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Margaret Shelby is a Actor American born on 16 june 1900 at San Antonio (USA)

Margaret Shelby

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Birth name Margaret Reilly
Nationality USA
Birth 16 june 1900 at San Antonio (USA)
Death 21 december 1939 (at 39 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Margaret Shelby (June 16, 1900 – December 21, 1939) was an American stage and motion picture actress, daughter of actress Charlotte Shelby, older sister of silent film star Mary Miles Minter and one of many public figures noted in the scandals which followed the murder of William Desmond Taylor in 1922.

Biography

Née Margaret Reilly, également connue sous le nom Alma M. Fillmore, elle est la fille de l'actrice Charlotte Shelby, et la sœur aînée de la star Mary Miles Minter. Elle fit partie des nombreuses personnalités impliquées dans les scandales qui suivirent le meurtre du réalisateur William Desmond Taylor en 1922.

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Filmography of Margaret Shelby (8 films)

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Actress

Jenny Be Good
Directed by William Desmond Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Jay Belasco, Margaret Shelby, Sylvia Ashton
Roles Jolanda Van Mater

Lorsque l'aventure amoureuse d'une jeune femme est interrompue par l'influence des parents de son fiancé, elle se tourne vers son talent artistique de violoniste pour se consoler. Alors qu'elle est sur le point d'atteindre un grand succès en musique, elle est soudainement confrontée au retour de l'homme qu'elle aime, et elle doit faire un choix.
The Amazing Impostor
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Margaret Shelby, Carl Stockdale, Allan Forrest, George Periolat, Henry Arthur Barrows
Roles Countess of Crex

As described in a film magazine, the daughter of the "chewing gum king" Joan Hope (Minter) has social aspirations, but is held back by the fact that her father manufactures gum. She meets a countess (Shelby) on a train, who offers to lend Joan her title for a week if she will hold a package for her. Joan accepts, not knowing that the "countess" is actually a thief and that the package contains stolen diamonds. Joan passes herself off as a countess at a big hotel, and detective Kent Standish (Forrest) begins to shadow her. The countess and her gang of crooks try to recover the package of diamonds, causing several entangling situations until Joan escapes with the detective, whom she has come to love.
Wives and Other Wives
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Mary Miles Minter, William Garwood, George Periolat, Eugenie Forde, Margaret Shelby, Carl Stockdale

Based upon a review in a film magazine, Geoffrey Challoner (Chase) finds his bride of a few days Robin (Minter) burning some letters, and he becomes insanely jealous. A few days later, Norman Craig (Garwood) blunders into the Challoner apartment and Robin fires a gun, thinking him to be a burglar. Norman faints from fright and Robin flees, thinking that she killed him. Geoffrey finds Norman in his wife's rooms and decides upon divorce. Before the case goes to trial, Geoffrey makes the same mistake and blunders into Mrs. Craigs's (Shelby) room. A real burglar shows up to complicate the situation. In the end, it turns out that the letters Robin had been burning were from her husband Geoffrey.
Her Country's Call, 50minutes
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Mary Miles Minter, George Periolat, Allan Forrest, Henry Arthur Barrows, Margaret Shelby, Ashton Dearholt
Roles Marie Tremaine

Jess Slocum (Minter) is a mountain girl who was stolen as a baby by moonshiner Jim. She was raised to hate America, but is now taken in by Captain Earle Neville when Jim is sent to jail. Earle takes care of Jess, who is wounded, but she is afraid of her new surroundings and soon runs back to the mountain. On her way back, she overhears a group of Mexicans planning to destroy the nearby camp. She rushes back to warn them and is declared a hero. Jim confesses that Jess is the daughter of Confederate Army Colonel Tremaine. He had taken revenge on the Colonel when he was thrown out of the camp. Jess is reunited with her father and falls in love with Earle.
Environment
Directed by James Kirkwood Sr.
Origin USA
Actors Mary Miles Minter, George Fisher, Harvey Clark, George Periolat, Margaret Shelby, Gayne Whitman
Roles Mildred Holcombe

Liz Simpkins is the daughter of town drunk John. While keeping the household, she falls in love with minister Henry Pennfield. Meanwhile, Mildred Holcombe, the daughter of the wealthy David, falls in love with artist Arnold Brice. One night, she is secretly at his place. Liz knows about her whereabouts and stops by to warn Mildred her brother Arthur is coming over. Mildred is able to sneak out just in time, but Arthur catches Liz in Brice's room.
Peggy Leads the Way
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Andrew Arbuckle, Mabel Taliaferro, Carl Stockdale, Allan Forrest, Margaret Shelby
Roles Maude Greenwood

As described in a film magazine, Peggy (Minter) gives her father (Arbuckle) a surprise visit and after the lavish style he has maintained her in at boarding school, she is amazed to find the business he runs in such a dilapidated condition. She starts a new system of doing things and soon the grocery store starts making a profit. Clyde (Forrest), son of the ruthless and wealthy landowner Roland Gardiner (Stockdale), meets Peggy and falls in love with her. His father disapproves of her and insists that the son marry Maude Greenwood (Shelby). A storm plays havoc with the Gardiner mountain home, leaving them without food or supplies, and Maude and her mother depart in anger. Roland Gardiner seeks refuge in the little grocery store, and after Peggy takes advantage and provides some provisions at outrageously inflated prices, comes to the conclusion that she is the right girl for his son after all.
Faith
Faith (1916)

Directed by James Kirkwood Sr., James Kirkwood Jr.
Origin USA
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Perry Banks, Clarence Burton, Lizette Thorne, Margaret Shelby, Gertrude Le Brandt
Roles Laura

Faith is an orphan who befriends Mark Strong, an alcoholic lawyer. While Mark is trying to get sober again, Faith is falsely accused for theft and is arrested. Mark immediately comes to the rescue.