lundi 27 octobre 2008

Madge Bellamy "Secret of Night" (1924) Herbert Blaché

Madge Bellamy in "Secrets of the Night" (1924) Herbert Blaché
12 novembre 1924 (USA) suite

James Kirkwood ... Robert Andrews
Madge Bellamy ... Anne Maynard


Madge Bellamy
Madge Bellamy was born in Hillsboro, Texas as Margaret Derden Philpott to William Bledsoe Philpott., an English professor, and Annie Margaret Derden (1880-1960). She was of Irish and English heritage. Her father was born in Texas in 1864, and he was also an 1884 graduate of Texas A&M University. Besides teaching English, he taught history and languages, and he also edited many scholarly works. Her parents were married on June 22, 1898 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, and little Margaret arrived one year later on June 30, 1899. Bellamy was raised in San Antonio, Texas until she was 6-years-old, and the family later moved to Brownwood, Texas where her father taught at the local college. When she was 10 years old, the Philpotts moved to Denver, Colorado. Bellamy caught the acting bug as a young girl, and she soon appeared in several plays as a youth.

She ran away to New York City at age 17, and she was soon working as an actor and dancer on Broadway. In 1918, she played the lead role in "Pollyanna" on Broadway and in the touring show. She also appeared in "Dear Brutus", "Dream Girl", and in "Peg O' My Heart on Broadway". In November 1920, she signed an exclusive contract with Thomas H. Ince's newly formed Triangle film company to appear in the film called "Passing Thru" which was released in the fall of 1921.

Career

Bellamy made her film debut in 1920. After 4 years with Famous Players her contract was picked up by Fox Film Corporation. Her best known films include Love Never Dies (1921), Lorna Doone (1922), and The Iron Horse (1924).

Bellamy was known as being occasionally impetuous. She made a successful transition to sound film in 1928 with the hit Mother Knows Best but after a dispute with Fox in 1929 she left the studio and could not find work again until 1932 when she began appearing in B movies.

She is perhaps best known today for the 1932 film White Zombie in which she starred opposite Bela Lugosi. She had a reputation of being difficult to work with, led a lavish life, attending all night parties and events on a regular basis. Her love life was just as wild, becoming involved with numerous men during the 1920s and 1930s.

Scandal and decline

In 1943 she shot her lover, Stanwood Murphy, which generated much publicity at the time and finished her career. At the time of the shooting she was quoted as saying, "I only winged him, which is what I meant to do. Believe me, I'm a crack shot".[1] She made her last screen appearance in 1945. She lived in poverty for much of her post-screen life and worked selling tools in a shop and was unsuccessful in her attempts at becoming a published novelist. In the 1980s, however, she sold her property during the California real estate boom and by her account made more money than she had during her years in films.

Death

Madge Bellamy died of heart failure in Upland, California. Her autobiography, A Darling of the Twenties which she had been planning since the 1970s, was published just months after her death.
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Date of Birth:
30 June 1899, Hillsboro, Texas, USA suite
Date of Death:
24 January 1990, Upland, California, USA suite

Was specially chosen by Fox as the star of their first-ever talkie,... suite
Awards:
1 win suite
Filmographie
Jump to filmography as: Actrice, Self, Archive Footage
Actrice

1. Northwest Trail (1945) .... Mrs. Yeager

2. Crack-Up (1936) (uncredited) .... Secretary
... autre titre : Sous le masque (France) [fr]
3. Under Your Spell (1936) .... Miss Stafford
4. Metropolitan (1935) (uncredited) .... Woman in Negligee
5. The Daring Young Man (1935) .... Sally
6. The Great Hotel Murder (1935) .... Tessie
7. Charlie Chan in London (1934) .... Becky Fothergill
8. Gigolettes of Paris (1933) .... Suzanne Ricord
... autre titre : Tarnished Youth (UK)
9. Gordon of Ghost City (1933) .... Mary Gray
10. Riot Squad (1933) .... Lil Daley
... autre titre : Police Patrol (USA: TV title)
11. White Zombie (1932) .... Madeleine Short Parker
... autre titre : Morts-vivants, Les (France) [fr]

12. Tonight at Twelve (1929) .... Jane Eldridge
13. Fugitives (1929) .... Alice Carroll
14. Mother Knows Best (1928) .... Sally Quail
15. The Play Girl (1928) .... Madge Norton
16. Soft Living (1928) .... Nancy Woods
17. Silk Legs (1927) .... Ruth Stevens
18. Very Confidential (1927) .... Madge Murphy
19. Colleen (1927) .... Sheila Kelly
20. The Telephone Girl (1927) .... Kitty O'Brien
21. Ankles Preferred (1927) .... Nora
22. Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926) .... Bertha Sloan
23. Summer Bachelors (1926) .... Derry Thomas
24. Black Paradise (1926) .... Sylvia Douglas
25. Sandy (1926) .... Sandy McNeil
26. The Dixie Merchant (1926) .... Aida Fippany
27. The Golden Strain (1925) .... Dixie Denniston
28. Lazybones (1925) .... Kit
29. Thunder Mountain (1925) .... Azalea
30. Havoc (1925) .... Tessie Dunton
31. Lightnin' (1925) .... Miss Millie Jones
32. The Man in Blue (1925) .... Teresa 'Tita' Sartori
33. Wings of Youth (1925) .... Madelyne Manners/Angela Du Bois
34. The Reckless Sex (1925) .... Mary Hamilton
35. The Parasite (1925) .... Joan Laird
36. The Dancers (1925) .... Una
37. A Fool and His Money (1925) .... Countess von Pless
38. On the Stroke of Three (1924) .... Mary Jordan
39. Secrets of the Night (1924) .... Anne Maynard
40. The Iron Horse (1924) .... Miriam Marsh
... autre titre : Cheval de fer, Le (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
41. The Fire Patrol (1924) .... Molly Thatcher
42. Love and Glory (1924) .... Gabrielle
43. His Forgotten Wife (1924) .... Suzanne
44. Love's Whirlpool (1924) .... Nadine Milton
45. The White Sin (1924) .... Hattie Lou Harkness
46. Do It Now (1924)
47. No More Women (1924) .... Peggy Van Dyke
48. Soul of the Beast (1923) .... Ruth Lorrimore
49. Are You a Failure? (1923) .... Phyllis Thorpe
50. Garrison's Finish (1923) .... Sue Desha
51. The Hottentot (1922) .... Peggy Fairfax
52. Lorna Doone (1922) .... Lorna Doone
... autre titre : Lorna Doone (France) [fr]
53. Hail the Woman (1921) .... Nan Higgins
54. The Call of the North (1921) .... Virginia Albret
... autre titre : The Conjuror's House (UK)
55. Love Never Dies (1921) .... Tilly Whaley
56. Blind Hearts (1921) .... Julia Larson
57. Passing Through (1921) .... Mary Spivins
... autre titre : Passin' Thru
... autre titre : Passing Thru
58. The Cup of Life (1921) .... Pain
59. The Riddle: Woman (1920) .... Marie Meyer