
Acting
Born August 1, 1924 · 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.
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
1974

The Way We Were
1973

A Great American Tragedy
1972

Live a Little, Love a Little
1968
Meet the Family
1954

The Star
1952

The Yellow Haired Kid
1952

Chicago Calling
1951

Life with Buster Keaton
1951

Hi-Jacked
1950

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950

Arson, Inc.
1949

Tucson
1949

Trouble Preferred
1948

Street Corner
1948

The Fabulous Fraud
1948

Snafu
1945

Lady in the Death House
1944

Nine Girls
1944

Top Man
1943

Nobody's Darling
1943

The Youngest Profession
1943

Secrets of a Co-Ed
1942

Let's Go Collegiate
1941

The Gang's All Here
1941

Nice Girl?
1941

The Old Swimmin' Hole
1940

Haunted House
1940

Anne of Windy Poplars
1940

Tomboy
1940

Meet Dr. Christian
1939

First Love
1939

The Flying Irishman
1939

The Little Princess
1939

Barefoot Boy
1938

Mad About Music
1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938

Lady Behave!
1937

Heidi
1937

The Life of Emile Zola
1937

Mountain Justice
1937

Two Wise Maids
1937

These Three
1936

This Is the Life
1935

A Dog of Flanders
1935

Imitation of Life
1934

Doctor Bull
1933

Mush and Milk
1933

Employees' Entrance
1933

Birthday Blues
1932

What Price Hollywood?
1932

The Champ
1931

Street Scene
1931

Night Nurse
1931

King of Jazz
1930

The Bishop Murder Case
1929

Mannequin
1926