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Margherita Evans · Madge Evans Kingsley · Margherita "Madge" Evans
- Туған күні:
- 1909-07-01
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1981-04-26
- Туған жері:
- New York City, New York, USA
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Lovely Madge Evans was the perennial nice girl in films of the 1930s. 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?"). 'Baby Madge' also lent her name to a children's hat company. In 1914, aged five, she was picked out by talent scouts to appear in the William Farnum movie The Sign of the Cross (1914), followed by The Seven Sisters (1915) with Marguerite Clark. By the end of the following year, she had amassed some twenty film credits, appearing with such noted contemporary stars as Pauline Frederick or Alice Brady. All of her early films were made on the East Coast, at studios in Ft.Lee, New Jersey. In 1917 (aged eight), Madge made her Broadway debut in 'Peter Ibbetson' with John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore. She resumed her stage career in 1926 as an ingenue with 'Daisy Mayme' and the following year appeared with Billie Burke in Noel Coward's costume drama 'The Marquise' (1927). Her pleasing looks and personality soon attracted the attention of Hollywood and she was eventually signed by MGM in 1931. During the next decade, she appeared in several A-grade productions, notably as Lionel Barrymore's daughter in MGM's Dinner at Eight (1933) and as the dependable Agnes Wickfield in one of the best-ever filmed versions of David Copperfield (1935). She co-starred opposite James Cagney in the gangster movie The Mayor of Hell (1933), Spencer Tracy in The Show-Off (1934) and listened to Bing Crosby crooning the title song in Pennies from Heaven (1936). Madge received praise for her performance as the star of Beauty for Sale (1933) and The New York Times review of January 13 1934 described her acting in Fugitive Lovers (1934) (opposite Robert Montgomery ) as 'spontaneous and captivating'. Many of her 'typical American girl' roles did not allow her to express aspects of the greater acting range she undoubtedly possessed. Too often she was cast as the 'nice girl' - and those rarely make much of a dramatic impact. On the few occasions she was assigned the role of 'other woman' , such as the Helen Hayes-starrer What Every Woman Knows (1934), audiences found her character difficult to believe and disassociate from her all-round wholesome image. When her contract with MGM expired in 1937, Madge wound down her film career and, following her 1939 marriage, concentrated on being the wife of celebrated playwright Sidney Kingsley. She last appeared on stage in one of his plays, "The Patriots", in 1943.
Фильмографиясы
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Army Girl
1938
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Julie Armstrong
Sinners in Paradise
1938
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Anne Wesson
Тринадцатое кресло
1937
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Helen "Nell" O'Neill
Espionage
1937
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Patricia Booth
Pennies from Heaven
1936
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Susan Sprague
Piccadilly Jim
1936
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ann Chester
Moonlight Murder
1936
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Toni Adams
Exclusive Story
1936
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Ann Devlin
The Tunnel
1935
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Ruth McAllan
Men Without Names
1935
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Helen Sherwood
Calm Yourself
1935
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rosalind Rockwell
Age of Indiscretion
1935
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Maxine Bennett
Дэвид Копперфильд
1935
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Agnes Wickfield as a Woman
Helldorado
1935
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Glenda Wynant
What Every Woman Knows
1934
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Lady Sybil Tenterden
Death on the Diamond
1934
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Frances Clark
Paris Interlude
1934
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Julie
Grand Canary
1934
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Lady Mary Fielding
Вставай и пой!
1934
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mary Adams
The Show-Off
1934
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Amy Fisher Piper
Любовники в бегах
1934
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Letty Morris
Ужин в восемь
1933
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Paula Jordan
Day of Reckoning
1933
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Dorothy Day
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Anne Ainsley
Beauty for Sale
1933
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Letty Lawson
Мэр ада
1933
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Dorothy Griffith
Hell Below
1933
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Joan
The Nuisance
1933
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dorothy Mason
Made on Broadway
1933
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Claire
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
TMDb 7.6 / 10
June Marcher
Fast Life
1932
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Shirley
Huddle
1932
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rosalie
Are You Listening?
1932
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Laura O'Neil
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Polaire
Lovers Courageous
1932
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Mary Blayne
West of Broadway
1931
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Anne
Heartbreak
1931
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Countess Vima Walden
Guilty Hands
1931
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Barbara 'Babs' Grant
Sporting Blood
1931
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Miss 'Missy' Ruby
Сын Индии
1931
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Janice
Envy
1930
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Helen
The Bard of Broadway
1930
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Classmates
1924
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sylvia
On the Banks of the Wabash
1923
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lisbeth
Home Wanted
1919
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Madge Dow
Three Green Eyes
1919
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Child
The Love Net
1918
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Patty Barnes
The Power and the Glory
1918
Deanie Consadine
Neighbors
1918
Clarissa Leigh
The Golden Wall
1918
Madge Lathrop
Stolen Orders
1918
Ruth Le Page - as a child
True Blue
1918
Ruth, as a Child
Wanted, A Mother
1918
Eileen Homer
The Volunteer
1917
Self
The Burglar
1917
Editha
The Corner Grocer
1917
Mary Brian, age 8
Beloved Adventuress
1917
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Francine - Age 7
Maternity
1917
Constance
The Web of Desire
1917
Marjorie
The New South
1916
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Georgia Gwynne, as a girl
Seventeen
1916
Jane Baxter
The Hidden Scar
1916
Dot
The Revolt
1916
Nannie Stevens
Husband and Wife
1916
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Bessie
Sudden Riches
1916
Little Emily
The Devil's Toy
1916
Betty
The Master Hand
1915
Jean as a Child
The Seven Sisters
1915
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Clara