Margia Dean

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Margia Dean (* 7. April 1922 in Chicago , Illinois as Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez ) is an American actress and film producer of Greek origin.

Life

Margia Dean was born Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez in Chicago in 1922. At a young age she moved with her family to San Francisco , where she started working as a stage actress from the age of seven. Among other things, she played the role of Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet , for which she won the Women's National Shakespeare Contest .

In addition to acting, Dean also worked as a model and participated in beauty pageants. In 1939 she was able to win the Miss San Francisco and Miss California titles. In 1944 Dean got her first film role in Casanova in Burlesque . Her first leading role followed in 1948 in Shep Come Home . In 1949 she was seen in the small role of a nurse in The Legacy of Monte Christo .

Margia Dean's best-known roles include Judith Carroon in the 1955 horror film Shock . In 1958 she played the female lead in the western Ambush at Cimarron Pass on the side of the then unknown Clint Eastwood in his first major role. In 1961, Dean starred as Mara Shepherd in the war film Escape from Hell . In 1964 she ended her acting career with a role in Moro Witch Doctor .

In addition to her acting career, Margia Dean also worked as a film producer, including in 1961 for the western The Long Rope and in 1964 for the horror comedy The Horror of It All . She also produced for television. Dean was married twice: from 1939 to the divorce in 1945 with Hal Fischer and since 1965 with Felipe Alvarez. After her film career, she worked as the vice president of a realtor, worked as a restorer and ran a fashion store.

Filmography (selection)

As an actress

  • 1944: Casanova in Burlesque
  • 1944: Call of the South Seas
  • 1944: Minstrel Man
  • 1947: Love at second sight (Living in a Big Way)
  • 1948: Shep Come Home
  • 1949: I shot Jesse James (I Shot Jesse James)
  • 1949: The Rimfire
  • 1949: Revenge in the Ring (Ringside)
  • 1949: Grand Canyon
  • 1949: The Heritage of Monte Cristo (Treasure of Monte Cristo)
  • 1949: Cowboy Gangster (Tough Assignment)
  • 1949: Hands up, Old Boy (Red Desert)
  • 1950: The Baron of Arizona (The Baron of Arizona)
  • 1950: Jack the Killer (Western Pacific Agent)
  • 1950: Gangsters of Chicago (Hi-Jacked)
  • 1950: The Return of Jesse James
  • 1950: Zorro's daughter (Bandit Queen)
  • 1951: FBI Girl
  • 1952: Hyenas of the Underworld (Loan Shark)
  • 1955: The Lonesome Trail
  • 1955: Shock (The Quatermass Xperiment)
  • 1955: The Sheriff of Lincoln-City (Last of the Desperados)
  • 1956: Women's Bungalow (The Revolt of Mamie Stover)
  • 1956: In the land of Zorros (Stagecoach to Fury)
  • 1958: King of the Bandits (Villa !!)
  • 1958: Ambush at Cimarron Pass
  • 1961: Escape from Hell (Seven Women from Hell)
  • 1961: The big attraction (The Big Show)
  • 1964: Moro Witch Doctor

As a producer

  • 1961: The Long Rope
  • 1964: The Horror of It All

literature

  • Robert Michael Cotter: The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography . McFarland, Jefferson 2014, ISBN 978-1-4766-0201-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Michael Cotter: The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography . McFarland, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4766-0201-1 , page 59.
personal data
SURNAME Dean, Margia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skliris-Alvarez, Marguerite Louise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois