Margaret Roach

Margaret Mae Roach (March 15, 1921 – November 22, 1964) was an American actress active in the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography She was born on March 15, 1921, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Hal Roach and Marguerite Nichols, and her brother was Hal Roach Jr.

Roach gained early acting experience with a stock theater company headed by Ben Bard. She also sang in a night club and worked for two years as an extra in films before she obtained bigger roles.

Roach was married to the actor Robert Livingston, from 1947 to 1951, and they had one son, actor and writer Addison Randall (b. 1949).

Roach died November 1964 in Washoe County, Nevada from cirrhosis of the liver caused by chronic alcoholism.

Filmography All Women Have Secrets (1939), as Betty Fast and Furious (1939), as Emmy Lou Riders from Nowhere (1940) as Marian Adams Turnabout (1940) as Dixie Gale Niagara Falls (1941) as Honeymooner Road Show (1941) A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) Test Tube Babies (1948)