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| name = Aileen Marson
| name = Aileen Marson
| birth_date = 13 September 1912
| birth_date = 13 September 1912
| birth_place = [[Alexandria]] <br> [[Egypt]]
| birth_place = [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]]
| death_date = 4 May 1939
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|05|04|1912|09|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]] <br> [[United Kingdom]]
| death_place = [[London]], England
| othername =
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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''' (1912–1939) was a British [[film actress]].<ref>{{cite web|author=British Film Institute |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fa45af5 |title=Aileen Marson &#124; BFI &#124; British Film Institute |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-01-04}}</ref> During the 1930s Marson appeared in a number of British films in [[lead role|leading roles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/aileen-marson-p45849|title=Aileen Marson - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref>
'''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 &#124; BFI &#124; 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> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/aileen-marson-p45849|title=Aileen Marson - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref> 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==
==Filmography==
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* ''[[Honeymoon for Three (1935 film)|Honeymoon for Three]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Honeymoon for Three (1935 film)|Honeymoon for Three]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Royal Cavalcade]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Royal Cavalcade]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Black Mask (film)|The Black Mask]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Black Mask (1935 film)|The Black Mask]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Living Dangerously (film)|Living Dangerously]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Living Dangerously (film)|Living Dangerously]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Someone at the Door (1936 film)|Someone at the Door]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Someone at the Door (1936 film)|Someone at the Door]]'' (1936)
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[[Category:20th-century British actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century British actresses]]
[[Category:Deaths in childbirth]]
[[Category:British expatriates in Egypt]]




Latest revision as of 21:40, 25 February 2023

Aileen Marson
Picturegoer postcard
Born13 September 1912
Alexandria, Egypt
Died4 May 1939(1939-05-04) (aged 26)
London, England
Occupation(s)Film actress
Stage actress
Years active1933-1938.

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Aileen Marson - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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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