Actor
Marguerite Churchill
December 26, 1910 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Marguerite Churchill (December 26, 1910 – January 9, 2000) was an American film actress appearing in more than 25 films with a career spanning from 1929 to 1952. She is best known today as John Wayne's first leading lady, in The Big Trail (1930).
She was the daughter of a producer who owned a chain of theaters, but he died when she was ten years old. She was educated in New York City at the Professional Children's School and the Theatre Guild Dramatic School. She appeared on stage and was applauded on Broadway as a leading lady when just sixteen years old. An official of the Fox Company saw her acting and gave her a contract which shortly afterwards led her to debut on screen in The Diplomats.
Often works with
Ward Bond
4 titles together
The Big Trail, Born Reckless, Quick Millions
Ricardo Cortez
3 titles together
The Walking Dead, Bunco Squad, Man Hunt
Irving Pichel
2 titles together
Dracula's Daughter, Forgotten Commandments
John Wayne
2 titles together
The Big Trail, Born Reckless
Addison Richards
2 titles together
The Walking Dead, Man Hunt
Kenneth Harlan
2 titles together
The Walking Dead, Man Hunt
Full filmography · 27
Bunco Squad
as Barbara Madison
1950
Legion of Terror
as Nancy Foster
1936
Alibi for Murder
as Lois Allen
1936
The Final Hour
as Flo Russell
1936
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Sally Keating
1936
Dracula's Daughter
as Janet
19366
The Walking Dead
as Nancy
19366.3
Man Hunt
as Jane Carpenter
1936
Speed Devils
as Pat Corey
1935
Without Children
as Sue Cole
1935
Girl Without a Room
as Kay Loring
1933
Forgotten Commandments
as Marya Ossipoff
1932