Marcia Mae Jones

Born: 1924-08-01

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.


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The Way We Were

as Peggy Vanderbilt
Released: 1973-10-17

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive...

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The Little Princess

as Lavinia
Released: 1939-03-17

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the...

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Heidi

as Klara Sesemann
Released: 1937-10-15

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with...

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The Champ

as Mary Lou Carleton
Released: 1931-11-21

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Mary Sawyer
Released: 1938-02-11

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River,...

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The Life of Emile Zola

as Helen Richards
Released: 1937-09-09

Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.

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Night Nurse

as Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)
Released: 1931-07-16

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her...

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Live a Little, Love a Little

as Woman #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1968-10-23

Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble...

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Imitation of Life

as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
Released: 1934-11-23

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....

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These Three

as Rosalie Wells
Released: 1936-03-18

Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the...

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The Star

as Waitress (uncredited)
Released: 1952-12-11

Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business....

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Lady in the Death House

as Suzy Kirk Logan
Released: 1944-03-15

As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got...

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The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

as Sarah
Released: 1974-07-29

Poe's fiance, Lenore, falls into a coma and is taken for dead. She is rescued at the last...

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First Love

as Marcia Parker
Released: 1939-11-10

In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and...

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Street Corner

as Lois Marsh
Released: 1948-12-03

Naive small-town girl gets pregnant on her prom night, and winds up in the clutches of the local...

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King of Jazz

as Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
Released: 1930-04-20

Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most...

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Employees' Entrance

as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-11

Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He...

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The Flying Irishman

as Teenager
Released: 1939-04-07

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan...

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Nine Girls

as Shirley Berke
Released: 1944-02-17

One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to...

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The Youngest Profession

as Vera Bailey
Released: 1943-02-26

Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping...

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This Is the Life

as Child
Released: 1935-10-07

A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is...

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Mad About Music

as Olga
Released: 1938-02-27

A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself...

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Street Scene

as uncredited
Released: 1931-09-05

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as...

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Chicago Calling

as Peggy (as Marsha Jones)
Released: 1951-12-31

Bill Cannon (Dan Duryea) loses everything to alcohol: his job, his family, his self-respect....

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Anne of Windy Poplars

as Jen Pringle
Released: 1940-06-28

Sentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job...

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The Fabulous Fraud

as Blind Girl
Released: 1948-08-28

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the...

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Lady Behave!

as Patricia Cormack
Released: 1937-12-22

It's bad enough that Clarice Kendall Andrews, Paula's irresponsible sister, comes home from...

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Hi-Jacked

as Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
Released: 1950-07-07

A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of...

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The Bishop Murder Case

as Hungry Child in Park (uncredited)
Released: 1929-12-31

The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance...

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Top Man

as Erna Lane
Released: 1943-09-17

In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his...

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Meet Dr. Christian

as Marilee
Released: 1939-11-17

The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town...

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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

as Katie O'Grady
Released: 1950-04-29

An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.

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Secrets of a Co-Ed

as Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright]
Released: 1942-10-26

An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster,...

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Let's Go Collegiate

as Bess Martin
Released: 1941-09-12

Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship...

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Mush and Milk

as uncredited
Released: 1933-05-27

When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.

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The Gang's All Here

as Patsy Wallace
Released: 1941-06-11

Two friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a...

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Nice Girl?

as Jane's Friend at Benefit
Released: 1941-02-21

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his...

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Doctor Bull

as Ruth
Released: 1933-09-22

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers...

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Trouble Preferred

as Virginia Evans
Released: 1948-12-31

A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.

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Nobody's Darling

as Lois
Released: 1943-08-27

Ugly duckling Janie Farnsworth is a student at Pennington High School, and has a crush on...

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Arson, Inc.

as Betty - Fender's Secretary
Released: 1949-06-24

An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the...

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Snafu

as Martha
Released: 1945-11-22

A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his...

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Mountain Justice

as Bethie Harkins
Released: 1937-04-24

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid...

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Mannequin

as Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)
Released: 1926-01-11

Adapted from the Fannie Hurst story of the same name, Mannequin is the story of Joan Herrick,...

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Tucson

as Polly Johnson
Released: 1949-04-27

The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his...

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A Dog of Flanders

as Little Girl at Party (uncredited)
Released: 1935-03-22

Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose...

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Barefoot Boy

as Pige Blaine
Released: 1938-08-03

A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.

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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

as Self
Released: 1993-08-31

There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already...

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Haunted House

as Millie Henshaw
Released: 1940-07-21

Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.

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The Yellow Haired Kid

as Amy
Released: 1952-11-02

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited...

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Birthday Blues

as Girl with Whistle
Released: 1932-11-12

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

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Life with Buster Keaton

as uncredited
Released: 1951-02-10

Buster's shenanigans running a sporting goods store and his antics in a local theatre group.

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The Old Swimmin' Hole

as Betty Elliott
Released: 1940-10-21

Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father...

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Two Wise Maids

as Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns
Released: 1937-02-15

The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers...

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Cannon

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-14

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...

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Mister Ed

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-05

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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My Three Sons

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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Family Affair

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9,...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-25

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September...

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-04-15

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...

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Racket Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-06-07

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...

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