Marge Champion

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins. See more awards »

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Known For

The Party Rosalind Dunphy

(1968)

Show Boat Ellie May Shipley

(1951)

Give a Girl a Break Madelyn Corlane

(1953)

Three for the Show Gwen Howard

(1955)

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Filmography

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Actress (27 credits)

1999 M.U.G.E.N (Video Game)

1982 Fame (TV Series)
Ann Carlton

- Beginnings (1982) ... Ann Carlton

1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Mrs. Bester

1968 The Swimmer
Peggy Forsburgh

1968 The Party
Rosalind Dunphy

1959 The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)

- Marriage... Handle with Care (1959)

1956-1957 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Kathleen Magee / Maude Applegate

- Mischief at Bandy Leg (1957) ... Kathleen Magee

- The Rider on the Pale Horse (1956) ... Maude Applegate

1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series)
Claire Gregory

- What Day Is It? (1956) ... Claire Gregory

1956 Shower of Stars (TV Series)

- The Dancers (1956)

1955 Front Row Center (TV Series)

- Three for Tonight (1955)

1955 Three for the Show
Gwen Howard

1955 Jupiter's Darling
Meta

1954 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Cameo

- Deadeye at the Golden Nugget (1954) ... Cameo

1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)
Millie

- A Bouquet for Millie (1953) ... Millie

1953 Give a Girl a Break
Madelyn Corlane

1952 Everything I Have Is Yours
Pamela Hubbard

1952 Lovely to Look At
Clarisse

1951 Show Boat
Ellie May Shipley

1950 Mr. Music
Marge Champion

1949 The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)

- Dark of the Moon (1949)

1939 All Women Have Secrets
Marion (as Marjorie Bell)

1939 What a Life
Student in Doorway at Dance (uncredited)

1939 Sorority House
Coed (uncredited)

1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Irene's Girlfriend (uncredited)

1939 Honor of the West
Diane Allen (as Marjorie Bell)

1938 Delinquent Parents
Dancer (as Marjorie Bell)

1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero (Short)
Margie Bell - Dancer (uncredited)

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Additional Crew (14 credits)

1983 I Do! I Do! (TV Movie) (choreographer: stage version) / (director: stage version)

1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway? (choreographer)

1981 Masada (TV Mini-Series) (dialogue coach - 4 episodes)

- Part IV (1981) ... (dialogue coach - as Marge Champion Sagal)

- Part III (1981) ... (dialogue coach - as Marge Champion Sagal)

- Part II (1981) ... (dialogue coach - as Marge Champion Sagal)

- Part I (1981) ... (dialogue coach - as Marge Champion Sagal)

1981 When the Circus Came to Town (TV Movie) (choreographer - as Marge Champion Sagal) / (dialogue coach - as Marge Champion Sagal)

1980 The Diary of Anne Frank (TV Movie) (dialogue coach)

1979 Ike: The War Years (TV Mini-Series) (choreographer - 2 episodes)

- Part II (1979) ... (choreographer: UK)

- Part I (1979) ... (choreographer: UK)

The Awakening Land (TV Mini-Series) (choreographer - 3 episodes, 1978) (dialogue supervisor - 3 episodes, 1978)

- Part III: The Town (1978) ... (choreographer) / (dialogue supervisor)

- Part II: The Fields (1978) ... (choreographer) / (dialogue supervisor)

- Part I: The Trees (1978) ... (choreographer) / (dialogue supervisor)

1975 The Day of the Locust (dance supervisor)

1975 Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (TV Movie) (choreographer)

1940 Fantasia (movement model - uncredited)

1940 Pinocchio (model: "The Blue Fairy" - uncredited)

1938 Delinquent Parents (dance director - as Marjorie Bell)

1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (performance model: "Snow White" - uncredited)

1934 The Goddess of Spring (Short) (movement model: Persephone - uncredited)

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Soundtrack (9 credits)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (performer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (1933) - uncredited)

1955 Three for the Show (performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Just One Of Those Things", "I've Got A Crush On You", "Which One")

1955 Jupiter's Darling (performer: "If This Be Slav'ry", "The Life Of An Elephant" - uncredited)

1953 Give a Girl a Break (performer: "Give a Girl a Break", "It Happens Every Time", "Challenge Dance" (uncredited))

1952 Lovely to Look At (performer: "I Won't Dance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" - uncredited)

1951 Show Boat (performer: "I Might Fall Back on You" (1927), "Cakewalk" (1927), "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (1927) - uncredited)

1950 Mr. Music (performer: "Life Is So Peculiar" - uncredited)

1949 The Admiral Broadway Revue (TV Series) (performer - 5 episodes)

- Encore (1949) ... (performer: "Reencounter")

- Sing in a New Day (1949) ... (performer: "Song, Dance and Snappy Patter" (uncredited), "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee " (uncredited), "Ballad of Jesse James")

- April's Sun (1949) ... (performer: "Picnic" - uncredited)

- This Time of Year (1949) ... (performer: "An Old-Fashioned Tune", "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (uncredited))

- World Cruise (1949) ... (performer: "The Reformer and the Maiden", "The Monte Carlo" (uncredited))

1938 Delinquent Parents (performer: "Once Around the Clock" - as Marjorie Bell)

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Self (68 credits)

Move (Documentary) (completed)
Self

2018 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (Documentary)
Self

2015 The Nation's Favourite Disney Song (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Snow White's Life Model

2015 Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (TV Short documentary)
Self

2015 Countdown to the Oscars: 15 Movies That Changed American Cinema (TV Special)
Self

2014 Allison Anders Interviews Marge Champion (Video documentary short)
Self - Panelist

2014 The Story of the Swimmer (Video documentary)
Self

2014 Theater Talk (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Hello, Dolly! 50th Anniversary (2014) ... Self - Guest

