Marilyn Knowlden
Biography
Marilyn Knowlden was an American actress who started in Hollywood films as a child in 1931, when she was four, and worked steadily through the 1930s without ever signing with a single studio. She was usually cast as the daughter of the leads or as a younger version of the leading lady, and appeared in Les Misérables (1935), Show Boat (1936), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and Imitation of Life (1934), among others, acting alongside stars such as Katharine Hepburn, James Cagney and Claudette Colbert. Six of her films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, all within seven years. She retired from film acting as an adult but remained active in local theater as a playwright and composer. She died in 2025.
99years old at death
- Born Oakland
- Died Eagle
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 3 years1935 to 1938
Every film, newest first
- 1938Angels with Dirty FacesIMDb rating 7.8
- 1936Show BoatIMDb rating 7.4
- 1935Condemned to LiveIMDb rating 4.8
- 1935Les MisérablesIMDb rating 7.6
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A first
Knowlden acted in six movies that received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, and every one of those nominations fell within a seven year period.
A role that slipped away
Knowlden's scenes in the 1931 Greta Garbo and Clark Gable film Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) were deleted from the final cut.
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Worked with
Marilyn Knowlden made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Carradine's page
Humphrey Bogart's page
James Cagney's page
Cedric Hardwicke's page
Mary Gordon's page
Fredric March's page
Michael CurtizDirector, 1 film, 1938
All films by Michael Curtiz
Richard BoleslawskiDirector, 1 film, 1935
All films by Richard Boleslawski
James WhaleDirector, 1 film, 1936
All films by James Whale
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