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Birthday: Aug 01, 1924
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Way We Were Peggy Vanderbilt 1973
The Little Princess Lavinia 1939
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe Sarah 1974
Live a Little, Love a Little Woman #1 (uncredited) 1968
Chicago Calling Peggy (as Marsha Jones) 1951
The Old Swimmin' Hole Betty Elliott 1940
First Love Marcia Parker 1939
Mad About Music Olga 1938
Barefoot Boy Pige Blaine 1938
Lady in the Death House Suzy Kirk Logan 1944
Arson, Inc. Betty - Fender's Secretary 1949
These Three Rosalie Wells 1936
Street Corner Lois Marsh 1948
Hi-Jacked Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones) 1950
The Youngest Profession Vera Bailey 1943
Anne of Windy Poplars Jen Pringle 1940
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Katie O'Grady 1950
Mush and Milk 1933
The Fabulous Fraud Blind Girl 1948
Tomboy Pat Kelly 1940
Mannequin Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited) 1926
The Gang's All Here Patsy Wallace 1941
Lady Behave! Patricia Cormack 1937
A Great American Tragedy Claire 1972
Mountain Justice Bethie Harkins 1937
Night Nurse Nanny Ritchey (uncredited) 1931
The Flying Irishman Teenager 1939
Let's Go Collegiate Bess Martin 1941
Heidi Klara Sesemann 1937
Snafu Martha 1945
Haunted House Millie Henshaw 1940
The Bishop Murder Case Hungry Child in Park (uncredited) 1929
Meet Dr. Christian Marilee 1939
A Dog of Flanders Little Girl at Party (uncredited) 1935
King of Jazz Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited) 1930
Employees' Entrance Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited) 1933
This Is the Life Child 1935
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling Self 1993
Secrets of a Co-Ed Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright] 1942
Nobody's Darling Lois 1943
Life with Buster Keaton 1951
Tucson Polly Johnson 1949
Two Wise Maids Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns 1937
The Yellow Haired Kid Amy 1952
The Champ Mary Lou Carleton 1931
The Star Waitress (uncredited) 1952
Doctor Bull Ruth 1933
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mary Sawyer 1938
Birthday Blues Girl with Whistle 1932
Nice Girl? Jane's Friend at Benefit 1941
Nine Girls Shirley Berke 1944
Top Man Erna Lane 1943
Imitation of Life Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited) 1934
The Life of Emile Zola Helen Richards 1937
Street Scene 1931
Trouble Preferred Virginia Evans 1948
What Price Hollywood? Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited) 1932
Series Cast Year
Mister Ed 1961
Family Affair 1966
My Three Sons 1960
Simon & Simon 1981
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964
The Streets of San Francisco 1972
Cannon 1971
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1951
Racket Squad 1951
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