Background
She was born Margaret Clark in Canterbury, Kent.
She was born Margaret Clark in Canterbury, Kent.
She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen appearance in 1958. Her family went to South Africa when she was three years old, which led to her being educated there. She began her stage career with Dennis Neilson-Terry a few weeks after leaving school at the age of 14, in Pretoria.
She made her London stage debut in 1927 as understudy to Mary Glynne in The Terror.
Her screen debut was in the 1930 film Rookery Nook. Grahame was the highest-paid actress in Britain during the 1930s, before going to America, where she performed in a number of films from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Hollywood producers" interest was piqued that she had appeared in 42 major roles in British films in only three years. Grahame was signed to a long-term contract by Radio-Keith-Orpheum. She appeared as the prostitute girlfriend of Gypo Nolan in John Ford"son
She followed this performance with a role as leading lady Milady de Winter in.
She was reunited with Walter Abel, her leading man in The Three Musketeers, a dozen years later in, which was produced by Bebe Daniels. As the character Emily Terkle, Grahame was appearing in her first film since The Buccaneer (1938). The latter dealt with United States. history, particularly the lives of Jean Lafitte and Andrew Jackson.
Starring opposite Fredric March, Grahame faced the challenge of playing the love interest rather than a siren.
After World World War II, she dyed her hair and became a redhead. She appeared in The Romantic Age in 1949.
Her last films were made in the 1950s and included I"ll Get You for This (1951), The Crimson Pirate (1952), The Beggar"s Opera (1953), Orders Are Orders (1954) and Saint Joan (1957). She also appeared in "The Sweater" (1958), an episode of The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1958).
Margot Grahame died in London on New Year"s Day of 1982, aged 70, from chronic bronchitis.
