Madge Bellamy
About
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Also Known As
Margaret Philpott
Birth Place
Hillsboro, Texas, USA
Born
June 30, 1899
Died
January 24, 1990
Cause of Death
Heart Failure
Biography
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Delicately pretty, charming American silent-screen heroine, popular in the 1920s in mostly light fare. Bellamy's most important film is arguably the landmark John Ford Western, "The Iron Horse" (1924). She continued on into the early days of the sound period (probably her best-remembered feature from this period is the 1932 haunting low-budget horror film "White Zombie") but her status q...
Filmography
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Northwest Trail
(1945)
Mrs. Yaeger
Crack-Up
(1937)
Secretary
Champagne Charlie
(1936)
Girl in cab
The Great Hotel Murder
(1935)
Tessie
The Daring Young Man
(1935)
Sally
Metropolitan
(1935)
Girl in negligee
Family & Companions
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Logan Metcalf
Husband
Bonds broker. Married in 1928 in Tijuana, Mexico for a total of four days.
Bibliography
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"Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen"
William Drew, Vestal Press (1989)
"Darling of the Twenties"
Madge Bellamy
Biography
Delicately pretty, charming American silent-screen heroine, popular in the 1920s in mostly light fare. Bellamy's most important film is arguably the landmark John Ford Western, "The Iron Horse" (1924). She continued on into the early days of the sound period (probably her best-remembered feature from this period is the 1932 haunting low-budget horror film "White Zombie") but her status quickly waned.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Northwest Trail
(1945)
Mrs. Yaeger
Crack-Up
(1937)
Secretary
Champagne Charlie
(1936)
Girl in cab
The Great Hotel Murder
(1935)
Tessie
The Daring Young Man
(1935)
Sally
Metropolitan
(1935)
Girl in negligee
Charlie Chan in London
(1934)
Mrs. Fothergill
Gigolettes of Paris
(1933)
Suzanne Ricord
Riot Squad
(1933)
Lil Daley
Gordon of Ghost City
(1933)
White Zombie
(1932)
Madeline Short
Tonight at Twelve
(1929)
Jane Eldredge
Fugitives
(1929)
Alice Carroll
Soft Living
(1928)
Nancy Woods
Mother Knows Best
(1928)
Sally Quail
The Play Girl
(1928)
Madge Norton [Logan?]
Very Confidential
(1927)
Madge Murphy
The Telephone Girl
(1927)
Kitty O'Brien
Ankles Preferred
(1927)
Nora
Colleen
(1927)
Sheila Kelly
Silk Legs
(1927)
Ruth Stevens
The Dixie Merchant
(1926)
Aida Fippany
Black Paradise
(1926)
Sylvia Douglas
Sandy
(1926)
Sandy McNeil
Summer Bachelors
(1926)
Derry Thomas
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
(1926)
Bertha Sloan
Wings of Youth
(1925)
Madelyne Manners/Angela Du Bois
The Parasite
(1925)
Joan Laird
Lightnin'
(1925)
Millie
The Iron Horse
(1925)
Miriam Marsh
Secrets of the Night
(1925)
Anne Maynard
Thunder Mountain
(1925)
Azalea
The Reckless Sex
(1925)
Mary Hamilton
Havoc
(1925)
Tessie Dunton
Lazybones
(1925)
Kit
The Man in Blue
(1925)
Tita Sartori
A Fool and His Money
(1925)
Countess von Pless
The Dancers
(1925)
Una
The Golden Strain
(1925)
Dixie Denniston
Love's Whirlpool
(1924)
Nadine Milton
The Fire Patrol
(1924)
Molly Thatcher
No More Women
(1924)
Peggy Van Dyke
On the Stroke of Three
(1924)
Mary Jordon
The White Sin
(1924)
Hattie Lou Harkness
His Forgotten Wife
(1924)
Suzanne
Do It Now
(1924)
Love and Glory
(1924)
Gabrielle
Garrison's Finish
(1923)
Sue Desha
Soul of the Beast
(1923)
Ruth Lorrimore
Are You a Failure?
(1923)
Phyllis Thorpe
The Hottentot
(1922)
Peggy Fairfax
Lorna Doone
(1922)
Lorna Doone
Blind Hearts
(1921)
Julia Larson
Hail the Woman
(1921)
Nan Higgins
The Call of the North
(1921)
Virginia Albret
Passing Thru
(1921)
Mary Spivins
Love Never Dies
(1921)
Tilly Whaley
The Cup of Life
(1921)
Pain
The Riddle: Woman
(1920)
Marie Meyer
Life Events
1905
Stage acting debut at age five
1917
Ran away from home to pursue career as a dancer in NYC (date approximate)
1920
Film acting debut in "The Riddle Woman"
1922
Had leading role in "Lorna Doone"
1924
Appeared in what is considered one of her best features, "The Iron Horse", directed by John Ford
1925
Signed four-year contract with Fox
1928
Talking pictures debut, "Mother Knows Best"
1935
Last films included "The Great Hotel Murder" and "The Daring Young Man"
1945
Made one-shot return to films in "Northwest Trail"; her last screen appearance
Photo Collections
1 Photo
Gordon of Ghost City - Movie Poster
Here is the original poster for Universal Pictures' serial Gordon of Ghost City (1933), starring Buck Jones.
Videos
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Companions
Logan Metcalf
Husband
Bonds broker. Married in 1928 in Tijuana, Mexico for a total of four days.
Bibliography
"Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen"
William Drew, Vestal Press (1989)
"Darling of the Twenties"
Madge Bellamy
