Marcia Mae Jones

Marcia Mae Jones
Born	Marcia Mae Jones August 1, 1924(1924-08-01) Los Angeles, California, USA
Died	September 2, 2007(2007-09-02) (aged 83) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1926-1983
Spouse	Bill Davenport (1955-1963) (divorced) Robert Chic (1943-1951) 2 Children

Marcia Mae Jones (August 1, 1924 – September 2, 2007) was an American actress whose prolific career spanned 47 years.

Biography

Career

Jones made her film debut at the age of two in the 1926 film Mannequin. She appeared in films such as King of Jazz (1930), Street Scene (1931), and Night Nurse (1931) before rising to child stardom in the 1930s with roles in The Champ (1931) and, alongside Shirley Temple in Heidi (1937) and The Little Princess (1939).^[1] She also starred in films such as The Garden of Allah (1936), These Three (1936), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938). 1940 film Anne of Windy Poplars.

Marcia Mae Jones blossomed into a wide-eyed, blonde, wholesome-looking teenager, and worked steadily in motion pictures through her late teens. She appeared in First Love (1939), in support of Deanna Durbin. In 1940 Monogram Pictures signed her to co-star with Jackie Moran in a few rustic romances; when this series lapsed, both Jones and Moran joined Monogram's popular action-comedy series starring Frankie Darro.

As a young adult she continued to work in motion pictures, notably in Nine Girls (1944) and Arson, Inc. (1948). Like many familiar faces of the 1940s, she appeared on numerous television programs. In 1951 she appeared as comic foil to Buster Keaton in Keaton's filmed TV series. She went on to work in such top-rated shows as The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Burns and Allen, Peyton Place, and General Hospital. Her last major role was in the Barbra Streisand film The Way We Were in 1973.^[2]

Personal life

Jones was born Los Angeles, California, the youngest of four children born to actress Freda Jones. All three of her siblings, Margaret, Macon, and Marvin Jones, were also child actors.

She married and divorced on two occasions and had two sons from her first husband, Robert Chic. She died in California, aged 83, from complications of pneumonia.

References

1. ^ "Former child star Jones dies, 83". BBC News. 2007-09-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6980224.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-07. 
2. ^ "Marcia Mae Jones: Prolific child actress of the 1930s". The Independent. 2007-09-07. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2938929.ece. Retrieved 2007-09-07. 

External links

Biography portal

• Marcia Mae Jones at the Internet Movie Database
• Marcia Mae Jones at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Jones, Marcia Mae
Alternative names	Jones, Marsha Mae
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	1924-08-1
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of death	2007-09-2 (pneumonia)
Place of death	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA