Margaret Early
Actor · 1919 – 2000 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Margaret Early (December 25, 1919 – November 29, 2000) was an American film actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. She is best remembered for her endearing Southern charm. Her first screen role came in Stage Door (1937) opposite Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and Adolphe Menjou. Her next role came at Warner Bros. Studios playing Spring Byington's daughter in Jezebel (1938) opposite the likes of George Brent, Bette Davis, and Fay Bainter. She later became a freelance actress and found herself working in various roles at such studios as RKO, Warner Bros., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her other screen roles include parts in Judge Hardy and Son (1939), Strike Up The Band (1940), Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941), and Stage Door Canteen (1943). She made her last screen appearance in Cinderella Jones (1946). She spent the remainder of her days living in Laguna Beach, California being active in the Baptist church and the Republican party. She was good friends with Cheryl Walker, Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Laraine Day, Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, Joel McCrea, and Dennis Morgan.
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Movie7.0DramaRomanceIn 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Jezebel
1938 · 225 votes
Movie7.1ComedyDramaA spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
Stage Door
1937 · 143 votes
Movie6.6ComedyMusicJimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
Strike Up the Band
1940 · 27 votes
Movie6.6ComedyA family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
The Young in Heart
1938 · 32 votes
Movie5.5DramaWarChronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier.
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942 · 17 votes
Movie6.3ComedyRomanceA young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · 20 votes
Movie5.7ComedyRomanceAll set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 · 9 votes
Movie10.0MusicComedyUndeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the posterior. So swell-headed does Potter become that he can never admit to himself that his blocking-back teammate Larry Royal is equally responsible for Bob's success. To teach his pal a lesson, Larry feigns an injury and pulls out of the Big Game, forcing Bob to have a go at it alone.
Swing That Cheer
1938 · 1 votes
Movie5.9ComedyJudge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
Judge Hardy and Son
1939 · 8 votes
Movie3.8MusicComedyJudy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
Cinderella Jones
1946 · 5 votes
Movie6.5DramaAn out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
Forty Little Mothers
1940 · 6 votes