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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1924
Died
September 2, 2007
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Marsha Mae Jones
- Marcia May Jones
- Marsha Jones
- Marcia Jones
Marcia Mae Jones
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
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Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
3.0
Sarah
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
1974
6.9
Peggy Vanderbilt
The Way We Were
1973
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6.7
Claire
A Great American Tragedy
1972
6.9
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.5
Cannon
1971
5.5
Woman #1 (uncredited)
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968
6.6
Family Affair
1966
Credits
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Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Self
1996
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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
1993
0.0
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
as Sarah
1974
3.0
The Way We Were
as Peggy Vanderbilt
1973
6.9
🎬
A Great American Tragedy
as Claire
1972
6.7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.9
Cannon
1971
6.5
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Woman #1 (uncredited)
1968
5.5
Family Affair
1966
6.6
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Waitress
1964
7.2
Mister Ed
1961
6.8
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
The Star
as Waitress (uncredited)
1952
7.2
The Yellow Haired Kid
as Amy
1952
0.0
Chicago Calling
as Peggy (as Marsha Jones)
1951
7.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
0.0
Hi-Jacked
as Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
1950
4.8
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Katie O'Grady
1950
5.0
Arson, Inc.
as Betty - Fender's Secretary
1949
5.3
Tucson
as Polly Johnson
1949
6.0
Trouble Preferred
as Virginia Evans
1948
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Street Corner
as Lois Marsh
1948
5.0
The Fabulous Fraud
as Blind Girl
1948
5.0
Snafu
as Martha
1945
6.0
Lady in the Death House
as Suzy Kirk Logan
1944
5.4
Nine Girls
as Shirley Berke
1944
5.3
Top Man
as Erna Lane
1943
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Nobody's Darling
as Lois
1943
0.0
The Youngest Profession
as Vera Bailey
1943
5.2
Secrets of a Co-Ed
as Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright]
1942
2.0
Let's Go Collegiate
as Bess Martin
1941
5.0
The Gang's All Here
as Patsy Wallace
1941
5.0
Nice Girl?
as Jane's Friend at Benefit
1941
5.3
The Old Swimmin' Hole
as Betty Elliott
1940
0.0
Haunted House
as Millie Henshaw
1940
4.4
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Jen Pringle
1940
5.8
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Tomboy
as Pat Kelly
1940
0.0
Meet Dr. Christian
as Marilee
1939
0.0
First Love
as Marcia Parker
1939
7.8
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager
1939
4.6
The Little Princess
as Lavinia
1939
6.6
Barefoot Boy
as Pige Blaine
1938
4.8
Mad About Music
as Olga
1938
6.9
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Mary Sawyer
1938
6.5
Lady Behave!
as Patricia Cormack
1937
4.7
Heidi
as Klara Sesemann
1937
6.8
The Life of Emile Zola
as Helen Richards
1937
6.7
Mountain Justice
as Bethie Harkins
1937
5.5
Two Wise Maids
as Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns
1937
0.0
These Three
as Rosalie Wells
1936
7.1
This Is the Life
as Child
1935
6.0
A Dog of Flanders
as Little Girl at Party (uncredited)
1935
7.0
Imitation of Life
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Doctor Bull
as Ruth
1933
6.5
Mush and Milk
1933
6.8
Employees' Entrance
as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
1933
6.3
Birthday Blues
as Girl with Whistle
1932
6.5
What Price Hollywood?
as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
1932
6.7
The Champ
as Mary Lou Carleton
1931
7.1
Street Scene
1931
6.8
Night Nurse
as Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)
1931
6.7
King of Jazz
as Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
1930
6.2
The Bishop Murder Case
as Hungry Child in Park (uncredited)
1929
5.2
Mannequin
as Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)
1926
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