Margaret Taylor (1788 - 1852)

Born in Calvert County, Maryland, on September 21, 1788, the daughter of Walter Smith, a prosperous Maryland planter and veteran officer of the American Revolution, and Ann Mackall-Smith, “Peggy” was raised amid refinement and wealth.  While visiting her sister in Kentucky in 1809, she was introduced to Lieutenant Zachary Taylor, then home on leave, by […]

Margaret Thatcher (1925 - 2013)

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts, 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the […]

Margaret Trigg (1964 - 2003)

Actress. Born in Bastrop, Texas, she began her career as a stand-up comedy act at a variety of venues in New York City. She made her feature film debut in “R.O.T.O.R.” (1989) and also appeared in “Dream House” (1997). For television, she was a regular on the series “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Aliens […]

Margaret Tyzack (1931 - 2011)

Award Winning Actress. Noted throughout her career for portraying ladies older than herself, she was a respected star of British stage, screen, and television for more than 50 years. Raised in West Ham, she studied at a private girls’ school and at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts prior to her 1951 professional debut as […]

Margaret Wycherly (1881 - 1956)

Actress. Primarily a stage actress, her fifty year career included forty Broadway plays, twenty-one movies and eleven television appearances. She directed her first Broadway play in 1905 and appeared in “Cashel Byron” on January 9, 1906. She is best remembered for her roles in “The Thirteenth Chair” (1916) and “Tobacco Road” which ran from December […]

Margarete Slezak (1901 - 1953)

Margarete Slezak, Opera and Chansonettes singer, film and stage actress. She wrote her biography in German called “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree.” (bio by: Rudi Polt)

Margaretta Scott (1912 - 2005)

British Stage, Screen and Television Actress. She had a long career that spanned more than seventy years. She debuted on stage at the age of 14, in Romeo and Juliet. Her screen debut was an uncredited appearance in Alexander Korda’s “The Private Life Of Don Juan” (1934), and she is best remembered for her work […]

Margarita Calahorra (1970 - 1990)

Spanish Stage and Motion Picture Actress. He began her career on stage at the age of 20. Her last play was in Jacinto Benavente’s “La Malquerida”. In 1989, she obtained the Silver Medal of Fine Arts. In films, she is remembered in “La Tia Tula” (1964), “Feroz” (1984), “Tiempo de Silencio” (1986), “El Lute: Camina […]

Margarita Fischer (1886 - 1975)

Actress. Born in Missouri Valley, Iowa, she began performing in the theatre at age eight and made her screen debut in “There, Little Girl, Don’t Cry” (1910). She appeared in over 175 silent films to include “The Baby” (1912), “Closed at Ten” (1914), “The Miracle of Life” (1915), “The Tiger-Lily” (1919), “Any Woman” (1925) and […]

Margarita Sierra (1936 - 1963)

Spanish-born motion picture and television actress. Had a role on the 1960s TV series “Surfside 6,” which starred Troy Donahue. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Margarita Xirgu (1888 - 1969)

Noted Spanish-born stage actress. She was a friend of the poet Federico García Lorca and was forced to exile during Franco’s dictatorship. She developed her career in Spain and America. She is remembered on stage in plays such as “Como tù me Deseas,” “Mariana Pineda,” and “La Casa de Bernarda Alba.” Originally buried at Cementerio […]

Margaux Louise Hemingway (1954 - 1996)

Movie Actress and Model.  She was featured in 16 films, from 1976 to 1996, most of the films were minor. Born in Portland, Oregon, she grew up on a farm in Ketchum, Idaho.  Her father, Jack Hemingway, was the son of Nobel prize author Ernest Hemingway.  By 1975, when she was 21, she had a […]

Margerie Bonner Lowry (1905 - 1988)

Actress, Author, Editor. The younger sister of silent screen star Priscilla Bonner, she also appeared in several films (spelling her first name Marjorie), among them Cecil B. De Mille’s “King of Kings” (1927),  “The Sign of the Cross” (1932),  and “Cleopatra” (1934).  By the late 1930’s her movie career was over and she was working […]

Margery Jane Ross (1920 - 1992)

Actress. Best recalled for portrayal of Barbara Bush.  Family links:  Parents:  Harold L. Ross (1894 – 1942)

Margery Kimball Clifford (1908 - 2000)

Author. The wife of former Defense Secretary and presidential adviser Clark M. Clifford, she founded and became the first president of the St. Louis Opera Guild. She was a graduate of the Fannie Farmer School of Cooking in Boston and the author in 1972 of her own cookbook, “Marny Clifford’s Washington Cookbook.” In 1985 she […]

Margery Louise Allingham (1904 - 1966)

Author. She was educated the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, and while there wrote stories and plays, her first published work appearing in her aunt’s magazine when she was only eight years old. She studied drama at the Regent Street Polytechnic from 1920, and during this time wrote several plays and published her first novel, […]

Margie Hines (1909 - 2011)

Margret “Margie” Hines was an American voice actress. She was known for her work as a voice artist at Fleischer Studios, where she voiced Olive Oyl in the Popeye the Sailor cartoons from 1939 to 1944. Margie Hines was the first voice actress for Fleischer’s cartoon character Betty Boop, who debuted in the cartoon short […]

