Marguerite Churchill

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1910-12-26 (90 years old)

Deathday

2000-01-09

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Marguerite Churchill

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marguerite Churchill (December 26, 1910 – January 9, 2000) was an American film actress appearing in more than 25 films with a career spanning from 1929 to 1952. She is best known today as John Wayne's first leading lady, in The Big Trail (1930). She was the daughter of a producer who owned a chain of theaters, but he died when she was ten years old. She was educated in New York City at the Professional Children's School and the Theatre Guild Dramatic School. She appeared on stage and was applauded on Broadway as a leading lady when just sixteen years old. An official of the Fox Company saw her acting a...

Acting

1936

1936

1930

The Big Trail

as Ruth Cameron

1950

Bunco Squad

as Barbara Madison

1930

Born Reckless

as Rosa Beretti

1931

Ambassador Bill

as Queen Vanya

1929

The Valiant

as Mary Douglas

1935

Speed Devils

as Pat Corey

1931

Quick Millions

as Dorothy Stone

1929

They Had to See Paris

as Opal Peters

1933

Girl Without a Room

as Kay Loring

1930

Good Intentions

as Helen Rankin

1936

Murder by an Aristocrat

as Nurse Sally Keating

1936

Legion of Terror

as Nancy Foster

1936

Alibi for Murder

as Lois Allen

1932

Forgotten Commandments

as Marya Ossipoff

1931

Riders of the Purple Sage

as Jane Withersteen

1936

Man Hunt

as Jane Carpenter

1930

Harmony at Home

as Louise Haller

1931

Charlie Chan Carries On

as Pamela Potter

1936

The Final Hour

as Flo Russell

1935

Without Children

as Sue Cole

1929

Seven Faces

as Hélène Berthelot

2023

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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