work in 1940s–50s film noir, including 'The Lady in the Lake', where she plays the femme fatale addressing the camera as if speaking directly to Marlowe.
Totter's performance in 'The Lady in the Lake' — speaking directly to the camera as if to Philip Marlowe — is the defining performance of the film's radical POV experiment and a foundational example of fourth-wall-awareness in cinema.
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