Marguerite Churchill

Marguerite Churchill

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marguerite Churchill (December 26, 1910 – January 9, 2000) was an American film actress appearing in more than 25 films with a career spanning from 1929 to 1952. She is best known today as John Wayne's first leading lady, in The Big Trail (1930). She was the daughter of a producer who owned a chain of theaters, but he died when she was ten years old. She was educated in New York City at the Professional Children's School and the Theatre Guild Dramatic School. She appeared on stage and was applauded on Broadway as a leading lady when just sixteen years old. An official of the Fox Company saw her acting and gave her a contract which shortly afterwards led her to debut on screen in The Diplomats. Churchill played leading lady to John Wayne in Howard Hawk's The Big Trail (1930), an early widescreen epic and Wayne's first leading role. She appeared with Wayne the following year in Girls Demand Excitement (1931), with Spencer Tracy and George Raft in Quick Millions (1931), with Will Rogers in Ambassador Bill (1931), with Warner Oland in Charlie Chan Carries On (1931), with George O'Brien in Riders of the Purple Sage (1931), with Charles Farrell in Girl Without a Room (1933), with Ralph Bellamy in The Final Hour (1936), with Boris Karloff in The Walking Dead (1936), and with Edward Van Sloan in Dracula's Daughter (1936). She died on January 9, 2000, aged 89, from natural causes in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was survived by her daughter, Orin.
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    Birthday
    12/26/1910
Dracula's Daughter
Dracula's Daughter
5.9
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
6.2
The Big Trail
The Big Trail
6.7
Bunco Squad
Bunco Squad
5.9
Born Reckless
Born Reckless
5.6
Ambassador Bill
Ambassador Bill
5.7
Furnace Trouble
0
The Valiant
The Valiant
5.6
Speed Devils
Speed Devils
4
Quick Millions
Quick Millions
7.1
They Had to See Paris
They Had to See Paris
5.6
Girl Without a Room
Girl Without a Room
5.3
Good Intentions
Good Intentions
0
Murder by an Aristocrat
Murder by an Aristocrat
3
Legion of Terror
Legion of Terror
5
Alibi for Murder
Alibi for Murder
5.5
Girls Demand Excitement
Girls Demand Excitement
0
Forgotten Commandments
Forgotten Commandments
6
Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
0
Man Hunt
Man Hunt
0
Harmony at Home
Harmony at Home
0
Charlie Chan Carries On
Charlie Chan Carries On
6.5
The Final Hour
The Final Hour
6
Without Children
Without Children
0
Seven Faces
Seven Faces
0
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