About Marguerite Snow
Lived 1889 – 1958 (aged 68). Marguerite Snow was an American stage actor and film actor.
Marguerite Snow (September 9, 1889 – February 17, 1958) Her father, Billy Snow, was a comedian and a minstrel, and the family lived in Savannah, Georgia. Her mother's maiden name was Lutz. After his death, her mother moved the family to Denver, Colorado. Snow attended Loretta Heights Academy and acted in local summer stock plays. While she lived in Denver, she studied acting.
Career Snow became an actress at an early age and played many parts while still a child. Her stage career did not begin in earnest until she was sixteen years old. Her first engagement was with James O'Neill in a revival of The Count of Monte Cristo,
Beginning in 1911, Snow gained prominence in silent films made by the Kinemacolor Company, the Thanhouser Film Company in New Rochelle, New York, and the old Metro Pictures studio before it became MGM. In 1911 she starred in films such as The Moth and The Buddhist Priestess. Some of her later feature pictures are Baseball and Bloomers (1911), A Niagara Honeymoon (1912), The Caged Bird (1913), The Silent Voice (1915), A Corner in Cotton (1916), Broadway Jones (1917), The Veiled Woman (1922), and Kit Carson Over The Great Divide (1925). In Broadway Jones Snow played a pretty stenographer at the Jones' gun factory as the movie's leading lady. This was the first Artcraft photoplay of George M. Cohan. She never made a movie after the introduction of sound to films.
Marriages Snow was married twice. Her first wedding was in January 1913 to Jens Bosen, a director, whose professional name was James Cruze. The Edwards' residence was at 1930 Stewart Street, Santa Monica, California. Funeral arrangements were carried out by Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Partial filmography
A Doll's House (1911; short film) The Romance of Lonely Island (1911) Back to Nature (1911) Count Ivan and the Waitress (1911) Young Lochinvar (1911) Tempter and Dan Cupid (1911) The Missing Heir (1911) Honeymooners (1911) Five Rose Sisters (1911) Burglar and Bride (1911) The Tomboy (1911) She (1911) The Lady from the Sea (1911) Baseball and Bloomers (1911) The Old Curiosity Shop (1911) The Railroad Builder (1911) The Buddhist Priestess (1911) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) A Six Cylinder Elopement (1912) The Woman in White (1912) Put Yourself in His Place (1912) The Little Girl Next Door (1912) For Her Boy's Sake (1913) The Caged Bird (1913) The Million Dollar Mystery (1914) The Patriot and the Spy (1915) His Guardian Auto (1915) The Second in Command (1915) The Silent Voice (1915) A Corner in Cotton (1916) Notorious Gallagher (1916) Broadway Jones (1917) The Hunting of the Hawk (1917) The Eagle's Eye (1918) The Woman in Room 13 (1920) Felix O'Day (1920) Lavender and Old Lace (1921) The Veiled Woman (1922) Chalk Marks (1924) With Kit Carson Over the Great Divide (1925) Savages of the Sea (1925)
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Who was Marguerite Snow?
American actress (1889-1958)
When was Marguerite Snow born?
Marguerite Snow was born on 9 September 1889 in Salt Lake City.
When did Marguerite Snow die?
Marguerite Snow died on 17 February 1958 in Woodland Hills.
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Marguerite Snow was a stage actor and film actor.
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Marguerite Snow was American.
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