Margie Liszt (1909 - 1992)

Actress. Best known for roles in the Three Stooges shorts, and television of the 1950’s and 1960’s. She began with uncredited roles at Columbia Pictures, in “Life with Blondie”(1945) and “Blondie’s Lucky Day”(1946). Her Three Stooges short films included “Babysitters Jitters”(1951), “The Tooth Will Out”(1951), “Pest Man Wins”(1951), and “Income Tax Sappy”(1954). Among her numerous […]

Margie Velma Bullard Barfield (1932 - 1984)

The subject of Jerry Bledsoe’s 1998 book, “Death Penalty,” Velma Barfield was the first woman executed in the United States since 1962 for the arsenic murder of Stuart Taylor, her fiance. It was later discovered that she had also killed her own mother, Lillie Bullard; three people for whom she served as caretaker, Montgomery Edwards […]

Margit Lukacs (1914 - 2002)

Actress. A leading star of the Hungarian stage, she was famed for her performances in the classic repertory. Her notable portayals included Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth”, the title role of “Antigone”, Clytemnestra in “Elektra”,  Elmira in “Tartuffe”,  Cleopatra in “Antony and Cleopatra”,  Jelena in “Uncle Vanya”,  and the lead (spoken) part in Arthur Honegger’s oratorio […]

Margo Albert (1917 - 1985)

Actress. Born María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado, she acted mostly under the singular name of “Margo”, and often showcased her dancing ability in her roles. He best known role was as “Maria” in the 1937 film “Lost Horizon.” She was the wife of actor Eddie Albert, mother of actor Edward Albert and niece of […]

Margo Morgan (1897 - 1962)

Stage actress/entertainer. ‘Margo Morgan’ was her professional name.  Family links:  Parents:  George J Pfiester (1860 – 1946)  Susan Weiske Pfiester (1869 – 1940)  Spouse:  Victor Edward Rockwood (1903 – 1981)  Siblings:  Corrine Elizabeth Pfiester Mitchell (1892 – 1991)*  Arthur F Pfiester (1894 – 1979)*  Margo Morgan (1897 – 1962) *Calculated relationship

Margot Cottens (1922 - 1999)

Actress. She was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) and died in Madrid (Spain). After working in Montevideo on stage and television, she moved to Spain in 1960. Here, she developed the rest of her career on screen and stage, often in comedic roles. She appeared in “El Conde de Montecristo” (1953), “Margatira se Llama mi Amor” […]

Margot Cottens (1922 - 1999)

Actress. She was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) and died in Madrid (Spain). After working in Montevideo on stage and television, she moved to Spain in 1960. Here, she developed the rest of her career on screen and stage, often in comedic roles. She appeared in “El Conde de Montecristo” (1953), “Margatira se Llama mi Amor” […]

Margot Mahler (1948 - 1997)

Actress. Best known for many supporting parts in German comedies and tv-series. She appeared in comedies like “Hurra – Die Schwedinnen sind da,” “Champagner aus dem Knobelbecher,” “Meister Eder und sein Punuckl,” and many other roles. (bio by: Markus Brunner) Cause of death: Cancer

Margot Stevenson (1912 - 2011)

Actress. Out of a long and multi-faceted career she shall probably be remembered as Margot Lane on radio’s “The Shadow”. Raised in New York City, she made her Broadway debut in 1932’s “The Firebird”; over the years she was to amass around 20 credits on the Great White Way including “Venus Observed” and “The Barretts […]

Marguerite Chapman (1918 - 1999)

Actress. She played tough but alluring leading ladies in B and occasional A films of the 1940s, including “Spy Smasher” (1942), “Murder in Times Square” (1943), “Destroyer” (1943), “Appointment in Berlin” (1943),  “The Walls Came Tumbling Down” (1946),  “Relentless” (1948),  and “The Green Promise” (1949).  Chapman was born in Chatham,  New York,  and made her […]

Marguerite Chapman (1918 - 1999)

Marguerite Chapman (March 9, 1918 – August 31, 1999) was an American actress. Born in Chatham, New York, she was working as a telephone switchboard operator in White Plains, New York when her good looks brought about the opportunity to pursue a career in modeling. Signed by the John Robert Powers Agency in New York City, […]

Marguerite Clark (1883 - 1940)

Marguerite Clark Broadway and Silent Movie Actress. After a successful stage career, she starred in a number of Hollywood productions. Raised in Cincinnati, she graduated from a Catholic boarding school at 16, then left to persue her show business ambitions. After working in Baltimore as a chorus girl in 1899, Marguerite made her Broadway bow […]

Marguerite Courtot (1897 - 1986)

Actress. Lovely leading lady of silent films.  Born in Summit, New Jersey,  she worked as a model before entering films at the age of 14.  Courtot’s credits include “The Octoroon” (1913), “The Ventures of Marguerite” (1915), “The Dead Alive” (1916), “The Kiss” (1916), “Crime and Punishment” (1917), “The Velvet Finger” (1920), “The Yellow Arm” (1921) […]