Marcia Mae Jones
Acting
Born 1924-08-01
Died 2007-09-02
Los Angeles, California, USA
69 credits
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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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Filmography
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Acting
50 credits
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Way We Were
The Little Princess
The Life of Emile Zola
Heidi
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Imitation of Life
Live a Little, Love a Little
King of Jazz
The Champ
Night Nurse
Nine Girls
These Three
The Youngest Profession
Hi-Jacked
Mannequin
Tucson
What Price Hollywood?
Nice Girl?
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
First Love
The Star
A Great American Tragedy
The Gang's All Here
Employees' Entrance
Doctor Bull
Mountain Justice
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Nobody's Darling
Street Corner
Top Man
The Flying Irishman
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Trouble Preferred
Arson, Inc.
The Bishop Murder Case
Anne of Windy Poplars
This Is the Life
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Lady Behave!
Let's Go Collegiate
A Dog of Flanders
Two Wise Maids
Lady in the Death House
Snafu
Mad About Music
Meet the Family
Chicago Calling
Meet Dr. Christian
Other credits
10 credits
Simon & Simon
My Three Sons
Cannon
Family Affair
Mister Ed
The Streets of San Francisco
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Racket Squad
Street Scene
Life with Buster Keaton
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