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| birth_date = 13 September 1912 |
| birth_date = 13 September 1912 |
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| birth_place = [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|05|04|1912|09|13|df=y}} |
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| death_place = [[London]] |
| death_place = [[London]], England |
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| occupation = [[Film actress]] <br> [[Stage actress]] |
| occupation = [[Film actress]] <br> [[Stage actress]] |
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| yearsactive = 1933-1938. |
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'''Aileen Marson''' ( |
'''Aileen Marson''' (13 September 1912 – 4 May 1939) was a British stage and [[film actress]].<ref>{{cite web |author=British Film Institute |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fa45af5 |title=Aileen Marson | BFI | British Film Institute |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009162538/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fa45af5 |archive-date=9 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br><br> Born in Egypt where her father was a consular official with the diplomatic service, she travelled extensively due to her father's job (including a stay in Bucharest) and spoke five languages including Arabic. <br><br>She came to England with her family when she was 13. Winning a scholarship to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], she appeared in regional and West End plays, (including mounting her own productions), and also starred in a number of leading roles in British films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/aileen-marson-p45849|title=Aileen Marson - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref> <br><br>She toured South Africa with [[Seymour Hicks]] where she met her husband, Jack Scott, a Johannesburg businessman, who she married in 1937. She died at the age of 26 in a London nursing home less than a day after giving birth to twins - a boy and a girl. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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Born | 13 September 1912 |
Died | 4 May 1939 London, England | (aged 26)
Occupation(s) | Film actress Stage actress |
Years active | 1933-1938. |
Aileen Marson (13 September 1912 – 4 May 1939) was a British stage and film actress.[1]
Born in Egypt where her father was a consular official with the diplomatic service, she travelled extensively due to her father's job (including a stay in Bucharest) and spoke five languages including Arabic.
She came to England with her family when she was 13. Winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she appeared in regional and West End plays, (including mounting her own productions), and also starred in a number of leading roles in British films.[2]
She toured South Africa with Seymour Hicks where she met her husband, Jack Scott, a Johannesburg businessman, who she married in 1937. She died at the age of 26 in a London nursing home less than a day after giving birth to twins - a boy and a girl.
Filmography
- The Green Pack (1934)
- Road House (1934)
- Lucky Loser (1934)
- Passing Shadows (1934)
- My Song for You (1934)
- The Way of Youth (1934)
- Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
- Honeymoon for Three (1935)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- The Black Mask (1935)
- Living Dangerously (1936)
- Someone at the Door (1936)
- The Limping Man (1936)
- The Tenth Man (1936)
- The Green Cockatoo (1937)
- Spring Handicap (1937)
References
- ^ British Film Institute. "Aileen Marson | BFI | British Film Institute". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Aileen Marson - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
Bibliography
- Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.
- Sutton, David R. A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
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