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Madge Evans

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Madge Evans (July 1, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career as a child performer and model.

As a child film actress Evans had quite a prolific career appearing in dozens of films. In 1914 aged 5 she appeared with Mary Pickford in Seven Sisters, a film with a large female ensemble. In 1915 she was with Robert Warwick in Alias Jimmy Valentine, a still extant film that has seen release on home video/dvd. At 14 she was the star of J. Stuart Blackton’s rural melodrama On the Banks of the Wabash (1923). She co-starred with Richard Barthelmess in Classmates (1924). She was working on stage when she signed with Metro Goldwyn Mayer in 1927. As with theater, she continued to play ingenue parts, often as the fiancée of the leading man.

Working for MGM in the 1930s, she appeared in Dinner at Eight (1933), Broadway to Hollywood (1933), Hell Below (1933), and David Copperfield (1935). In 1933, she starred with James Cagney in a melodrama entitled The Mayor of Hell, playing a pretty nurse who solicits the aid of a tough politician, played by Cagney. Other notable movies in which she appeared are Beauty for Sale (1933), Grand Canary (1934), What Every Woman Knows (1934), and Pennies From Heaven (1936).

• Born: Margherita Evans July 1, 1909 New York City, New York, U.S.
• Died: April 26, 1981 (aged 71) Oakland, New Jersey, U.S.
• Occupation: Actress
• Years active: 1914-1971
• Spouse(s): Sidney Kingsley (1939-1981) (her death)

Read more about Madge Evans at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: APRIL 17
Playbill Combined , 2012-04-17 04:00:00
1917 John Barrymore stars in Gerald DuMaurier's Peter Ibbetson at Broadway's Republic Theatre. Lionel Barrymore, Constance Collier, Madge Evans, and Laura Hope Crews are also in the cast. There will be 71 performances.

Today In Theatre History: APRIL 17
Playbill Combined , 2010-04-17 04:00:00
1917 John Barrymore stars in Gerald DuMaurier's Peter Ibbetson at Broadway's Republic Theatre. Lionel Barrymore, Constance Collier, Madge Evans, and Laura Hope Crews are also in the cast. There will be 71 performances.