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Lindsay began an acting career in London just as Hollywood producers developed a desire for foreign talent in the early 1930s. According to popular lore while sailing back to America, she practiced an English accent and then convinced movie producers she was from England. (2) Universal took an interest in the "British stage actress" and signed her on. She made her debut in "Okay, America!" (1932) and then worked in a few minor roles before taking full advantage of her "English tea rose" reputation with a small but noticeable part in the "all-British" grand-scale epic film "Cavalcade" (1933). (3) | Lindsay began an acting career in London just as Hollywood producers developed a desire for foreign talent in the early 1930s. According to popular lore while sailing back to America, she practiced an English accent and then convinced movie producers she was from England. (2) Universal took an interest in the "British stage actress" and signed her on. She made her debut in "Okay, America!" (1932) and then worked in a few minor roles before taking full advantage of her "English tea rose" reputation with a small but noticeable part in the "all-British" grand-scale epic film "Cavalcade" (1933). (3) | ||
Warner Bros. picked up her option and | Warner Bros. picked up her option and she starred in three dozen films between 1933 and 1940 opposite such stars as Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., George Arliss and Humphrey Bogart. (4) "Americanized" as a lead and second lead, she was able to drop the British pretense and appeared opposite Cagney in "Lady Killer" (1933), "Devil Dogs of the Air" (1935), "Frisco Kid" (1935) and "'G' Men" (1935). The studio had her work in such films as "Fog Over Frisco" (1934) and "Bordertown" (1935). She supported Bette Davis in both her Oscar-winning "Best Actress" pictures -- "Dangerous" (1935) and "Jezebel" (1938). She also took on a Davis castoff role in "Garden of the Moon" (1938), a musical in which Margaret did not sing. (5) | ||
Margaret's longstanding problem was that she was either involved in minor pictures that would do nothing to advance her career or was handed secondary roles in "A" pictures in which she played the star's best friend, light romantic rival or socialite. | Margaret's longstanding problem was that she was either involved in minor pictures that would do nothing to advance her career or was handed secondary roles in "A" pictures in which she played the star's best friend, light romantic rival or socialite. | ||
Following one of her best roles as Hepzibah in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables" (1940), Margaret signed up with Columbia in the recurring "Ellery Queen" series (seven in all) as mystery writer Nikki Porter. Probably her best remembered role, this renewed popularity did not guarantee "A" pictures and she remained for the most part in second tier filming. After she quit the EQ movie series, Margaret Lindsay was again cast in a adaptation of a popular radio show "Crime Doctor" (1943), the first of a series. This venture did become a success, but Lindsay's contract came up for renewal and it was decided to drop her. ( | Following one of her best roles as Hepzibah in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables" (1940), Margaret signed up with Columbia in the recurring "Ellery Queen" series (seven in all) as mystery writer Nikki Porter. Probably her best remembered role, this renewed popularity did not guarantee "A" pictures and she remained for the most part in second tier filming. After she quit the EQ movie series, Margaret Lindsay was again cast in a adaptation of a popular radio show "Crime Doctor" (1943), the first of a series. This venture did become a success, but Lindsay's contract came up for renewal and it was decided to drop her. (6) One of her more atypical roles came as a man-baiting saloon girl in "The Vigilantes Return" (1947). In the 1940s, she played secondary ladylike roles behind Joan Bennett in "Scarlet Street" (1945), Lana Turner in "Cass Timberlane" (1947) and Barbara Stanwyck in "B.F.'s Daughter" (1948). Margaret also sought work on TV and on the stage in the next decade. Her final film was in typically pleasant mode as Nurse Colman in "Tammy and the Doctor" (1963). Lindsay played a nurse in love with doctor Macdonald Carey. On television she appeared as Elly in "The Chadwick Family", an unsuccessful 1974 TV pilot with Fred MacMurray. (7) | ||
Film History ( | Film History (8) | ||
Tammy and the Doctor (29-May-1963) | Tammy and the Doctor (29-May-1963) | ||
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Margaret Lindsay. | 1. "Margaret Lindsay," http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512267/bio | ||
Margaret Lindsay. | 2. "List of Probable Suspects: Margaret Lindsay," EQ, http://queen.spaceports.com/List%20of%20Suspects_5_Lindsay.html | ||
3. Seiffert, Deb, "Margaret Lindsay" from the book They Came From Dubuque by John Tigges, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1983, p. 80 | |||
4. "List of Probably Suspects--Margaret Lindsay," Online: http://queen.spaceports.com/List%20of%20Suspects_5_Lindsay.html | |||
5. "Margaret Lindsay." | |||
6. EQ | |||
7. Ibid. | |||
8. Margaret Lindsay, http://www.nndb.com/people/122/000132723/ | |||
[[Category: Actor/Actress]] | [[Category: Actor/Actress]] | ||
Revision as of 03:41, 17 December 2013
LINDSAY, Margaret. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 19, 1910-Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 1981). Lindsay, daughter of pharmacist John Kies and his wife Bertha, is remembered as the Iowa girl who fooled Hollywood producers.
