Marcia Mae Jones
1924-08-01 ( 100 years old ) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Movies

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star 1996-12-08
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling 1993-08-31
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe 1974-07-29
The Way We Were 1973-10-17
A Great American Tragedy 1972-10-18
Live a Little, Love a Little 1968-10-23
The Star 1952-12-11
The Yellow Haired Kid 1952-11-02
Chicago Calling 1951-12-31
Life with Buster Keaton 1951-02-10
Hi-Jacked 1950-07-07
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady 1950-04-29
Arson, Inc. 1949-06-24
Tucson 1949-04-27
Trouble Preferred 1948-12-31
Street Corner 1948-12-03
The Fabulous Fraud 1948-08-28
Snafu 1945-11-22
Lady in the Death House 1944-03-15
Nine Girls 1944-02-17
Top Man 1943-09-17
Nobody's Darling 1943-08-27
The Youngest Profession 1943-02-26
Secrets of a Co-Ed 1942-10-26
Let's Go Collegiate 1941-09-12
The Gang's All Here 1941-06-11
Nice Girl? 1941-02-21
The Old Swimmin' Hole 1940-10-21
Haunted House 1940-07-21
Anne of Windy Poplars 1940-06-28
Tomboy 1940-04-20
Meet Dr. Christian 1939-11-17
First Love 1939-11-10
The Flying Irishman 1939-04-07
The Little Princess 1939-03-17
Barefoot Boy 1938-08-03
Mad About Music 1938-02-27
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938-02-11
Lady Behave! 1937-12-22
Heidi 1937-10-15
The Life of Emile Zola 1937-09-09
Mountain Justice 1937-04-24
Two Wise Maids 1937-02-15
These Three 1936-03-18
This Is the Life 1935-10-07
A Dog of Flanders 1935-03-22
Imitation of Life 1934-11-23
Doctor Bull 1933-09-22
Mush and Milk 1933-05-27
Employees' Entrance 1933-02-11
Birthday Blues 1932-11-12
What Price Hollywood? 1932-06-24
The Champ 1931-11-21
Street Scene 1931-09-05
Night Nurse 1931-07-16
King of Jazz 1930-04-20
The Bishop Murder Case 1929-12-31
Mannequin 1926-01-11

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