Marguerite Chapman was born on March 9, 1918 in Chatham, New York, USA. She was a great actress and she died at the age of 81.
Biography and Career :
She worked as a telephone switchboard operator in White Plains, New York but then luck came to her. She was discovered thanks to her beauty and started a modeling career. Marguerite Chapman had a contract with John Robert Powers Agency and because of her glory as a model she was remarked too by the 20th Century Fox film studios in Hollywood. She started a career as an actress and played in many movies.
The actress got married to J. Richard Bremerkamp, but finally they divorced. In 1948 she married with G. Bentley Ryan and after only 3 years of marriage they divorced in 1951. She died in on August 31, 1999 in Burbank, Californi
a, USA and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, in Culver City, California.
Trivia :
- Height: 170 cm
- She was discovered while working as a telephone operator in White Plains, New York in 1938.
- She has a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
- She was asked to try out for the role of the elder Rose Dawson Calvert in 'Titanic' (1997), but she was too ill and the role went to Gloria Stuart.
- She and actress Myrna Dell are credited for originating the idea of traveling autograph conventions.
Filmography :
- Police Story (1 episode, 1976)
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 episode, 1971)
- Laramie (1 episode, 1961)
- Perry Mason (1 episode, 1960)
- The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
- Rawhide (1 episode, 1959)
- Pursuit (1 episode, 1958)
- The Millionaire (1 episode, 1958)
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 episode, 1958)
- Studio One (1 episode, 1958)
- Climax! (4 episodes, 1955-1957)
- The Eve Arden Show (1 episode, 1957)
- Studio 57 (5 episodes, 1954-1957)
- The Ford Television Theatre (2 episodes, 1952-1957)
- Lux Video Theatre (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
- Strange Stories (1 episode, 1956)
- TV Reader's Digest (1 episode, 1956)
- Celebrity Playhouse (1 episode, 1956)
- Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1 episode, 1955)
- Science Fiction Theater (1 episode, 1955)
- The Seven Year Itch (1955)
- City Detective (2 episodes, 1953-1955)
- Four Star Playhouse (2 episodes, 1954)
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (4 episodes, 1953-1954)
- The Revlon Mirror Theater (1 episode, 1953)
- Your Play Time (1 episode, 1953)
- Hollywood Opening Night (1 episode, 1953)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 episode, 1953)
- Your Show of Shows (2 episodes, 1951-1953)
- Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
- Sea Tiger (1952)
- The Last Page (1952)
- Flight to Mars (1951)
- The Bigelow Theatre (1 episode, 1951)
- Kansas Raiders (1950)
- The Green Promise (1949)
- The Gallant Blade (1948)
- Coroner Creek (1948)
- Relentless (1948)
- Mr. District Attorney (1947)
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)
- One Way to Love (1946)
- Pardon My Past (1945)
- Counter-Attack (1945)
- Strange Affair (1944)
- My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)
- Destroyer (1943)
- Appointment in Berlin (1943)
- Murder in Times Square (1943)
- One Dangerous Night (1943)
- The Daring Young Man (1942)
- The Spirit of Stanford (1942)
- A Man's World (1942)
- Parachute Nurse (1942)
- Submarine Raider (1942)
- Meet the Stewarts (1942)
- Spy Smasher (1942)
- The Body Disappears (1941)
- You're in the Army Now (1941)
- Navy Blues (1941)
- The Great Lie (1941)
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
- West of the Rockies (1941)
- Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
- Four Sons (1940) (uncredited)
- On Their Own (1940).
Marguerite Chapman Image : charliechanfamily.tripod.com
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