Madge got her start in theater working with a stock company in Denver. Put under a personal contract by a Broadway producer, Madge got her big break when she replaced Helen Hayes in the Broadway play "Dear Brutus". Her success as a stage actress led to her being signed by Fox Pictures. After appearing in a number of movies in the early 20's, Madge...
January 24, 1990, Upland, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Hillsboro, Texas, USA
Height
5' 3" (1.6 m)
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Logan Metcalf (m. 1928–1928)
Star Sign
Cancer
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[at age 87] I've avoided all my life the romantic stuff which novels and movies are about. Never went in for that mush. Of course, I've missed what most people would call the ultimate human experience. But then, I've remained my own person, which at my age is a very satisfying state.
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Fact
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Profiled in "Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen" by William Drew, 1997.
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Her 1928 marriage to stockbroker Logan Metcalf lasted less than three days.
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At the height of her fame she lived in 'The Cedars', a replica of a Spanish castle.
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Was specially chosen by Fox as the star of their first-ever talkie, Mother Knows Best (1928)
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She rejected the lead role in The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929), which was later given to Norma Shearer and became one of Shearer's biggest early successes.
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Described herself as an atheist, a vegetarian, and a leftist.
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Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).
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