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Birth name Margaret Morris
Nationality USA
Birth 6 november 1898 at Minneapolis (USA)
Death 7 june 1968 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Margaret Morris (November 7, 1898 – June 7, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent film era, and into the 1930s.

Morris, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the great-niece to former US President Benjamin Harrison. She became interested in acting by her late teens, and moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. At 22 she starred in her first film, the 1920 movie Her First Elopement. Her career went on a fast track from there, with her starring in eleven films through 1924, which included the 1923 film The Ghost City opposite Pete Morrison, and The Galloping Ace opposite Jack Hoxie in 1924.

Also in 1924, she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a list that included future Hollywood legend Clara Bow and Elinor Fair. She would star in another twenty eight films through 1929, and was at the height of her career. However, like many early film stars, she did not transition well with the advent of sound films. In 1932 she starred opposite Tom Tyler in Single-Handed Sanders, a western. She would have several B-movie roles, mostly uncredited, from 1932 to 1937. Her last film was The Toast of New York, an uncredited role, in 1937.

She retired from acting that same year, but remained in Los Angeles. She died there on June 7, 1968, aged 69.

Biography

Margaret Morris, née à Minneapolis, est une grande nièce de l'ancien président américain Benjamin Harrison. Alors adolescente, elle se passionne pour le monde du cinéma.

Après une formation théâtrale à Boston où elle fait ses premières scènes avec la Compagnie de Shubert, elle déménage à Hollywood en vue de faire carrière. Bien qu'elle ne soit à l'affiche de son premier film qu'à l'âge de 22 ans avec Her First Elopement, elle jouera dans 11 films jusqu'en 1924, donnant la réplique aux acteurs masculins les plus célèbres du moment comme Pete Morrison dans The Ghost City, Jack Hoxie dans The Galloping Ace et Lucien Albertini dans The Iron man.

En 1924, elle est une des treize jeunes femmes titrée WAMPAS Baby Stars aux côtés de futures légendes hollywoodiennes comme Clara Bow et Elinor Fair. Elle tournera dans 28 autres films jusqu'en 1929, alors au sommet de sa carrière. Cependant, à l'instar de beaucoup de stars de la période du cinéma muet, elle éprouve des difficultés à passer au cinéma parlant. En 1932, elle donne la réplique à Edmund Cobb et à Tom Tyler dans le western Single-Handed Sanders. Elle est l'une des amies snobs de Katharine Hepburn dans Alice Adams, puis elle apparaîtra dans plusieurs rôles de série B, entre 1932 et 1937, dont la plupart ne lui seront pas crédités, tout comme son dernier film The Toast of New York en 1937.

Elle quitte définitivement l'industrie du cinéma la même année mais reste à Los Angeles où elle devient une femme d'affaires remarquée. Elle sera néanmoins, sollicitée pour tenir le rôle d'une journaliste en 1961 dans la série Diplomatic Passport. Elle décède en 1968, à Los Angeles.

Usually with

Roy Webb
Roy Webb
(3 films)
Larry Steers
Larry Steers
(3 films)
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
(3 films)
Zane Grey
Zane Grey
(2 films)
William Welsh
William Welsh
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Margaret Morris (14 films)

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Actress

The Toast of New York
The Toast of New York (1937)
, 1h49
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie, Donald Meek, Thelma Leeds
Rating62% 3.1474153.1474153.1474153.1474153.147415
In post-Civil War America, unscrupulous, ambitious partners Jim Fisk (Arnold) and Nick Boyd (Grant) talk tight-fisted businessman Daniel Drew (Donald Meek) into selling them his shipping company, paying with worthless Confederate bonds. Later, worried that his longtime rival, Cornelius Vanderbilt (Clarence Kolb), is trying to take control of his railroad, Drew seeks help from Fisk, only to have him turn the situation to his own advantage. Fisk and Boyd eventually become powers to be reckoned with on Wall Street.
Alice Adams
Alice Adams (1935)
, 1h39
Directed by George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable, Charley Grapewin, Hedda Hopper
Rating68% 3.4470253.4470253.4470253.4470253.447025
Alice Adams (Katharine Hepburn) is the youngest daughter of the Adams family. Her father (Fred Stone) is an invalid employed as a clerk in a factory owned by Mr. Lamb (Charles Grapewin), who has kept Adams on salary for years despite his lengthy illness. Her mother (Ann Shoemaker) is embittered by her husband's lack of ambition and upset by the snubs her daughter endures because of their poverty. Alice's older brother, Walter (Frank Albertson), is a gambler who cannot hold a job and who associates with African Americans (which, given the time period in which the film is set, is considered a major social embarrassment). As the film begins, Alice attends a dance given by the wealthy Henrietta Lamb (Janet McLeod). She has no date, and is escorted to the occasion by Walter. Alice is a social climber like her mother, and engages in socially inappropriate behavior and conversation in an attempt to impress others. At the dance, Alice meets wealthy Arthur Russell (Fred MacMurray), who is charmed by her despite her poverty.
Beasts of Paradise
Beasts of Paradise (1923)

Directed by William James Craft
Origin USA
Actors William Desmond, Eileen Sedgwick, William Gould, Ruth Royce, Margaret Morris, William Welsh
Roles Tilah
Rating18% 0.947870.947870.947870.947870.94787
The story is told in 15 episodes which Universal advertised as: Laid aboard ship and on a mysterious island in the South Seas, the picture plot admitted of romantic and suspenseful handling. The action includes much jungle stuff and adventures on the part of the leading characters in which wild animals figure. These punch scenes include fights with lions, alligators, elephants and other jungle denizens. Especial pains were taken at Universal City, which boasts the best menagerie in the film industry, to inject real suspense and dangerous situations into the animal sequences. The sea sequences also were made with an eye to the outdoing of all previous serial thrills. Under-water fights, shark fights, submarine adventures and other aquatic thrills figure in many of the fifteen episodes of the serial.