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Marguerite Churchill

Marguerite Churchill

Actor

Born December 26, 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died January 9, 2000

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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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Filmography

Actor

30

Type

Year

Ensign Pulver Poster

Ensign Pulver Feature Film1964

Bunco Squad Poster

Bunco Squad Feature Film1950

Fireside Theatre Poster

Fireside Theatre TV Series1949

Alibi for Murder Poster

Alibi for Murder Feature Film1936

Dracula's Daughter Poster

Dracula's Daughter Feature Film1936

Legion of Terror Poster

Legion of Terror Feature Film1936

Man Hunt Poster

Man Hunt Feature Film1936

Murder by an Aristocrat Poster

Murder by an Aristocrat Feature Film1936

The Final Hour Poster

The Final Hour Feature Film1936

The Walking Dead Poster

The Walking Dead Feature Film1936

Speed Devils Poster

Speed Devils Feature Film1935

Without Children Poster

Without Children Feature Film1935

Girl Without a Room Poster

Girl Without a Room Feature Film1933

Forgotten Commandments Poster

Forgotten Commandments Feature Film1932

Ambassador Bill Poster

Ambassador Bill Feature Film1931

Charlie Chan Carries On Poster

Charlie Chan Carries On Feature Film1931

Girls Demand Excitement Poster

Girls Demand Excitement Feature Film1931

Quick Millions Poster

Quick Millions Feature Film1931

Riders of the Purple Sage Poster

Riders of the Purple Sage Feature Film1931

Born Reckless Poster

Born Reckless Feature Film1930

Good Intentions Poster

Good Intentions Feature Film1930

Harmony at Home Poster

Harmony at Home Feature Film1930

The Big Trail Poster

The Big Trail Feature Film1930

The Voice of Hollywood No. 4 Short Film1930

Furnace Trouble Short Film1929

Pleasure Crazed Poster

Pleasure Crazed Feature Film1929

Seven Faces Poster

Seven Faces Feature Film1929

The Diplomats Poster

The Diplomats Short Film1929

The Valiant Poster

The Valiant Feature Film1929

They Had to See Paris Poster

They Had to See Paris Feature Film1929

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