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Marilyn Knowlden‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1923-05-12

Popularity

star1.5

Marilyn Knowlden

Oakland, California, USA

Marilyn Knowlden

Oakland, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1923-05-12

Popularity

star1.5

Biography

In 1931, a one-day effort by Marilyn Knowlden's attorney father led to an interview, a next-day screen test and a large part for four-year-old Marilyn in one of the early "talkies", Women Love Once (1931). A ten-year movie career followed, where she played the daughter of such stars as Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn, Allan Jones and Norma Shearer. She appeared in some of the screen's great classics, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), David Copperfield (1935) and Les Misérables (1935), in which she played the child Cosette. She appeared in six films nominated by the Academy for Best Production of the Year and performed with such distinguished actors as Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Greta Garbo and Bette Davis. College, marriage and four children followed. A composer and playwright as well as an actress, she wrote the music and lyrics for ten produced musicals, including three for which she also wrote the scripts. The latter included her musical, "I'm Gonna Get You in the Movies!" for which she drew heavily on her own early experience. After a 50-year hiatus, Marilyn returned to acting in 1994. She appeared in over 20 plays and musicals in San Diego County, including the role of Aunt Abby in "Arsenic and Old Lace," the leads in "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "Quilters," and Prof. Higgins' mother in "My Fair Lady." In 2011 Bear Manor published Marilyn Knowlden's autobiography "Little Girl in Big Pictures."

Movie Credits

Show Boat

Show Boat‌
star6.7
calendar 1936

Husband's Holiday

Husband's Holiday‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Hidden Power

Hidden Power‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Just Around the Corner

Just Around the Corner‌
star5.5
calendar 1938

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette‌
star6.2
calendar 1938

Les Misérables

Les Misérables‌
star7.2
calendar 1935

Barefoot Boy

Barefoot Boy‌
star5.8
calendar 1938

Little Women

Little Women‌
star6.7
calendar 1933

Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

The Conquerors

The Conquerors‌
star5.7
calendar 1932

As the Earth Turns

As the Earth Turns‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

Condemned to Live

Condemned to Live‌
star5.2
calendar 1935

An Evening with Edgar Guest

An Evening with Edgar Guest‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Slave Ship

Slave Ship‌
star4.8
calendar 1937

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid‌
star5.9
calendar 1931

Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces‌
star7.6
calendar 1938

A Woman Rebels

A Woman Rebels‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

Rainbow on the River

Rainbow on the River‌
star9.0
calendar 1936

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too‌
star7.3
calendar 1940

David Copperfield

David Copperfield‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse‌
star5.7
calendar 1936

Easy to Take

Easy to Take‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

Call Her Savage

Call Her Savage‌
star5.6
calendar 1932

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