Marcia Mae Jones
Acting
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.
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
Sarah
The Way We Were
Peggy Vanderbilt
A Great American Tragedy
Claire
Live a Little, Love a Little
Woman #1 (uncredited)
Meet the Family
Candy
The Star
Waitress (uncredited)
The Yellow Haired Kid
Amy
Chicago Calling
Peggy (as Marsha Jones)
Life with Buster Keaton
Hi-Jacked
Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Katie O'Grady
Arson, Inc.
Betty - Fender's Secretary
Tucson
Polly Johnson
Trouble Preferred
Virginia Evans
Street Corner
Lois Marsh
The Fabulous Fraud
Blind Girl
Snafu
Martha
Lady in the Death House
Suzy Kirk Logan
Nine Girls
Shirley Berke
Top Man
Erna Lane
Nobody's Darling
Lois
The Youngest Profession
Vera Bailey
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright]
Let's Go Collegiate
Bess Martin
The Gang's All Here
Patsy Wallace
Nice Girl?
Jane's Friend at Benefit
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Betty Elliott
Haunted House
Millie Henshaw
Anne of Windy Poplars
Jen Pringle
Tomboy
Pat Kelly
Meet Dr. Christian
Marilee
First Love
Marcia Parker
The Flying Irishman
Teenager
The Little Princess
Lavinia
Barefoot Boy
Pige Blaine
Mad About Music
Olga
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mary Sawyer
Lady Behave!
Patricia Cormack
Heidi
Klara Sesemann
The Life of Emile Zola
Helen Richards
Mountain Justice
Bethie Harkins
Two Wise Maids
Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns
These Three
Rosalie Wells
This Is the Life
Child
A Dog of Flanders
Little Girl at Party (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
Ruth
Mush and Milk
Employees' Entrance
Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
Birthday Blues
Girl with Whistle
What Price Hollywood?
Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
The Champ
Mary Lou Carleton
Street Scene
Night Nurse
Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)
King of Jazz
Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)
The Bishop Murder Case
Hungry Child in Park (uncredited)
Mannequin
Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)