Madge Evans
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film • 1975
jako Self (archive footage)
Matinee Theater
Serial • 1955
The Alcoa Hour
Serial • 1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Serial • 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Sylvia
Your Show of Shows
Serial • 1950
Studio One
Serial • 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Serial • 1948
jako Elizabeth Bennet
Army Girl
Film • 1938
jako Julie Armstrong
Sinners in Paradise
Film • 1938
jako Anne Wesson
The Thirteenth Chair
Film • 1937
jako Helen "Nell" O'Neill
Espionage
Film • 1937
jako Patricia Booth
Pennies from Heaven
Film • 1936
jako Susan Sprague
Piccadilly Jim
Film • 1936
jako Ann Chester
Moonlight Murder
Film • 1936
jako Toni Adams
Exclusive Story
Film • 1936
jako Ann Devlin
The Tunnel
Film • 1935
jako Ruth McAllan
Men Without Names
Film • 1935
jako Helen Sherwood
Calm Yourself
Film • 1935
jako Rosalind Rockwell
Age of Indiscretion
Film • 1935
jako Maxine Bennett
Dawid Copperfield
Film • 1935
jako Agnes Wickfield as a Woman
Helldorado
Film • 1935
jako Glenda Wynant
What Every Woman Knows
Film • 1934
jako Lady Sybil Tenterden
Death on the Diamond
Film • 1934
jako Frances Clark
Paris Interlude
Film • 1934
jako Julie
Grand Canary
Film • 1934
jako Lady Mary Fielding
Stand Up and Cheer!
Film • 1934
jako Mary Adams
The Show-Off
Film • 1934
jako Amy Fisher Piper
Fugitive Lovers
Film • 1934
jako Letty Morris
Dinner at Eight
Film • 1933
jako Paula Jordan
Day of Reckoning
Film • 1933
jako Dorothy Day
Broadway to Hollywood
Film • 1933
jako Anne Ainsley
Beauty for Sale
Film • 1933
jako Letty Lawson
The Mayor of Hell
Film • 1933
jako Dorothy Griffith
Hell Below
Film • 1933
jako Joan
The Nuisance
Film • 1933
jako Dorothy Mason
Made on Broadway
Film • 1933
jako Claire
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Film • 1933
jako June Marcher
Fast Life
Film • 1932
jako Shirley
Huddle
Film • 1932
jako Rosalie
Are You Listening?
Film • 1932
jako Laura O'Neil
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Film • 1932
jako Polaire
Lovers Courageous
Film • 1932
jako Mary Blayne
West of Broadway
Film • 1931
jako Anne
Heartbreak
Film • 1931
jako Countess Vima Walden
Guilty Hands
Film • 1931
jako Barbara 'Babs' Grant
Sporting Blood
Film • 1931
jako Miss 'Missy' Ruby
Son of India
Film • 1931
jako Janice
Envy
Film • 1930
jako Helen
The Bard of Broadway
Film • 1930
Classmates
Film • 1924
jako Sylvia
On the Banks of the Wabash
Film • 1923
jako Lisbeth
Home Wanted
Film • 1919
jako Madge Dow
Three Green Eyes
Film • 1919
jako Child
The Love Net
Film • 1918
jako Patty Barnes
The Power and the Glory
Film • 1918
jako Deanie Consadine
Neighbors
Film • 1918
jako Clarissa Leigh
The Golden Wall
Film • 1918
jako Madge Lathrop
Stolen Orders
Film • 1918
jako Ruth Le Page - as a child
True Blue
Film • 1918
jako Ruth, as a Child
Wanted, A Mother
Film • 1918
jako Eileen Homer
The Volunteer
Film • 1917
jako Self
The Burglar
Film • 1917
jako Editha
The Corner Grocer
Film • 1917
jako Mary Brian, age 8
Beloved Adventuress
Film • 1917
jako Francine - Age 7
Maternity
Film • 1917
jako Constance
The Web of Desire
Film • 1917
jako Marjorie
The New South
Film • 1916
jako Georgia Gwynne, as a girl
Seventeen
Film • 1916
jako Jane Baxter
The Hidden Scar
Film • 1916
jako Dot
The Revolt
Film • 1916
jako Nannie Stevens
Husband and Wife
Film • 1916
jako Bessie
Sudden Riches
Film • 1916
jako Little Emily
The Devil's Toy
Film • 1916
jako Betty
The Master Hand
Film • 1915
jako Jean as a Child
The Seven Sisters
Film • 1915
jako Clara