Margery Wilson was born on October 31, 1896 in Gracey, Kentucky, USA as Sarah Barker Strayer. She was an actress and director, known for Insinuation (1922), The Offenders (1922) and Old Love for New (1918). She was married to Otto Meeks. She died on January 21, 1986 in Arcadia, California, USA.
In Hollywood from 1914, under contract to D.W. Griffith at Majestic-Realart. By 1920 she was writing, producing and directing her own films.
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Wilson left film production when she married Otto Meeks, the owner of a ranching empire. She later became a writer of self-help and motivational books.
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When her film career ended her husband didn't want her to work anymore, she she began writing books, mostly inspirational and motivational.
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Married three times.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Charcoal-Burner's Son
1939
TV Movie as Marjorie Wilson
The Offenders
1922
Insinuation
1922
Mary Wright
Why Not Marry?
1922
Two of a Kind
1920
Short
The House of Whispers
1920
Clara Bradford (as Marjorie Wilson)
That Something
1920
Dorah Holmes
The Blooming Angel
1920
Carlotta
Desert Gold
1919/I
Mercedes Castenada
Crooked Straight
1919
Vera Owen
Venus in the East
1919
Martha
Marked Cards
1918
Ellen Shannon
Old Love for New
1918
Gwendolyn Alcot
The Hand at the Window
1918
Laura Bowers
The Law of the Great Northwest
1918
Marie Monest
The Hard Rock Breed
1918
Shiela Dolan
The Flames of Chance
1918
Jeanette Gontreau
Without Honor
1918
Jeanie McGregor
Wild Sumac
1917
Wild Sumac
Mountain Dew
1917
Roxie Bradley
The Mother Instinct
1917
Marie Coutierre
The Clodhopper
1917
Mary Martin
Wolf Lowry
1917
Mary Davis
The Desert Man
1917
Jennie
The Last of the Ingrams
1917
Mercy Reed
The Gun Fighter
1917
Norma Wright
The Bride of Hate
1917
Mercedes Mendoza
The Sin Ye Do
1916
Alice Ward
The Honorable Algy
1916
Patricia
A Corner in Colleens
1916
Rose
The Return of Draw Egan
1916
Myrtle Buckton (as Marguery Wilson)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Brown Eyes
Eye of the Night
1916
Jane (as Marjory Wilson)
The Primal Lure
1916
Lois Le Moyne
The Bankhurst Mystery
1915
Short
Mrs. Philip Hanson (as Margie Wilson)
The Opal Pin
1915
Short
Mrs. Phillip Hanson (as Margie Wilson)
Double Trouble
1915
Elizabeth Waldron
The Stab
1915
Short
Pauline (as Margie Wilson)
Bred in the Bone
1915
Short
The Manager's Wife, Mercy's Mother (as Margie Wilson)
A Dark Horse
1915
Short
Marion Haverly - Will's Wife (as Margie Wilson)
The Fatal Hour
1915
Short
Helen (as Margie Wilson)
The Way of a Mother
1915
Short as Margie Wilson
A Woman of Nerve
1915
Short
Kate (as Margie Wilson)
The Showdown
1915
Short
Annie Breen (as Margie Wilson)
Unwinding It
1915
Short
Margy (as Margie Wilson)
The Ten O'Clock Boat
1915
Short
Ruth (as Margie Wilson)
The Man of It
1915
Short
Mary - the Younger Sister (as Margie Wilson)
The Deadly Focus
1915
Short
The Maid (as Miss Wilson)
Flooey and Axel
1915
Short
Margie (as Margie Wilson)
For the Honor of Bettina
1915
Short
Marina (as Margie Wilson)
The Lucky Transfer
1915
Short
The little girl
Jane Eyre
1914/I
Short
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Offenders
1922
Insinuation
1922
Two of a Kind
1920
Short
That Something
1920
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Insinuation
1922
screenplay / story
Two of a Kind
1920
Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Offenders
1922
producer
Insinuation
1922
producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
Documentary
Herself
Known for movies
Insinuation (1922) as Mary Wright
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as Brown Eyes
$850,000
