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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/1996
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Character:Self
Release Date:31/08/1993
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
Character:Sarah
Release Date:29/07/1974
The Way We Were
Character:Peggy Vanderbilt
Release Date:17/10/1973
A Great American Tragedy
Character:Claire
Release Date:18/10/1972
Live a Little, Love a Little
Character:Woman #1 (uncredited)
Release Date:23/10/1968
Meet the Family
Character:Candy
Release Date:01/07/1954
The Star
Character:Waitress (uncredited)
Release Date:11/12/1952
The Yellow Haired Kid
Character:Amy
Release Date:02/11/1952
Chicago Calling
Character:Peggy (as Marsha Jones)
Release Date:31/12/1951
Life with Buster Keaton
Character:
Release Date:10/02/1951
Hi-Jacked
Character:Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
Release Date:07/07/1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Character:Katie O'Grady
Release Date:29/04/1950
Arson, Inc.
Character:Betty - Fender's Secretary
Release Date:24/06/1949
Tucson
Character:Polly Johnson
Release Date:27/04/1949
Trouble Preferred
Character:Virginia Evans
Release Date:31/12/1948
Street Corner
Character:Lois Marsh
Release Date:03/12/1948
The Fabulous Fraud
Character:Blind Girl
Release Date:28/08/1948
Snafu
Character:Martha
Release Date:22/11/1945
Lady in the Death House
Character:Suzy Kirk Logan
Release Date:15/03/1944
Nine Girls
Character:Shirley Berke
Release Date:17/02/1944
Top Man
Character:Erna Lane
Release Date:17/09/1943
Nobody's Darling
Character:Lois
Release Date:27/08/1943
The Youngest Profession
Character:Vera Bailey
Release Date:26/02/1943
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Character:Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright]
Release Date:26/10/1942
Let's Go Collegiate
Character:Bess Martin
Release Date:12/09/1941
The Gang's All Here
Character:Patsy Wallace
Release Date:11/06/1941
Nice Girl?
Character:Jane's Friend at Benefit
Release Date:21/02/1941
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Character:Betty Elliott
Release Date:21/10/1940
Haunted House
Character:Millie Henshaw
Release Date:21/07/1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
Character:Jen Pringle
Release Date:28/06/1940
Tomboy
Character:Pat Kelly
Release Date:20/04/1940
Meet Dr. Christian
Character:Marilee
Release Date:17/11/1939
First Love
Character:Marcia Parker
Release Date:10/11/1939
The Flying Irishman
Character:Teenager
Release Date:07/04/1939
The Little Princess
Character:Lavinia
Release Date:17/03/1939
Barefoot Boy
Character:Pige Blaine
Release Date:03/08/1938
Mad About Music
Character:Olga
Release Date:27/02/1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Character:Mary Sawyer
Release Date:11/02/1938
Lady Behave!
Character:Patricia Cormack
Release Date:22/12/1937
Heidi
Character:Klara Sesemann
Release Date:15/10/1937
The Life of Emile Zola
Character:Helen Richards
Release Date:09/09/1937
Mountain Justice
Character:Bethie Harkins
Release Date:24/04/1937
Two Wise Maids
Character:Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns
Release Date:15/02/1937
These Three
Character:Rosalie Wells
Release Date:18/03/1936
This Is the Life
Character:Child
Release Date:07/10/1935
A Dog of Flanders
Character:Little Girl at Party (uncredited)
Release Date:22/03/1935
Imitation of Life
Character:Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
Release Date:23/11/1934
Doctor Bull
Character:Ruth
Release Date:22/09/1933
Mush and Milk
Character:
Release Date:27/05/1933
Employees' Entrance
Character:Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Release Date:11/02/1933
Birthday Blues
Character:Girl with Whistle
Release Date:12/11/1932
What Price Hollywood?
Character:Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Release Date:24/06/1932
The Champ
Character:Mary Lou Carleton
Release Date:21/11/1931
Street Scene
Character:
Release Date:05/09/1931
Night Nurse
Character:Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)
Release Date:16/07/1931
King of Jazz
Character:Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
Release Date:20/04/1930
The Bishop Murder Case
Character:Hungry Child in Park (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1929
Mannequin
Character:Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)
Release Date:11/01/1926
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