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Marcia Mae Jones‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1924-08-01

Popularity

star1.7

Marcia Mae Jones

Los Angeles, California, USA

Marcia Mae Jones

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1924-08-01

Popularity

star1.7

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.

Movie Credits

The Way We Were

The Way We Were‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

The Little Princess

The Little Princess‌
star6.7
calendar 1939

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe‌
star3.0
calendar 1974

Live a Little, Love a Little

Live a Little, Love a Little‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

Chicago Calling

Chicago Calling‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

The Old Swimmin' Hole

The Old Swimmin' Hole‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

First Love

First Love‌
star7.8
calendar 1939

Mad About Music

Mad About Music‌
star7.2
calendar 1938

Barefoot Boy

Barefoot Boy‌
star5.8
calendar 1938

Lady in the Death House

Lady in the Death House‌
star5.4
calendar 1944

Arson, Inc.

Arson, Inc.‌
star5.9
calendar 1949

These Three

These Three‌
star7.2
calendar 1936

Street Corner

Street Corner‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

Hi-Jacked

Hi-Jacked‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

The Youngest Profession

The Youngest Profession‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars‌
star5.8
calendar 1940

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Mush and Milk

Mush and Milk‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

The Fabulous Fraud

The Fabulous Fraud‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

Tomboy

Tomboy‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Mannequin

Mannequin‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Lady Behave!

Lady Behave!‌
star5.2
calendar 1937

A Great American Tragedy

A Great American Tragedy‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Mountain Justice

Mountain Justice‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Night Nurse

Night Nurse‌
star6.7
calendar 1931

The Flying Irishman

The Flying Irishman‌
star4.6
calendar 1939

Let's Go Collegiate

Let's Go Collegiate‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Heidi

Heidi‌
star6.8
calendar 1937

Snafu

Snafu‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Haunted House

Haunted House‌
star4.4
calendar 1940

The Bishop Murder Case

The Bishop Murder Case‌
star5.2
calendar 1929

Meet Dr. Christian

Meet Dr. Christian‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

A Dog of Flanders

A Dog of Flanders‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

King of Jazz

King of Jazz‌
star6.2
calendar 1930

Employees' Entrance

Employees' Entrance‌
star6.3
calendar 1933

This Is the Life

This Is the Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Secrets of a Co-Ed

Secrets of a Co-Ed‌
star2.0
calendar 1942

Nobody's Darling

Nobody's Darling‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Life with Buster Keaton

Life with Buster Keaton‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Tucson

Tucson‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Two Wise Maids

Two Wise Maids‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

The Yellow Haired Kid

The Yellow Haired Kid‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Champ

The Champ‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

The Star

The Star‌
star7.2
calendar 1952

Doctor Bull

Doctor Bull‌
star6.6
calendar 1933

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Birthday Blues

Birthday Blues‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

Nice Girl?

Nice Girl?‌
star5.3
calendar 1941

Nine Girls

Nine Girls‌
star5.3
calendar 1944

Top Man

Top Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola‌
star6.6
calendar 1937

Street Scene

Street Scene‌
star6.8
calendar 1931

Trouble Preferred

Trouble Preferred‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Tv Credits

Mister Ed

Mister Ed‌
star6.7
calendar 1961

Family Affair

Family Affair‌
star6.6
calendar 1966

My Three Sons

My Three Sons‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok‌
star4.5
calendar 1951

Racket Squad

Racket Squad‌
star6.0
calendar 1951