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person_profile-Marcia Mae Jones

Marcia Mae Jones Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Aug 01, 1924

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 02, 2007

Biography of

Marcia Mae Jones

    Marcia Mae Jones was born on August 1, 1924, to an acting family. Her mother, Freda Jones, was an actress, and all three of her siblings - Margaret Jones, Macon Jones, and Marvin Jones - were child actors. But Marcia Mae had the most successful career, and she was the only one of her siblings to become a child star.

    She made her acting debut when just six months old, when director James Cruze saw her in her baby carriage and immediately cast her as the baby in his film Mannequin (1926). Her first major role was in Night Nurse (1931), in which she played a sick child that a sinister hospital staff was trying to murder. By age 10, Marcia Mae had appeared in several dramatic films.

    In 1936, she played a terrified victim of school bullying in These Three (1936), a role that brought her much attention. In 1937, she played the crippled Klara in Heidi (1937). The film starred two other child actors, Delmar Watson and Shirley Temple. Despite a four-year age difference, Marcia Mae and Shirley acted well with each other, and they appeared together again in The Little Princess (1939).

    Besides Shirley Temple and Delmar Watson, Marcia Mae worked with several other child stars of the 1930s, including Jane Withers, Bonita Granville, Jackie Moran, Sybil Jason, and her favorite, Jackie Cooper.

    Marcia Mae's film career began to slow down in the early 1950s, after which she largely appeared in television roles. Her adult life was marred by the suicide of her second husband, Bill Davenport, and problems with alcohol. She eventually conquered her alcohol dependency and became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Marcia Mae Jones died on 2 September 2007 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

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Filmography of

Marcia Mae Jones

Found 52 Movies in total

... 1974

The Way We Were

Peggy Vanderbilt ( Actor )

... 1973

Live a Little, Love a Little

Woman #1 (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1968

The Star

Waitress (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1952

Chicago Calling

Peggy (as Marsha Jones) ( Actor )

... 1951

Hi-Jacked

Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Katie O'Grady ( Actor )

... 1950

Arson, Inc.

Betty - Fender's Secretary ( Actor )

... 1949

Tucson

Polly Johnson ( Actor )

... 1949

Trouble Preferred

Virginia Evans ( Actor )

... 1948

Street Corner

Lois Marsh ( Actor )

... 1948

Snafu

Martha ( Actor )

... 1945

Lady in the Death House

Suzy Kirk Logan ( Actor )

... 1944

Nine Girls

Shirley Berke ( Actor )

... 1944

Top Man

Erna Lane ( Actor )

... 1943

Nobody's Darling

Lois ( Actor )

... 1943

The Youngest Profession

Vera Bailey ( Actor )

... 1943

Secrets of a Co-Ed

Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright] ( Actor )

... 1942

Let's Go Collegiate

Bess Martin ( Actor )

... 1941

The Gang's All Here

Patsy Wallace ( Actor )

... 1941

Nice Girl?

Jane's Friend at Benefit ( Actor )

... 1941

The Old Swimmin' Hole

Betty Elliott ( Actor )

... 1940

Haunted House

Millie Henshaw ( Actor )

... 1940

Anne of Windy Poplars

Jen Pringle ( Actor )

... 1940

Meet Dr. Christian

Marilee ( Actor )

... 1939

First Love

Marcia Parker ( Actor )

... 1939

The Flying Irishman

Teenager ( Actor )

... 1939

The Little Princess

Lavinia ( Actor )

... 1939

Barefoot Boy

Pige Blaine ( Actor )

... 1938

Mad About Music

Olga ( Actor )

... 1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mary Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1938

Lady Behave!

Patricia Cormack ( Actor )

... 1937

Heidi

Klara Sesemann ( Actor )

... 1937

The Life of Emile Zola

Helen Richards ( Actor )

... 1937

Mountain Justice

Bethie Harkins ( Actor )

... 1937

Two Wise Maids

Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns ( Actor )

... 1937

These Three

Rosalie Wells ( Actor )

... 1936

This Is the Life

Child ( Actor )

... 1935

A Dog of Flanders

Little Girl at Party (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Imitation of Life

Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Doctor Bull

Ruth ( Actor )

... 1933

Employees' Entrance

Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

What Price Hollywood?

Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Champ

Mary Lou Carleton ( Actor )

... 1931

... 1931

Night Nurse

Nanny Ritchey (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

King of Jazz

Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

The Bishop Murder Case

Hungry Child in Park (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Mannequin

Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1926