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Madge Evans (1909–1981)

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Lovely Madge Evans was the perennial nice girl in films of the 1930's. By then, she had been in front of the camera for many years, starting with Fairy Soap commercials at the age of two (she sat on a bar of soap holding a bunch of violets with the tag line reading "have you a little fairy in your home?")... See full bio »

Born:

Margherita Evans
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 71) in Oakland, New Jersey, USA
Madge Evans
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1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Agnes Spencer
– The Girl in Chapter One (1956) … Agnes Spencer
 
1955 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Coming of Age (1955)
 
1954 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Ann
– The Magic Monday (1954) … Ann
– Fear Is No Stranger (1954)
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
– The Desperate One (1954)
 
1953 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
– At Ease (1953)
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– The Trouble Train (1953)
 
1953 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Douglass
– Judgment (1953) … Mrs. Douglass
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Sylvia
– This Is Jimmy Merrill (1953) … Sylvia
 
1952 Mrs. Thanksgiving (TV movie)
 
1951 Cameo Theatre (TV series)
– Deception (1951)
 
1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– Alison's House (1951)
 
1949-1950 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Elinor Dashwood / Elizabeth Bennet
– Sense and Sensibility (1950) … Elinor Dashwood
– Pride and Prejudice (1949) … Elizabeth Bennet
 
1938 Army Girl
Julie Armstrong
 
1938 Sinners in Paradise
Anne Wesson
 
1937 The Thirteenth Chair
Nell O'Neill
 
1937 Espionage
Patricia Booth
 
1936 Pennies from Heaven
Susan Sprague
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim
Ann Chester
 
1936 Moonlight Murder
Toni Adams
 
1936 Exclusive Story
Ann Devlin
 
1935 Transatlantic Tunnel
Ruth McAllan
 
1935 Men Without Names
Helen Sherwood
 
1935 Calm Yourself
Rosalind Rockwell
 
1935 Age of Indiscretion
Maxine Bennett
 
1935 David Copperfield
Agnes
 
1935 Helldorado
Glenda Wynant
 
1934 What Every Woman Knows
Lady Sybil Tenterden
 
1934 Death on the Diamond
Frances
 
1934 Paris Interlude
Julie
 
1934 Grand Canary
Lady Mary Fielding
 
1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
Mary Adams
 
1934 The Show-Off
Amy Fisher Piper
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers
Letty Morris
 
1933 Day of Reckoning
Dorothy Day
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood
Anne Ainsley
 
1933 Beauty for Sale
Letty Lawson
 
1933 Dinner at Eight
Paula Jordan
 
1933 The Mayor of Hell
Dorothy
 
1933 The Nuisance
Dorothy Mason
 
1933 Made on Broadway
Claire
 
1933 Hell Below
Joan
 
1933 Hallelujah I'm a Bum
June Marcher
 
1932 Fast Life
Shirley
 
1932 Huddle
Rosalie Stone
 
1932 Are You Listening?
Laura
 
1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Polaire Quinn
 
1932 Lovers Courageous
Mary
 
1931 West of Broadway
Anne
 
1931 Heartbreak
Countess Vima Walden
 
1931 Guilty Hands
Barbara 'Babs' Grant
 
1931 Sporting Blood
Miss 'Missy' Ruby
 
1931 Son of India
Janice
 
1930 Envy (short)
Helen
 
1930 The Gob (short)
 
1930 The Bard of Broadway (short)
 
1930 Many Happy Returns (short)
 
1924 Classmates
Sylvia, Her Niece
 
1923 On the Banks of the Wabash
Lisbeth
 
1921 Neighbor Nelly (short)
 
1921 The Little Match Girl (short)
 
1920 Heidi (short)
Heidi
 
1919 Home Wanted
Madge Dow
 
1919 Three Green Eyes
Child
 
1919 The Love Defender
Dolly Meredith
 
1918 The Love Net
Patty Barnes
 
1918 The Power and the Glory
Deanie Consadine
 
1918 Heredity
Nedda Trevor, as a child
 
1918 Neighbors
Clarissa Leigh
 
1918 The Golden Wall
Madge Lathroop
 
1918 Stolen Orders
Ruth Le Page as a child
 
1918 Vengeance
Young Nan as a Girl
 
1918 True Blue
Girl Child (uncredited)
 
1918 Wanted: A Mother
Eileen Homer
 
1918 The Gates of Gladness
Beth Leeds
 
1918 Woman and Wife
 
1917 The Little Patriot
Undetermined Role
 
1917 Adventures of Carol
Carol Montgomery
 
1917 The Corner Grocer
Mary Brian, age 8
 
1917 The Burglar
Editha
 
1917 The Little Duchess
Geraldine Carmichael
 
1917 Beloved Adventuress
Francine (age 7)
 
1917 Maternity
Constance
 
1917 The Web of Desire
Marjorie
 
1916 The New South
Georgia Gwynne, as a girl
 
1916 Seventeen
Jane Baxter
 
1916 The Hidden Scar
Dot
 
1916 The Revolt
Nannie Stevens
 
1916 Husband and Wife
Bessie
 
1916 Sudden Riches
Little Emily
 
1916 The Devil's Toy
Betty
 
1915 The Little Church Around the Corner
The Child
 
1915 Zaza
Child (uncredited)
 
1915 The Master Hand
Jean, as a child
 
1915 The Seven Sisters
Clara
 
1915 Alias Jimmy Valentine
Child Locked in Vault (uncredited)
 
1914 Shore Acres
Mildred
 
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1935 Age of Indiscretion (performer: "Silent Night, Holy Night" 1818 - uncredited, "The First Noël" - uncredited)
 
1933 Day of Reckoning (performer: "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" 1616 - uncredited)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood (performer: "The Honeysuckle and the Bee" 1901 - uncredited, "Poor Little G-String" 1930 - uncredited)
 
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1952 Masquerade Party (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 July 1952 (1952) … Herself
 
1951 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Herself - Guest Performer
– Episode #3.17 (1951) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
1951 The Kate Smith Evening Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.4 (1951) … Herself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1917 The Volunteer
Herself
 
1915 The Man Who Found Himself
Herself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
 
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1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

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(1926) Stage: Appeared (as "May Phillips") in "Daisy Mayme" on Broadway. Comedy. Written and directed by George Kelly. Playhouse Theatre: 25 Oct 1926-Jan 1927 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Carlton Brickert, Jessie Busley, Roy Fant (as "Mr. Filoon")... See more »

Height:

5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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Trivia:

Husband Sidney Kingsley, a playwright, is best known for his plays "Dead End" and "Detective Story". See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer