Skip to main content
Marcia Mae Jones

Marcia Mae Jones

Actor · 1924 – 2007 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Marcia Mae Jones was born on August 1, 1924, to an acting family. Her mother, Freda Jones, was an actress, and all three of her siblings - Margaret Jones, Macon Jones, and Marvin Jones - were child actors. But Marcia Mae had the most successful career, and she was the only one of her siblings to become a child star. She made her acting debut when just six months old, when director James Cruze saw her in her baby carriage and immediately cast her as the baby in his film Mannequin (1926). Her first major role was in Night Nurse (1931), in which she played a sick child that a sinister hospital staff was trying to murder. By age 10, Marcia Mae had appeared in several dramatic films. In 1936, she played a terrified victim of school bullying in These Three (1936), a role that brought her much attention. In 1937, she played the crippled Klara in Heidi (1937). The film starred two other child actors, Delmar Watson and Shirley Temple. Despite a four-year age difference, Marcia Mae and Shirley acted well with each other, and they appeared together again in The Little Princess (1939). Besides Shirley Temple and Delmar Watson, Marcia Mae worked with several other child stars of the 1930s, including Jane Withers, Bonita Granville, Jackie Moran, Sybil Jason, and her favorite, Jackie Cooper. Marcia Mae's film career began to slow down in the early 1950s, after which she largely appeared in television roles. Her adult life was marred by the suicide of her second husband, Bill Davenport, and problems with alcohol. She eventually conquered her alcohol dependency and became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Marcia Mae Jones died on 2 September 2007 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Movies24

  • Movie7.0

    The Way We Were

    1973 · 530 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Little Princess

    1939 · 129 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Life of Emile Zola

    1937 · 160 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Heidi

    1937 · 124 votes

  • Movie5.5
  • Movie6.3

    King of Jazz

    1930 · 39 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie6.4

    Nice Girl?

    1941 · 5 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Imitation of Life

    1934 · 88 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Night Nurse

    1931 · 91 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Nine Girls

    1944 · 4 votes

  • Movie7.1

    These Three

    1936 · 47 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Hi-Jacked

    1950 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.0

    The Flying Irishman

    1939 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Street Scene

    1931 · 44 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Champ

    1931 · 65 votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie7.5

    A Dog of Flanders

    1935 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Star

    1952 · 48 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie8.5

    The Buster Keaton Show

    Life with Buster Keaton

    1951 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.4

    The Gang's All Here

    1941 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Anne of Windy Poplars

    1940 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.8

    What Price Hollywood?

    1932 · 40 votes

Series9

  • TV6.6

    My Three Sons

    1960 · 41 votes

  • TV6.7

    Simon & Simon

    1981 · 99 votes

  • TV6.7

    Cannon

    1971 · 41 votes

  • TV7.1

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    1964 · 35 votes

  • TV7.1
  • TV6.7

    Family Affair

    1966 · 43 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mister Ed

    1961 · 57 votes

  • TV5.3
  • TV6.5

    Racket Squad

    1951 · 4 votes