Marcia Mae Jones

Actor Aug 1 (died age 83) Los Angeles, California, USA 1926–1996 (70 year career)

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Biography

Marcia Mae Jones was born on August 1, 1924, to an acting family. Her mother, Freda Jones, was an actress, and all three of her siblings - Margaret Jones, Macon Jones, and Marvin Jones - were child actors. But Marcia Mae had the most successful career, and she was the only one of her siblings to become a child star. She made her acting debut when just six months old, when director James Cruze saw her in her baby carriage and immediately cast her as the baby in his film Mannequin (1926). Her fir…

Known For

Film

The Way We Were

Peggy Vanderbilt

Film

The Life of Emile Zola

Helen Richards

Film

Heidi

Klara Sesemann

Film

The Little Princess

Lavinia

Film

Imitation of Life

Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)

Film

Night Nurse

Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)

Film

The Champ

Mary Lou Carleton

Film

The Star

Waitress (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (59)

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star

1996

as Self

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993

as Self

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe

as Sarah

The Way We Were

as Peggy Vanderbilt

A Great American Tragedy

1972

as Claire

6.7

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968

as Woman #1 (uncredited)

5.5

Meet the Family

1954

as Candy

The Star

1952

as Waitress (uncredited)

7.3

The Yellow Haired Kid

1952

as Amy

Life with Buster Keaton

1951

7.0

Chicago Calling

1951

as Peggy (as Marsha Jones)

7.0

Hi-Jacked

1950

as Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)

5.0

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950

as Katie O'Grady

5.0

Arson, Inc.

1949

as Betty - Fender's Secretary

Tucson

as Polly Johnson

Trouble Preferred

as Virginia Evans

The Fabulous Fraud

as Blind Girl

Street Corner

as Lois Marsh

Snafu

as Martha

Lady in the Death House

as Suzy Kirk Logan

Nine Girls

as Shirley Berke

Top Man

as Erna Lane

The Youngest Profession

1943

as Vera Bailey

4.7

Nobody's Darling

1943

as Lois

Secrets of a Co-Ed

1942

as Blonde Co-Ed in Black Outfit [Script Name: Laura Wright]

2.0

Nice Girl?

1941

as Jane's Friend at Benefit

The Gang's All Here

as Patsy Wallace

Let's Go Collegiate

as Bess Martin

Tomboy

as Pat Kelly

Haunted House

1940

as Millie Henshaw

4.4

Anne of Windy Poplars

1940

as Jen Pringle

5.8

The Old Swimmin' Hole

1940

as Betty Elliott

The Little Princess

as Lavinia

First Love

as Marcia Parker

The Flying Irishman

as Teenager

Meet Dr. Christian

as Marilee

Mad About Music

1938

as Olga

6.9

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Mary Sawyer

Barefoot Boy

as Pige Blaine

Two Wise Maids

as Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns

Mountain Justice

as Bethie Harkins

Heidi

as Klara Sesemann

The Life of Emile Zola

as Helen Richards

Lady Behave!

as Patricia Cormack

These Three

as Rosalie Wells

A Dog of Flanders

as Little Girl at Party (uncredited)

This Is the Life

as Child

Imitation of Life

as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)

7.0

Employees' Entrance

1933

as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)

Doctor Bull

as Ruth

Mush and Milk

What Price Hollywood?

1932

as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)

Birthday Blues

as Girl with Whistle

The Champ

as Mary Lou Carleton

Street Scene

Night Nurse

as Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)

6.7

King of Jazz

1930

as Child ('Bridal Veil') (uncredited)

6.2

The Bishop Murder Case

1929

as Hungry Child in Park (uncredited)

5.2

Mannequin

1926

as Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)

Television (9)

Simon & Simon

1981

6.7

The Streets of San Francisco

Cannon

Family Affair

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as Waitress

Mister Ed

My Three Sons

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Racket Squad