Margot Grahame was born on February 20, 1911 in Canterbury, Kent, England as Margaret Clark. She was an actress, known for The Informer (1935), The Crimson Pirate (1952) and Night Waitress (1936). She was married to Augustus Dudley Peters, Allan McMartin and Francis Lister. She died on January 1, 1982 in London, England.
Spent her childhood in South Africa where she was educated at Ladies College Durban. She first appeared on stage there in 1926 with a touring company under Dennis Neilson-Terry and accompanied them to London the following year. She made her film debut in 1929.
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Reared and stage-trained in South Africa, this statuesque blonde appeared in several UK films of the early 1930s before going to Hollywood, where she performed in a number of films of the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
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Married three times, she had no children.
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The highest-paid actress in England during the 1930s, she suffered from camera fright.
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She developed a drinking problem in the early 1970s following the death of her third husband and became a recluse.
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Britain's answer to Jean Harlow was dubbed the "Aluminum Blonde" during her peak; however, she turned into a redhead when she returned to films in the post-war years.
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Perhaps best remembered as the prostitute inamorata of Gypo Nolan (in that AA-winning performance by Victor McLaglen) in John Ford's The Informer (1935).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
ITV Television Playhouse
1959
TV Series
Hattie
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1958
TV Series
Verna Martin
Whack-O!
1957
TV Series
The Marchioness
King's Rhapsody
1957
TV Movie
Marta Karillos
Saint Joan
1957
Duchesse de la Tremouille
Rheingold Theatre
1956
TV Series
Lady Markham
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1956
TV Series
Belle Elmore
Orders Are Orders
1955
Wanda Sinclair
The Beggar's Opera
1953
The Actress
The Assassin
1952
Rosa Melitus
The Crimson Pirate
1952
Bianca
Eight to a Bar
1952
TV Series
Lisa Hillmann
The Inch Man
1951
TV Series
Dixie McCabe
Lucky Nick Cain
1951
Mrs. Langley
Naughty Arlette
1949
Helen Dickson
Black Magic
1949
Mme. du Barry
Broken Journey
1948
Joanna Dane
Forever Amber
1947
Bess (scenes deleted)
The Fabulous Joe
1947
Emily Terkel
The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival
1947
Emily Terkle, in 'Fabulous Joe'
The Buccaneer
1938
Annette de Remy
Fight for Your Lady
1937
Marcia Trent
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
Short
Margot Grahame
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
Zangarra
Criminal Lawyer
1937
Madge Carter
Night Waitress
1936
Helen Roberts
Make Way for a Lady
1936
Valerie Broughton
Crime Over London
1936
Pearl - Gang-Moll
Counterfeit
1936
Aimee Maxwell
Two in the Dark
1936
Marie Smith
The Three Musketeers
1935
Milady de Winter
The Arizonian
1935
Kitty Rivers
The Informer
1935
Katie Madden
Trouble Ahead
1934
June Desmond
Easy Money
1934
Vagabond Violinist
1934
Simone St. Cloud
Without You
1934
Margot Gilbey
House of Dreams
1933
Sorrell and Son
1933
Mrs. Dora Sorrell
I Adore You
1933
Margot Grahame
Prince of Arcadia
1933
Mirana
Yes, Mr. Brown
1933
Clary Baumann
Timbuctoo
1933
Elizabeth
Forging Ahead
1933
Crystal Grey
Illegal
1932
Dorothy Turner
A Letter of Warning
1932
Short
Cynthia Latham
Why Saps Leave Home
1932
Lil
Postal Orders
1932
Short
Stamboul
1931
Countess Elsa Talven
The Limping Man
1931
Gloria Paget
The Rosary
1931
Mary Edwards
Glamour
1931
Lady Betty Enfield
Uneasy Virtue
1931
Stella Tolhurst
The Love Habit
1931
Julie Bubois
Compromised
1930
Muriel
One Embarrassing Night
1930
Clara Popkiss
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Arizonian
1935
performer: "Roll Along Covered Wagon" 1934, "Love's Old Sweet Song Just a Song at Twilight" 1884 - uncredited
Illegal
1932
performer: "Can't We Talk It Over", "A Million Tomorrows", "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" - uncredited