Margaret Early

Margaret Early

Born: December 25, 1919
Died: November 29, 2000
in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Margaret Early (December 25, 1919 – November 29, 2000) was an American film actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. She is best remembered for her endearing Southern charm.

Her first screen role came in Stage Door (1937) opposite Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and Adolphe Menjou. Her next role came at Warner Bros. Studios playing Spring Byington's daughter in Jezebel (1938) opposite the likes of George Brent, Bette Davis, and Fay Bainter. She later became a freelance actress and found herself working in various roles at such studios as RKO, Warner Bros., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her other screen roles include parts in Judge Hardy and Son (1939), Strike Up The Band (1940), Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941), and Stage Door Canteen (1943). She made her last screen appearance in Cinderella Jones (1946). She spent the remainder of her days living in Laguna Beach, California being active in the Baptist church and the Republican party. She was good friends with Cheryl Walker, Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Laraine Day, Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, Joel McCrea, and Dennis Morgan.

Movies for Margaret Early...

Cinderella Jones
Title: Cinderella Jones
Character: Bashful Girl
Released: March 9, 1946
Type: Movie
Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
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Stage Door Canteen
Title: Stage Door Canteen
Character: Ella Sue
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
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To the Shores of Tripoli
Title: To the Shores of Tripoli
Character: Susie
Released: November 9, 1942
Type: Movie
Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier.
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Title: Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Character: Clarabelle Lee
Released: February 21, 1941
Type: Movie
All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.
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Strike Up the Band
Title: Strike Up the Band
Character: Annie
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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Forty Little Mothers
Title: Forty Little Mothers
Character: Eleanor
Released: April 26, 1940
Type: Movie
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
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Judge Hardy and Son
Title: Judge Hardy and Son
Character: Clarabelle V. Lee
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
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Swing That Cheer
Title: Swing That Cheer
Character: Betty Wilson
Released: October 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Undeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the posterior. So swell-headed does Potter become that he can never admit to himself that his blocking-back teammate Larry Royal is equally responsible for Bob's success. To teach his pal a lesson, Larry feigns an injury and pulls out of the Big Game, forcing Bob to have a go at it alone.
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The Young in Heart
Title: The Young in Heart
Character: Adela Jennings
Released: July 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
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Jezebel
Title: Jezebel
Character: Stephanie Kendrick
Released: March 26, 1938
Type: Movie
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Stage Door
Title: Stage Door
Character: Mary Lou
Released: October 7, 1937
Type: Movie
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless and over-populated world of the Broadway apprentice.