Marguerite Leslie (born Marguerite Hedman, April 3, 1884 – 1958) was a Swedish-born English actress.
Marguerite Leslie | |
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 Marguerite Leslie, from a 1916 publication | |
| Born | Marguerite Hedman April 13, 1884 |
| Died | 1958 (aged 73–74) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Relatives | Martha Hedman (sister) |
Early life edit
Marguerite Hedman was born in Östersund, Jämtland County, Sweden, the daughter of Johan Hedman and Ingrid Kempe. Her sister Martha Hedman also worked as an actress,[1][2] and later as a writer. The sisters were educated in Sweden, Finland, and London.[3]
Career edit
Marguerite Hedman adopted the name "Marguerite Leslie" as an actress in London,[1] where she appeared in Nero (1906), The Beauty of Bath (1906-1907), My Darling (1907), Concerning a Countess (1907),[4] A Scotch Marriage (1907-1908), Penelope (1909),[5] Preserving Mr. Panmure (1911), The Marionettes (1911-1912), At the Barn (1912), and The Vision of Delight (1912).[6]
Her Broadway credits included The Virginian (1904), Penelope (1909-1910), The Secret (1913-1914), Outcast (1914-1915), and The Basker (1916). In Los Angeles she had roles in The Gamblers (1912)[7] and The Money Moon (1912).[8] She also appeared in four silent films, Jim the Penman (1915, now lost), The Question (1916), The Mite of Love (1919, a short), and The Chosen Path (1919).[9]
She was tall,[10] and considered a beauty as a young actress,[3] a "Burne-Jones girl in an English garden-party hat... quite the pinkest and whitest, fresh daisiest thing we have had for a long while," mused one Los Angeles writer.[11] During World War I she worked raising funds for the Red Cross.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b "Sisters of the Stage" Theatre Magazine (July 1914): 23.
- ^ "Turning the Tables on Miss Leslie" Chicago Daily Tribune (May 4, 1913): B2.
- ^ a b Ada Patterson, "'London's Loveliest Leading Lady' Goes into 'The Movies'" Green Book Magazine (February 1916): 321-326.
- ^ "Marguerite Leslie" The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (November 9, 1907): 1.
- ^ J. P. Wearing, The London Stage, 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (Scarecrow Press 2013): various. ISBN 9780810892941
- ^ J. P. Wearing, The London Stage, 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (Scarecrow Press 2013): various. ISBN 9780810893009
- ^ "New Principals for the Belasco; Marguerite Leslie and Orrin Johnson to Appear" Los Angeles Times (August 31, 1912): II5.
- ^ "Marguerite Leslie to Have Her Chance" Los Angeles Herald (October 4, 1912): 18. via California Digital Newspaper Collection
- ^ Hans J. Wollstein, Strangers in Hollywood: The History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II (Scarecrow Press 1994): 210-211. ISBN 9780810829381
- ^ Eileen O'Connor, "What Marguerite Leslie Learned in America" Theatre Magazine (March 1916): 138.
- ^ Grace Kingsley, "Fair Picture is Miss Leslie; New Burbank Star Fresh from Dear Old England" Los Angeles Times (August 14, 1912): III4.
- ^ Hanna Astrup Larsen, "Norse Legions of Democracy" The American-Scandinavian Review (July-August 1918): 196.
External links edit
- Marguerite Leslie at IMDb
- Marguerite Leslie's listing on IBDB.
- The National Portrait Gallery has five postcard portraits of Marguerite Leslie by photographer Rita Martin, all from about 1908.
- Marguerite Leslie in her Marmon Nordyke motorcar (flickr)