2012 The 2012 Annual Actors Fund Gala Awards (TV Special)
Self

2012 Never Stand Still (Documentary)
Self

2012 Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (Documentary)
Self

2011 Move TV (TV Series)
Self

- Marge Champion (2011) ... Self

2011 Sing Your Song (Documentary)
Self

2009 Keep Dancing (Documentary short)
Self - Dancer

2009 The New Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 14 October 2009 (2009) ... Self

2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (Video documentary)
Self

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (Video documentary)
Self

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (Video documentary)
Self

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (Video documentary)
Self

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2007 Words and Music by Jerry Herman (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2006 Working with Walt (Video short)
Self

2006 Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm (Video documentary)
Self

2005 The 100 Greatest Family Films (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2004 That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (Video documentary short)
Self

2000 Barrymore on Broadway (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #1.2 (2000) ... Self

1998 The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (TV Series)
Self

- Marge Champion (1998) ... Self

1995 Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (TV Movie documentary)
Self / Gower's first wife

1994 A Century of Cinema (Documentary)
Self

1992 Crazy About the Movies: Ava Gardner (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1985 Harry Belafonte in Concert (TV Special)
Self

1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV Special)
Self

1983 Do It Debbie's Way (Video)
Self (as Mrs. Gower Champion)

1982 To Dance for Gold (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1976 Film 2017 (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #5.38 (1976) ... Self

1974 ABC Late Night (TV Series)
Self

- That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (1974) ... Self

1970 The Movie Game (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 19 February 1970 (1970) ... Self

1969 The 41st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Audience Member

1967 The 21st Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1964 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #4.42 (1964) ... Self

1963 Candid Camera (TV Series)
Self

- Marge Champion, Kaye Ballard, Sid Ramin (1963) ... Self

- Kaye Ballard, Marge Champion, Sid Ramin (1963) ... Self

1962 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.197 (1962) ... Self

- Episode #2.182 (1962) ... Self

- Episode #2.177 (1962) ... Self

1959-1961 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series)
Self - Dancer / Self

- Encore! (1961) ... Self - Dancer

- We Two (1960) ... Self

- The Music of George Gershwin (1959) ... Self - Dancer

1959 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #7.4 (1959) ... Self

1953-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self / Self - Dancer

- Episode #13.2 (1959) ... Self - Dancer

- Episode #8.22 (1955) ... Self

- Episode #6.39 (1953) ... Self

1959 The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #10.18 (1959) ... Self

1958-1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.32 (1959) ... Self

- Episode #3.17 (1959) ... Self

- Ethel Merman, Danny Thomas, Marge & Gower Champion (1958) ... Self

- Art Carney, Marge & Gower Champion (1958) ... Self

- Steve Allen, Ann Blyth, Rory Calhoun, Marge & Gower Champion (1958) ... Self

1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1959 America Pauses for Springtime (TV Special)
Self

1959 Accent on Love (TV Special)
Self - Dancer

1959 To Tell the Truth (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 10 February 1959 (1959) ... Self - Panelist

1955-1959 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest

- Marge and Gower Champion (2) (1959) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Marge and Gower Champion (1955) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1958 The Garry Moore Show (TV Series)
Self

- Mahalia Jackson, Carol Burnett, Marge & Gower Champion (1958) ... Self

1958 The All-Star Christmas Show (TV Special)
Self

1958 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Self

- Ethel Merman, Conway Twitty, Marge & Gower Champion, Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin (1958) ... Self

- Shirley Booth, George Sanders, Marge and Gower Champion (1958) ... Self

1958 The Juke Box Jury (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 24 October 1958 (1958) ... Self

1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV Series)
Self

- Dolores Gray/Buddy Hackett/Oscar Levant/Marge & Gower Champion (1958) ... Self

1958 The Linkletter Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 6 May 1958 (1958) ... Self

1957 Standard Oil New Jersey Presents Its 75th Anniversary Entertainment (TV Movie)
Self

1957 The Marge and Gower Champion Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.5 (1957) ... Self

1957 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)
Self

- Visit from the IRS (1957) ... Self

1957 The 29th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1956 The Dinah Shore Show (TV Series)
Self

- Dean Martin, Johnny Silver, Stubby Kaye, Marge & Gower Champion (1956) ... Self

1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1952 24th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1949 The Admiral Broadway Revue (TV Series)
Self - Dancer

- Encore (1949) ... Self - Dancer

- Some Place to Go (1949) ... Self - Dancer

- Sing in a New Day (1949) ... Self - Dancer

- County Fair (1949) ... Self - Dancer

- April's Sun (1949) ... Self - Dancer

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1948 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Self - Dancer / Self

- The Three Stooges, Marge & Gower Champion, Jules Munshin, Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals (1948) ... Self - Dancer

- Guest Host: Jack Carter; guest stars: Eve Arden, Marge & Gower Champion, Willie Howard, Jack Pearl, Herb Shriner (1948) ... Self

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Archive footage (3 credits)

2007 Florence Foster Jenkins: A World of Her Own (Documentary)
Self

1993 The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (TV Movie)
Self

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clip from 'Lovely to Look At'

Personal Details

Other Works:

(Summer 1966) Stage: Appeared in Clare Boothe Luce's play, "The Women," in a Kenley Players production at the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Columbus, OH, with Dagmar and Gloria Swanson in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Marjorie Bell | Mrs. Gower Champion | Marge Champion Sagal

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)

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Personal Quote:

In those days - it seems impossible now - nice girls didn't go to bed with people before they were married. I had been brought up by my British father. You just didn't do that. You did not sleep with them or live with them.