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Margaret Lindsay is a Actor American born on 19 september 1910 at Dubuque (USA)
Margaret Lindsay (September 19, 1910 – May 9, 1981) was an American film actress. Her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s was particularly productive. She was noted for her supporting work in successful films of the 1930s and 1940s such as Jezebel (1938) and Scarlet Street (1945) and her leading roles in lower-budgeted B movie films such as the Ellery Queen series at Columbia in the early 1940s. Critics regard her portrayal of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hepzibah Pyncheon in the 1940 film adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables as Lindsay's standout career role.
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Birth name Margaret Kies
Nationality USA
Birth 19 september 1910 at Dubuque (USA)
Death 9 may 1981 (at 70 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 september 1910 at Dubuque (USA)
Death 9 may 1981 (at 70 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Early in her career, Lindsay lived with her sister Helen in Hollywood. Later in life, she lived with her youngest sister, Mickie. She never married. According to biographer and historian William J. Mann, Lindsay was the life partner of musical theatre, film and television actress Mary McCarty (1923-1980), who predeceased Lindsay.Best films
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Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sandra Dee, Peter Fonda, Macdonald Carey, Beulah Bondi, Margaret Lindsay, Reginald Owen
Roles Head Nurse Rachel Colman
Rating58%
Mrs. Call requires surgery in Los Angeles and is accompanied there by her young companion Tammy, who lands a job with the hospital staff. Tammy is attracted to handsome Dr. Mark Cheswick, whose superior, Dr. Bentley, and head nurse Rachel Coleman aren't sure that romance is a good idea.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
, 1h52Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Patsy Kelly
Roles Mona James
Rating63%
Professor Lawrence Mackay (David Niven) and his wife Kate (Doris Day) are struggling with four small boys in a tiny, two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Months before, they had announced their intention to move to a larger apartment, but haven't been able to find one. Meanwhile, their lease has expired and the landlord has rented out their apartment to someone who insists they vacate immediately. They decide to should look for a house in the country, but the only thing they can afford is a run-down mansion complete with secret panels and trap doors. They have no choice but to move in and start fixing it up.
Jet Over The Atlantic (1959)
, 1h35Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Ilona Massey, George Macready, Margaret Lindsay
Roles Mrs. Lanyard
Rating56%
Wanted on a charge of murder, Brett Matton (Guy Madison), a war veteran, has fled the country to Spain, where he has been living for two years and is engaged to wed Jean Gurney (Virginia Mayo), a former showgirl. FBI Agent Stafford (George Raft) arrives in Spain to arrest Brett and bring him back to the U.S.
The Restless Years (1958)
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Sandra Dee, John Saxon, Teresa Wright, Luana Patten, James Whitmore, Margaret Lindsay
Roles Dorothy Henderson
Rating62%
Melinda Grant is a 16-year-old girl with dreams of leaving her hometown of Libertyville someday and seeing the world. She is raised by a single mother, Elizabeth, a seamstress, and scandalized by the reputation of being illegitimate, although the meek Elizabeth insists that Melinda's father died when she was an infant.
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
, 1h28Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Joseph Cotten, Van Johnson, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson, Margaret Hayes, Bruce Bennett
Roles Hannah Cady
Rating64%
Patrick Martin (Joseph Cotten), known as P.M., is a wealthy attorney and rancher in the border town of Nogales, Arizona. He returns home to find his brother Donald (Van Johnson) hiding in his garage. A former drunkard, Donald had been sent to the penitentiary five years previously for killing a man in a barroom brawl. It was in self-defense but P.M. hadn't defended his brother and he was convicted.
Emergency Hospital (1956)
, 1h2Origin USA
Actors Walter Reed, Margaret Lindsay, John Archer, Rita Johnson, Rhodes Reason
Roles Dr. Janet Carey
Rating59%
This script must be run from the command line
B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
, 1h48Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart, Keenan Wynn, Margaret Lindsay
Roles 'Apples' Sandler
Rating61%
Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck) is the only daughter of rich industrialist B.F. Fulton (Charles Coburn). She is involved in a long engagement to lawyer Bob Tasmin (Richard Hart), a pleasant, dependable gentleman who has the full approval of her family. Then she meets brash intellectual Tom Brett (Van Heflin), who blames many of the world's problems on the rich. Tom and Polly heartily dislike each other at first, but she finds him exciting compared to the likable "stuffed shirt" Tasmin. Soon Tom and Polly fall passionately in love and get married.
