Marcia Mae Jones

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	13.16
Birthday	1924-08-01
Place of Birth	Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As	Marsha Mae Jones, Marcia May Jones, Marsha Jones, Marcia Jones,

The Way We Were

The Little Princess

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

Chicago Calling

Mad About Music

First Love

The Old Swimmin' Hole

Barefoot Boy

Lady in the Death House

Arson, Inc.

These Three

Street Corner

Hi-Jacked

The Youngest Profession

Anne of Windy Poplars

Mush and Milk

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Fabulous Fraud

Tomboy

The Gang's All Here

Lady Behave!

A Great American Tragedy

Mountain Justice

Night Nurse

The Flying Irishman

Let's Go Collegiate

Haunted House

Heidi

The Bishop Murder Case

Meet Dr. Christian

A Dog of Flanders

King of Jazz

Employees' Entrance

This Is the Life

Secrets of a Co-Ed

Nobody's Darling

Tucson

Two Wise Maids

The Yellow Haired Kid

The Champ

The Star

Doctor Bull

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Birthday Blues

Nice Girl?

Nine Girls

Top Man

Imitation of Life

The Life of Emile Zola

Street Scene

Trouble Preferred

Live a Little, Love a Little

Mannequin

Snafu

Life with Buster Keaton

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling