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.
★5.8
MOVIE1944
Nine Girls
as Shirley Berke
★7.0
MOVIE1973
The Way We Were
as Peggy Vanderbilt
MOVIE1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1926
Mannequin
as Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1943
The Youngest Profession
as Vera Bailey
★5.4
MOVIE1950
Hi-Jacked
as Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
★7.5
MOVIE1949
Tucson
as Polly Johnson
★5.4
MOVIE1941
The Gang's All Here
as Patsy Wallace
★6.9
MOVIE1937
Heidi
as Klara Sesemann
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Nice Girl?
as Jane's Friend at Benefit
★6.3
MOVIE1930
King of Jazz
as Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1931
Street Scene
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Imitation of Life
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1933
Doctor Bull
as Ruth
★6.7
MOVIE1939
The Little Princess
as Lavinia
★7.2
MOVIE1952
The Star
as Waitress (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1952
The Star
★7.0
MOVIE1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Katie O'Grady
★7.1
MOVIE1931
The Champ
as Mary Lou Carleton
★5.5
MOVIE1949
Arson, Inc.
as Betty - Fender's Secretary
★5.6
MOVIE1968
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Woman #1 (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Jen Pringle
★6.6
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Mary Sawyer
★6.8
MOVIE1932
What Price Hollywood?
as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1931
Night Nurse
as Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1936
These Three
as Rosalie Wells
★6.1
MOVIE1933
Employees' Entrance
as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1939
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager
★6.7
MOVIE1937
The Life of Emile Zola
as Helen Richards
MOVIE1954
Meet the Family
as Candy
★7.6
MOVIE1939
First Love
as Marcia Parker
★5.4
MOVIE1929
The Bishop Murder Case
as Hungry Child in Park (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1935
This Is the Life
as Child
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Mad About Music
as Olga
★5.6
MOVIE1948
Street Corner
as Lois Marsh
★8.5
MOVIE1951
Life with Buster Keaton
★5.9
MOVIE2013
That's Sexploitation!
as archive footage
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Mountain Justice
as Bethie Harkins
★7.5
MOVIE1935
A Dog of Flanders
as Little Girl at Party (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Meet Dr. Christian
as Marilee
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Nobody's Darling
as Lois
★5.2
MOVIE1940
Haunted House
as Millie Henshaw
★9.0
MOVIE1952
The Yellow Haired Kid
as Amy
★5.7
MOVIE1944
Lady in the Death House
as Suzy Kirk Logan
★7.5
MOVIE1972
A Great American Tragedy
as Claire
★6.0
MOVIE1948
Trouble Preferred
as Virginia Evans
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Let's Go Collegiate
as Bess Martin
★7.7
MOVIE1951
Chicago Calling
as Peggy (as Marsha Jones)
★4.0
MOVIE1974
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
as Sarah
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Two Wise Maids
as Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns
★9.0
MOVIE1943
Top Man
as Erna Lane
★5.4
MOVIE1938
Barefoot Boy
as Pige Blaine
★4.8
MOVIE1937
Lady Behave!
as Patricia Cormack
★6.3
MOVIE1948
The Fabulous Fraud
as Blind Girl
★6.6
MOVIE1933
Mush and Milk
MOVIE1993
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1932
Birthday Blues
as Girl with Whistle
MOVIE1940
Tomboy
as Pat Kelly
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The Old Swimmin' Hole
as Betty Elliott
★7.0
MOVIE1945
Snafu
as Martha
★4.0
MOVIE1942
Secrets of a Co-Ed
as Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright]