Marguerite Churchill
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1910, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- January 9, 2000
- Movies
- 27
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Marguerite Churchill (December 26, 1910 – January 9, 2000) was an American film actress appearing in more than 25 films with a career spanning from 1929 to 1952. She is best known today as John Wayne's first leading lady, in The Big Trail (1930).
She was the daughter of a producer who owned a chain of theaters, but he died when she was ten years old. She was educated in New York City at the Professional Children's School and the Theatre Guild Dramatic School. She appeared on stage and was applauded on Broadway as a leading lady when just sixteen years old. An official of the Fox Company saw her acting and gave her a contract which shortly afterwards led her to debut on screen in The Diplomats.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | The Only Girl in the Orchestra | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Bunco Squad | Barbara Madison |
| 1936 | Legion of Terror | Nancy Foster |
| 1936 | Alibi for Murder | Lois Allen |
| 1936 | The Final Hour | Flo Russell |
| 1936 | Murder by an Aristocrat | Sally Keating |
| 1936 | Dracula's Daughter | Janet |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | Nancy |
| 1936 | Man Hunt | Jane Carpenter |
| 1935 | Speed Devils | Pat Corey |
| 1935 | Without Children | Sue Cole |
| 1933 | Girl Without a Room | Kay Loring |
| 1932 | Forgotten Commandments | Marya Ossipoff |
| 1931 | Ambassador Bill | Queen Vanya |
| 1931 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Jane Withersteen |
| 1931 | Quick Millions | Dorothy Stone |
| 1931 | Charlie Chan Carries On | Pamela Potter |
| 1931 | Girls Demand Excitement | Miriam |
| 1930 | The Big Trail | Ruth Cameron |
| 1930 | Good Intentions | Helen Rankin |
| 1930 | Born Reckless | Rosa Beretti |
| 1930 | Harmony at Home | Louise Haller |
| 1929 | Seven Faces | Hélène Berthelot |
| 1929 | They Had to See Paris | Opal Peters |
| 1929 | Pleasure Crazed | Nora Westby |
| 1929 | The Valiant | Mary Douglas |
| 1929 | Furnace Trouble |
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