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Marguerite Churchill

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 and gave her a contract which shortly afterwards led her to debut on screen in The Diplomats. Churchill played leading lady to John Wayne in Howard Hawk's The Big Trail (1930), an early widescreen epic and Wayne's first leading role. She appeared with Wayne the following year in Girls Demand Excitement (1931), with Spencer Tracy and George Raft in Quick Millions (1931), with Will Rogers in Ambassador Bill (1931), with Warner Oland in Charlie Chan Carries On (1931), with George O'Brien in Riders of the Purple Sage (1931), with Charles Farrell in Girl Without a Room (1933), with Ralph Bellamy in The Final Hour (1936), with Boris Karloff in The Walking Dead (1936), and with Edward Van Sloan in Dracula's Daughter (1936). She died on January 9, 2000, aged 89, from natural causes in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was survived by her daughter, Orin.


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Born:
Dec 25, 1910 In Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie The Valiant 1929-05-19
Latest Project:
Movie Bunco Squad 1950-09-01
Known For
Poster of The Walking Dead
Poster of Speed Devils
Poster of Quick Millions
Poster of The Big Trail
Filmography
Movie Bunco Squad Barbara Madison 1950-09-01
Series Fireside Theater Unknown 1949-04-05
Movie The Walking Dead Nancy 1936-03-01
Movie Man Hunt Jane Carpenter 1936-01-29
Movie Dracula's Daughter Janet 1936-05-11
Movie Murder by an Aristocrat Nurse Sally Keating 1936-06-13
Movie Alibi for Murder Lois Allen 1936-09-23
Movie Legion of Terror Nancy Foster 1936-11-01
Movie Speed Devils Pat Corey 1935-07-01
Movie Girl Without a Room Kay Loring 1933-12-08
Movie Forgotten Commandments Marya Ossipoff 1932-05-22
Movie Ambassador Bill Queen Vanya 1931-11-13
Movie Girls Demand Excitement Miriam 1931-02-08
Movie Charlie Chan Carries On Pamela Potter 1931-04-11
Movie Riders of the Purple Sage Jane Withersteen 1931-10-22
Movie Quick Millions Dorothy Stone 1931-04-17
Movie Harmony at Home Louise Haller 1930-01-12
Movie Born Reckless Rosa Beretti 1930-05-11
Movie The Big Trail Ruth Cameron 1930-11-01
Movie Good Intentions Helen Rankin 1930-06-29
Movie The Valiant Mary Douglas 1929-05-19
Movie They Had to See Paris Opal Peters 1929-09-18
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