A graduate of ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION (THE), Lindsay was enrolled by her father in National Park Seminary in Washington, DC. Interested in acting, she subsequently attended New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Unable to find work in New York, she traveled to England for further speech and acting study. Here she made her professional stage debut and gained experience and confidence in such plays as "Escape," "By Candlelight," and "Death Takes a Holiday". (1)
Lindsay began an acting career in London just as Hollywood producers developed a desire for foreign talent in the early 1930s. According to popular lore while sailing back to America, she practiced an English accent and then convinced movie producers she was from England. (2) Universal took an interest in the "British stage actress" and signed her on. She made her debut in "Okay, America!" (1932) and then worked in a few minor roles before taking full advantage of her "English tea rose" reputation with a small but noticeable part in the "all-British" grand-scale epic film "Cavalcade" (1933). (3)
Warner Bros. picked up her option and she starred in three dozen films between 1933 and 1940 opposite such stars as Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., George Arliss and Humphrey Bogart. (4) "Americanized" as a lead and second lead, she was able to drop the British pretense and appeared opposite Cagney in "Lady Killer" (1933), "Devil Dogs of the Air" (1935), "Frisco Kid" (1935) and "'G' Men" (1935). The studio had her work in such films as "Fog Over Frisco" (1934) and "Bordertown" (1935). She supported Bette Davis in both her Oscar-winning "Best Actress" pictures -- "Dangerous" (1935) and "Jezebel" (1938). She also took on a Davis castoff role in "Garden of the Moon" (1938), a musical in which Margaret did not sing. (5)
Margaret's longstanding problem was that she was either involved in minor pictures that would do nothing to advance her career or was handed secondary roles in "A" pictures in which she played the star's best friend, light romantic rival or socialite.
Following one of her best roles as Hepzibah in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables" (1940), Margaret signed up with Columbia in the recurring "Ellery Queen" series (seven in all) as mystery writer Nikki Porter. Probably her best remembered role, this renewed popularity did not guarantee "A" pictures and she remained for the most part in second tier filming. After she quit the EQ movie series, Margaret Lindsay was again cast in a adaptation of a popular radio show "Crime Doctor" (1943), the first of a series. This venture did become a success, but Lindsay's contract came up for renewal and it was decided to drop her. (6) One of her more atypical roles came as a man-baiting saloon girl in "The Vigilantes Return" (1947). In the 1940s, she played secondary ladylike roles behind Joan Bennett in "Scarlet Street" (1945), Lana Turner in "Cass Timberlane" (1947) and Barbara Stanwyck in "B.F.'s Daughter" (1948). Margaret also sought work on TV and on the stage in the next decade. Her final film was in typically pleasant mode as Nurse Colman in "Tammy and the Doctor" (1963). Lindsay played a nurse in love with doctor Macdonald Carey. On television she appeared as Elly in "The Chadwick Family", an unsuccessful 1974 TV pilot with Fred MacMurray. (7)
Film History (8)
Tammy and the Doctor (29-May-1963)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (31-Mar-1960) · Mona James
Jet Over the Atlantic (4-Nov-1959)
The Restless Years (31-Oct-1958)
The Bottom of the Bottle (1-Feb-1956)
B.F.'s Daughter (24-Mar-1948) · Apples Sandler
Cass Timberlane (6-Nov-1947) · Chris Grau
Seven Keys to Baldpate (5-Jun-1947)
The Vigilantes Return (1-Jun-1947)
Scarlet Street (28-Dec-1945) · Millie
Club Havana (23-Nov-1945)
Adventures of Rusty (6-Sep-1945) · Ann Mitchell
Crime Doctor (22-Jun-1943) · Grace Fielding
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (30-Jul-1942)
The Spoilers (8-May-1942) · Helen Chester
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (18-Nov-1941)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (28-Nov-1940)
The House of the Seven Gables (29-Feb-1940) · Hepzibah Pyncheon
British Intelligence (29-Jan-1940)
Hell's Kitchen (3-Jul-1939)
Garden of the Moon (23-Sep-1938) · Toni Blake
Jezebel (10-Mar-1938) · Amy
Gold Is Where You Find It (12-Feb-1938) · Rosanne
Back in Circulation (25-Sep-1937)
Slim (24-Jun-1937) · Cally
Green Light (12-Feb-1937) · Frances Ogilvie
Isle of Fury (10-Oct-1936) · Lucille Gordon
Public Enemy's Wife (8-Jul-1936)
The Law in Her Hands (16-May-1936) · Mary Wentworth
Dangerous (25-Dec-1935)
Frisco Kid (30-Nov-1935)
G Men (18-Apr-1935) · Kay McCord
The Case of the Curious Bride (13-Apr-1935)
The Florentine Dagger (30-Mar-1935)
Devil Dogs of the Air (9-Feb-1935) · Betty Roberts
Bordertown (23-Jan-1935)
Fog Over Frisco (2-Jun-1934) · Val
Merry Wives of Reno (12-May-1934) · Madge
Lady Killer (28-Dec-1933) · Lois
The House on 56th Street (2-Dec-1933) · Eleanor
The World Changes (25-Nov-1933)
Captured! (17-Aug-1933)
Baby Face (1-Jul-1933) · Ann Carter
Private Detective 62 (10-Jun-1933)
Cavalcade (5-Jan-1933)
Once in a Lifetime (2-Oct-1932)
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Source:
1. "Margaret Lindsay," http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512267/bio
2. "List of Probable Suspects: Margaret Lindsay," EQ, http://queen.spaceports.com/List%20of%20Suspects_5_Lindsay.html
3. Seiffert, Deb, "Margaret Lindsay" from the book They Came From Dubuque by John Tigges, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1983, p. 80
4. "List of Probably Suspects--Margaret Lindsay," Online: http://queen.spaceports.com/List%20of%20Suspects_5_Lindsay.html
5. "Margaret Lindsay."
6. EQ
7. Ibid.
8. Margaret Lindsay, http://www.nndb.com/people/122/000132723/