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Margaret Breen (February 3, 1907 - December 5, 1960) was an American stage and film actress.
Biography
[edit]Margaret Breen was born in Missouri on February 3, 1907.[1][2] She came from a theatrical family; ten of her eleven siblings, including Nellie Breen, were in show business. She performed on stage at the age of four.[3][4]
Breen performed in several Broadway shows, including George White's Scandals, in the 1920s and in several short films in the early 1930s.[5][6]
She married Art Hamburger, a miner and millionaire, in 1931.[1][5][7] They lived in Plymouth, California.[8] They had a son and a daughter in the 1930s.[9][3]
Breen died in California on December 5, 1960.[1][2]
Selected stage credits
[edit]- George White's Scandals, June 18, 1923 - November 10, 1923; June 30, 1924 - December 13, 1924[6]
- The Passing Show, 1925[10][11]
- Princess Flavia, as Helga, November 2, 1925 - March 13, 1926
- The Merry World, June 8, 1926 - August 21, 1926
- Peggy-Ann, as Patricia Seymour, December 27, 1926 - October 29, 1927[12][13]
- Simple Simon, as Elaine King, March 9, 1931 - March 21, 1931[14]
Filmography
[edit]- Heads Up (1930) as Mary Trumbull[15][16][17][18]
- It Might Be Worse (1931 short) as Ethel[19]
- The Tamale Vendor (1931 short)
- Selling Shorts (1931 short) as The Girl
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Portrait of Margret Breen". Kansas City Public Library. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ a b Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1059-0.
- ^ a b "Hamburgers Have Girl". The Wichita Beacon. 1937-09-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Margaret Breen Is One of Twelve--Grew up on Stage". Los Angeles Times. 3 June 1928: D13. Via Proquest.
- ^ a b "Actress, 24, to Wed Heir to Millions". Yonkers Statesman. 1931-09-22. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ a b Baral, Robert (1962). Revue: A Nostalgic Reprise of the Great Broadway Period. Fleet Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8303-0091-4.
- ^ "Mining Man, Actress Honeymoon in South". Daily News. 1931-09-28. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Travel Wise: Wine Country Lodging". The Sacramento Bee. 1996-10-20. p. 123. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Fire Sales! He Has His Own Fire Department!". The San Francisco Examiner. 1934-08-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "'Passing Show,' Met; New Comedy, Shubert; 'Tea for 3,' Hennepin". The Minneapolis Star. 1925-05-23. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Exceptional Cast in 'Passing Show'". The Selma Times-Journal. 1925-02-25. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2009-04-22). Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5309-2.
- ^ The Billboard. R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford. 1927.
- ^ "Ed Wynn Returns". The Standard Union. 1931-03-10. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Buddy Rogers at the Hipp". The Buffalo Times. 1930-11-09. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Buddy Rogers Heads All-Star Week at The Strand". The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. 1930-11-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Boatloads of Fun in "Heads Up" Now at the Fox Liberty". The Sedalia Democrat. 1930-10-19. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2008). The Oxford Companion to the American Musical. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533533-0.
- ^ Bradley, Edwin M. (2015-06-14). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0684-2.
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