Margot Stevenson
Margaret Helen Stevenson[1] (February 8, 1912 – January 2, 2011) was an American film, stage and radio actress, known for her role as Margo Lane in the radio adaptation of The Shadow, opposite Orson Welles in 1938.[2][3]
Early life
Stevenson was born in Manhattan on February 8, 1912,[3] the daughter of Irish-born actor Charles Alexander Stevenson, who was 60 years old when she was born, and his second wife Frances Riley, who was 22 years old at the time.[3] She graduated from Brearley School in Manhattan.[3] Stevenson was about to enroll at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, when the Great Depression began.[3] She decided to pursue acting to earn an income instead of attending Bryn Mawr.[3]
Career
Stevenson made her Broadway debut in
In addition to her work on The Shadow, Stevenson acted on
Personal life
Her second husband, Val Avery, whom she married in 1953,[7] died on December 12, 2009, at age eighty-five.[8]
By the late 1990s, Stevenson was blind as a result of macular degeneration.[1] She died at her home in Manhattan on January 2, 2011, at the age of 98.[2][3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1934 | Come to Dinner | Miss Jurgen - Oliver's Daughter | Short film |
1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Peggy | |
1939 | Invisible Stripes | Sue | |
1940 | Calling Philo Vance | Hilda Lake | |
1940 | Granny Get Your Gun | Julie Westcott | |
1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Ann Rockford | |
1940 | Saturday's Children | Mrs. MacReady (voice) | Uncredited |
1940 | Flight Angels | Rita | |
1967 | Valley of the Dolls | Anne's Mother | Uncredited |
1968 | The Brotherhood | Uncredited | |
1970 | Rabbit, Run | Mrs. Tothero | |
1979 | Going in Style | Store Cashier |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | Douglas Fairbanks Presents | Myra | Episode: "Myra and the Moneyman" |
1954 | Macbeth
|
Lady Macduff | Television film |
1954–1955 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Mary Venner | 2 episodes |
1965 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Betty | Episode: "Escape from Venice" |
1983 | How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | Old Lady | Television film |
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Actress Margot Stevenson dies at 98". Variety. January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Weber, Bruce (January 7, 2011). "Margot Stevenson, Prolific Broadway Actress, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ "Margot Stevenson". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 9780786491346. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ Grimes, William (December 15, 2009). "Val Avery, Tough-Guy Actor in Movies, Is Dead at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
External links
- Margot Stevenson at IMDb
- Margot Stevenson at the Internet Broadway Database