Cast
Marcia Mae Jones
Acting
Cast
Marcia Mae Jones
Known for
Acting
Born
1924-08-01
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
2007-09-02
Also known as Marsha Mae Jones, Marcia May Jones, Marsha Jones
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.
The Way We Were
as Peggy Vanderbilt
Heidi
as Klara Sesemann
Street Corner
as Lois Marsh
The Star
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Mary Sawyer
Tomboy
as Pat Kelly
Lady Behave!
as Patricia Cormack
Imitation of Life
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
The Little Princess
as Lavinia
Chicago Calling
as Peggy (as Marsha Jones)
The Life of Emile Zola
as Helen Richards
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Woman #1 (uncredited)
The Champ
as Mary Lou Carleton
Mannequin
as Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
as Patsy Wallace
What Price Hollywood?
as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Night Nurse
as Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Katie O'Grady
The Youngest Profession
as Vera Bailey
Mad About Music
as Olga
Mountain Justice
as Bethie Harkins
These Three
as Rosalie Wells
King of Jazz
as Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
Snafu
as Martha
First Love
as Marcia Parker
Nine Girls
as Shirley Berke
Top Man
as Erna Lane
Doctor Bull
as Ruth
Nice Girl?
as Jane's Friend at Benefit
Hi-Jacked
as Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
Arson, Inc.
as Betty - Fender's Secretary
Street Scene
Tucson
as Polly Johnson
The Bishop Murder Case
as Hungry Child in Park (uncredited)
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Jen Pringle
That's Sexploitation!
as archive footage
Employees' Entrance
as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
A Great American Tragedy
as Claire
Lady in the Death House
as Suzy Kirk Logan
The Old Swimmin' Hole
as Betty Elliott
A Dog of Flanders
as Little Girl at Party (uncredited)
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
as Sarah
Let's Go Collegiate
as Bess Martin
Barefoot Boy
as Pige Blaine
Mush and Milk
Meet Dr. Christian
as Marilee
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
This Is the Life
as Child
Haunted House
as Millie Henshaw
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Self
Meet the Family
as Candy
Birthday Blues
as Girl with Whistle
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager
Life with Buster Keaton
Two Wise Maids
as Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns
The Fabulous Fraud
as Blind Girl
Secrets of a Co-Ed
as Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright]
Nobody's Darling
as Lois
Trouble Preferred
as Virginia Evans
The Yellow Haired Kid
as Amy