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Madge Evans
Data de nascimento:
01/07/1909
Local de nascimento:
New York City, New York, USA
Data de falecimento:
26/04/1981
Biografia
Lovely Madge Evans was the perennial nice girl in films of the 1930s. By then, she had been in front of the camera for many years, starting with Fairy Soap commercials at the age of two (she sat on a bar of soap holding a bunch of violets with the tag line reading "have you a little fairy in your home?"). 'Baby Madge' also lent her name to a children's hat company. In 1914, aged five, she was picked out by talent scouts to appear in the William Farnum movie The Sign of the Cross (1914), followed by The Seven Sisters (1915) with Marguerite Clark. By the end of the following year, she had amassed some twenty film credits, appearing with such noted contemporary stars as Pauline Frederick or Alice Brady. All of her early films were made on the East Coast, at studios in Ft.Lee, New Jersey. In 1917 (aged eight), Madge made her Broadway debut in 'Peter Ibbetson' with John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore. She resumed her stage career in 1926 as an ingenue with 'Daisy Mayme' and the following year appeared with Billie Burke in Noel Coward's costume drama 'The Marquise' (1927). Her pleasing looks and personality soon attracted the attention of Hollywood and she was eventually signed by MGM in 1931. During the next decade, she appeared in several A-grade productions, notably as Lionel Barrymore's daughter in MGM's Dinner at Eight (1933) and as the dependable Agnes Wickfield in one of the best-ever filmed versions of David Copperfield (1935). She co-starred opposite James Cagney in the gangster movie The Mayor of Hell (1933), Spencer Tracy in The Show-Off (1934) and listened to Bing Crosby crooning the title song in Pennies from Heaven (1936). Madge received praise for her performance as the star of Beauty for Sale (1933) and The New York Times review of January 13 1934 described her acting in Fugitive Lovers (1934) (opposite Robert Montgomery ) as 'spontaneous and captivating'. Many of her 'typical American girl' roles did not allow her to express aspects of the greater acting range she undoubtedly possessed. Too often she was cast as the 'nice girl' - and those rarely make much of a dramatic impact. On the few occasions she was assigned the role of 'other woman' , such as the Helen Hayes-starrer What Every Woman Knows (1934), audiences found her character difficult to believe and disassociate from her all-round wholesome image. When her contract with MGM expired in 1937, Madge wound down her film career and, following her 1939 marriage, concentrated on being the wife of celebrated playwright Sidney Kingsley. She last appeared on stage in one of his plays, "The Patriots", in 1943.
Filmes em que atuou
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)- 5.70 ★Self (archive footage)
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)- 3.30 ★'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Sinners in Paradise (1938)- 5.38 ★Anne Wesson
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A Pequena do Exército (1938)- 6.00 ★Julie Armstrong
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The Thirteenth Chair (1937)- 5.80 ★Nell O'Neill
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Espionage (1937)- 6.50 ★Patricia Booth
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Piccadilly Jim (1936)- 6.50 ★Ann Chester
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Exclusive Story (1936)- 6.50 ★Ann Devlin
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Dinheiro do Céu (1936)- 6.80 ★Susan Sprague
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Moonlight Murder (1936)- 5.00 ★Toni Adams
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The Tunnel (1935)- 5.40 ★Ruth McAllan
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The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)- 6.60 ★Agnes Wickfield as a Woman
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Age of Indiscretion (1935)- 5.20 ★Maxine Bennett
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Calm Yourself (1935)- 4.50 ★Rosalind Rockwell
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Men Without Names (1935)- 6.00 ★Helen Sherwood
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Helldorado (1935)- 0.00 ★Glenda Wynant
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A Mão Invisível (1934)- 7.00 ★Frances Clark
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Fugitive Lovers (1934)- 6.00 ★Letty Morris
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What Every Woman Knows (1934)- 7.00 ★Lady Sybil Tenterden
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The Show-Off (1934)- 5.70 ★Amy Fisher Piper
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Paris Interlude (1934)- 3.50 ★Julie
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Grand Canary (1934)- 4.10 ★Lady Mary Fielding
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Alegria de Viver (1934)- 4.80 ★Mary Adams
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Dinner at Eight (1933)- 6.76 ★Paula Jordan
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Broadway to Hollywood (1933)- 4.60 ★Anne Ainsley
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O Prefeito do Inferno (1933)- 7.10 ★Dorothy Griffith
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)- 7.50 ★June Marcher
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The Nuisance (1933)- 5.00 ★Dorothy Mason
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O Juízo Final (1933)- 5.00 ★Dorothy Day
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Made on Broadway (1933)- 6.50 ★Claire
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Beauty for Sale (1933)- 7.00 ★Letty Lawson
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Além do Inferno (1933)- 6.30 ★Joan
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)- 4.60 ★Polaire
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Are You Listening? (1932)- 5.00 ★Laura O'Neil
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Lovers Courageous (1932)- 5.80 ★Mary Blayne
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Huddle (1932)- 6.60 ★Rosalie
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Fast Life (1932)- 8.30 ★Shirley
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Mãos Culpadas (1931)- 5.70 ★Barbara 'Babs' Grant
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Son of India (1931)- 5.00 ★Janice
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West of Broadway (1931)- 6.00 ★Anne
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Lealdade (1931)- 5.50 ★Miss 'Missy' Ruby
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Envy (1930)- 0.00 ★Helen
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On the Banks of the Wabash (1923)- 0.00 ★Lisbeth
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True Blue (1918)- 0.00 ★Ruth, as a Child
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The Love Net (1918)- 0.00 ★Patty Barnes
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Wanted, A Mother (1918)- 0.00 ★
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Stolen Orders (1918)- 0.00 ★Ruth Le Page - as a child
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The Web of Desire (1917)- 0.00 ★Marjorie
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The Volunteer (1917)- 0.00 ★Self
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The Hidden Scar (1916)- 0.00 ★Dot
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Husband and Wife (1916)- 1.00 ★Bessie
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Seventeen (1916)- 0.00 ★Jane Baxter
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The New South (1916)- 0.00 ★Georgia Gwynne, as a girl
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The Seven Sisters (1915)- 2.00 ★Clara