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Margaret Livingston is a Actor American born on 24 november 1895 at Salt Lake City (USA)

Margaret Livingston

Margaret Livingston
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Nationality USA
Birth 24 november 1895 at Salt Lake City (USA)
Death 13 december 1984 (at 89 years) at Warrington (United-kingdom)

Margaret Livingston (November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984) was an American film actress, most notable for her work during the silent film era.
She was sometimes credited as Marguerite Livingston or Margaret Livingstone. She remains best known today as "the Woman from the City" in F.W. Murnau's 1927 masterpiece Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.

Biography

Margaret Livingston commence sa carrière cinématographique en 1916. Elle joue dans plus de cinquante films pendant l'époque du muet, et dans une vingtaine de films après l'apparition du parlant en 1929. Elle trouve l'un de ses rôles les plus notables dans L'Aurore (Sunrise) de F.W. Murnau en 1927. Elle a parfois doublé d'autres actrices. En 1931, elle épouse le chef d'orchestre Paul Whiteman, et peu après abandonne le cinéma en 1934.

Best films

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
(1927)
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Margaret Livingston (41 films)

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Actress

Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage (1932)

Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd, Estelle Taylor, Monroe Owsley, Willard Robertson
Roles Molly
Rating69% 3.4857153.4857153.4857153.4857153.485715
A wild young woman, born and raised in Texas, rebels against the man she believes to be her father. Moving to Chicago, she marries badly, loses her child in a boardinghouse fire, is nearly forced to become a prostitute, and is renounced by her father, who tells her he never wishes to see her again.
Kiki
Kiki (1931)
, 1h29
Directed by Sam Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Mary Pickford, Reginald Denny, Joseph Cawthorn, Margaret Livingston, Edwin Maxwell, Fred Walton
Roles Paulette Vaile
Rating53% 2.6626452.6626452.6626452.6626452.662645
Kiki (Mary Pickford) is a hapless French chorus girl who has just been fired from her job. She doesn't accept it and goes to see producer Victor Randall (Reginald Denny). He, however, is really busy and is annoyed by her presence. To get her out of his office, he promises her job back. Before she leaves, she drops her purse and clippings of Victor shaped in hearts fall out. It becomes clear Kiki is secretly in love with him.
God's Gift to Women
God's Gift to Women (1931)
, 1h12
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Frank Fay, Laura La Plante, Alan Mowbray, Joan Blondell, Charles Winninger, Billy House
Roles Tania Donaliff
Rating51% 2.5645652.5645652.5645652.5645652.564565
Wealthy French playboy Toto Duryea (Frank Fay) is irresistible to women, but is in love with none of them. According to Monsieur Rancour (Armand Kaliz), for Toto, "every woman is like a new dish to be tasted." When he is finally and instantly smitten with American Diane Churchill (Laura LaPlante), he has great difficulty proving to her and her father (Charles Winninger) that he truly loves her. Finally, he convinces her that he is sincere; Mr. Churchill insists that Toto give up his women and carousing and stay away from his daughter for six months to prove he has reformed. He also asks that Toto get examined by Churchill's doctor.
The Lady Refuses
The Lady Refuses (1931)
, 1h12
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Betty Compson, John Darrow, Gilbert Emery, Margaret Livingston, Ivan Lebedeff, Edgar Norton
Roles Berthine Waller
Rating58% 2.947552.947552.947552.947552.94755
Sir Gerald Courtney (Gilbert Emery) is an aristocrat whose son, Russell (John Darrow), prefers to spend his time partying with young women rather than focusing on the promising career he has in architecture. When Russell leaves one evening to revel with the gold-digging Berthine Waller (Margaret Livingston) rather than spending it dining with his father, Sir Gerald is a bit despondent. As he ponders what to do about his wayward son, providence takes a hand.
Smart Money
Smart Money (1931)
, 1h21
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Charles Lane, Evalyn Knapp, Noel Francis, Margaret Livingston
Roles District Attorney's Girl
Rating67% 3.3979153.3979153.3979153.3979153.397915
Nick Venizelos (Robinson), a prosperous small-town barber, provides his customers with gambling in his back room. He is so lucky that one suggests he go to the big city to take on famous gambler named Hickory Short. Not lacking in self-confidence, Nick puts up half of the $10,000 stake himself, while the others raise the rest. He leaves the shop under the supervision of his assistant, Jack (Cagney), and takes the train into the city.
Broadminded
Broadminded (1931)
, 1h5
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Joe E. Brown, Ona Munson, Bela Lugosi, William Collier Jr., Thelma Todd, Marjorie White
Roles Mabel Robinson
Rating56% 2.802922.802922.802922.802922.80292
Brown plays Ossie, a New York City playboy sent to California to straighten himself out. He and his cousin, while driving west, pay too much attention to a sedan full of college girls and rear end a car driven by Pancho Arango (Bela Lugosi). The cousins make it to Hollywood where Brown falls in love with Lugosi's daughter.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)

Directed by Reginald Barker
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Margaret Livingston, Lucien Littlefield, DeWitt Jennings, Nella Walker
Roles Myra Thornhill

A novelist makes a bet he can complete a book within 24 hours. He goes to write it at a mountain resort which he thinks is deserted but is disturbed by a series of visitors.
The Last Warning
The Last Warning (1929)
, 1h29
Directed by Paul Leni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, Roy D'Arcy, Margaret Livingston, John Boles, Bert Roach
Roles Evalynda Hendon
Rating68% 3.4380753.4380753.4380753.4380753.438075
Five years after a theater was closed following a murder of one of its actors during a performance, a producer decides to solve the mystery by again staging the play with the remaining cast. During the repeat performance another murder occurs. Eventually it is discovered that the murders were part a ploy devised by the stage manager to sabotage the production.
The Canary Murder Case
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
, 1h22
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors William Powell, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur, James Hall, Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Roles Double for Margaret O'Dell (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.947912.947912.947912.947912.94791
Charles Spotswoode's son Jimmy became involved with "the Canary", a conniving star showgirl. Fortunately, Jimmy has regained his senses and reconciled with Alyce LaFosse. However, the Canary is determined to force Jimmy to marry her so she can join the social elite, threatening to reveal that Jimmy was embezzling from his father. She turns down the elder Spotswoode's offer of money to leave Jimmy alone. She also telephones two men she has been blackmailing, Cleaver and Mannix, and demands one final generous gift from each of them by the next day. She also informs "creepy" admirer Dr. Lindquist. Her ex-husband Tony Sheel eavesdrops and wants half, but she refuses to give him anything, even after he hits her. Cleaver, Mannix and Lindquist are all shown lurking about her apartment building late that night.