Margaret Mae Roach[citation needed] (March 15, 1921 – November 22, 1964) was an American actress active in the 1930s and 1940s.
Margaret Roach | |
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.jpg) Roach in Road Show (1941) | |
| Born | Margaret Mae Roach March 15, 1921 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 22, 1964 (aged 43) Washoe County, Nevada, U.S. |
| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery (East Los Angeles, California) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1939–1948 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Hal Roach Jr. (brother) |
Biography
editShe was born on March 15, 1921, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Hal Roach and Marguerite Nichols, and her brother was Hal Roach Jr.[1]
Roach gained early acting experience with a stock theater company headed by Ben Bard. She also sang in a night club and worked for two years as an extra in films for two years before she obtained bigger roles.[2]
Roach was married to the actor Robert Livingston, from 1947 to 1951, and they had one son, actor and writer Addison Randall (b. 1949).[3]
Roach died November 1964 in Washoe County, Nevada from cirrhosis of the liver caused by chronic alcoholism.[1] She was buried in Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California.[4]
Filmography
edit- All Women Have Secrets (1939), as Betty
- Fast and Furious (1939), as Emmy Lou
- Riders from Nowhere (1940) as Marian Adams
- Turnabout (1940) as Dixie Gale
- Niagara Falls (1941) as Honeymooner
- Road Show (1941)
- A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
- Test Tube Babies (1948)
References
edit- ^ a b "Margaret Roach ~ Hal Roach's Talented Daughter". classicactresses.org. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Paul (August 15, 1940). "Blond Margaret Roach Learns To Succeed Tho' Boss's Child". The Central New Jersey Home News. p. 21. Retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Robert Livingston, 83; 1930s Cowboy Film Hero". LA Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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