The Vigilantes Return (1947)
, 1h7Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Action, Musical, Western
Actors Jon Hall, Margaret Lindsay, Andy Devine, Jack Lambert, Jonathan Hale, Robert Wilcox
Roles Kitty
Rating57%
Marshal Johnnie Taggart, posing as an outlaw named "Ace" Braddock, comes to Bannack, Montana to restore law and order. But he is recognized by Kitty, co-owner with Clay Curtwright, of the infamous Bull Whip saloon. But "bad-girl" Kitty keeps her mouth shut. When Johnnie's pal Andy reports a stage holdup, Curtwright's henchman, Ben Borden, talks the sheriff and Judge Holden into suspecting Johnnie. Johnnie reveals himself to Judge Holden as a government marshal, and the judge voices his opinion that Curtwright is the leader of the road agents, but voices it in the presence of his granddaughter, Louise Holden. The Judge doesn't know that Louise is in love with Curtwright, and she tips him off as to Johnnie's real identity. Curtwright frames Johnnie for a murder and arranges for the crooked sheriff to promote a lynching and Andy and Kitty help Johnnie escape jail. Johnnie rounds up vigilantes and heads for a showdown at the Bull Whip saloon.
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli, Margaret Lindsay, Arthur Shields, Jimmy Conlin
Roles Connie Lane
Rating59%
Writer Kenneth Magee bets he can finish a novel in a short period of time.
Cass Timberlane (1947)
, 1h59Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Rose Hobart, Margaret Lindsay, John Alexander, Zachary Scott
Roles Chris Grau
Rating62%
Former Congressman and now Judge Cass Timberlane is a middle-aged, incorruptible, highly respected man who enjoys good books and playing the flute. He falls for Jinny, a much younger girl from a lower class in his small Minnesota town. At first, the marriage is happy, but Jinny becomes bored with the small town and with the judge's friends. She leaves him for an affair with a lawyer, Timberlane's boyhood friend. Eventually abandoned by her lover, Jinny returns to her husband and becomes the good wife. The novel is Lewis' examination of marriage, love, romance, heartache and trust.
Her Sister's Secret (1946)
, 1h26Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Nancy Coleman, Phillip Reed, Margaret Lindsay, Regis Toomey, Felix Bressart, Henry Stephenson
Roles Renee DuBois Gordon
Rating64%
During World War II, Toni Dubois meets soldier Dick Connolly at Pepe's. They have breakfast there the following day, and Dick proposes to Toni, who decides to wait until six weeks have passed before meeting again to see if they truly love each other. However, during the six weeks pause, Dick's leave gets canceled, and Toni believes she was a one night stand because the letter he wrote to her explaining his leave situation becomes lost. Toni decides to visit her sister Renee, who is married to Bill Gordon. When Bill is shipped overseas, Toni reveals she is pregnant from her one night with Dick. As Renee and Bill are unable to have their own child, Renee asks if she can have the baby and tell Bill it is hers. Toni gives birth to a boy, who Renee names Billy. Renee takes the child and Toni agrees not to see little Billy for another three years.
Scarlet Street (1945)
, 1h43Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Peinture
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff, Jess Barker
Roles Millie Ray
Rating76%
Christopher "Chris" Cross (Edward G. Robinson), a meek amateur painter and cashier for clothing retailer, J.J. Hogarth & Company, is fêted by his employer, honoring him for twenty-five years of dull, repetitive service. Hogarth presents him with a watch and kind words, then leaves getting into a car with a beautiful young blonde. Walking home through Greenwich Village, Chris muses to an associate, "I wonder what it's like to be loved by a young girl." He helps Kitty (Joan Bennett), an amoral fast-talking femme fatale, apparently being attacked by a man, stunning the assailant with his umbrella. Chris is unaware that the attacker was Johnny (Dan Duryea), Kitty's brutish boyfriend, and sees her safely to her apartment building. Out of gratitude and bemusement, she accepts his offer for a cup of coffee at a nearby bar. From Chris's comments about art, Kitty believes him to be a wealthy painter.
Adventures of Rusty (1945)
, 1h7Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Ted Donaldson, Margaret Lindsay, Conrad Nagel, Gloria Holden, Robert B. Williams, Addison Richards
Roles Ann Mitchell
Rating57%
The film's plot involves Danny Mitchell (Ted Donaldson), a young kid in the American town of Lawtonville, who is grieving over the loss of his dog. He is also struggling to adjust to his new stepmother, Ann (Margaret Lindsay), and has a difficult relationship with his father (Conrad Nagel) - causing him to call on a psychiatrist (Addison Richards) for assistance. However, Danny befriends Rusty, a ferocious German shepherd who was brought to America from Germany during World War II. Having worked a police dog for the Gestapo, however, Rusty is ill-tempered and Danny struggles to train him. A subplot involves two Nazi saboteurs (Arno Frey and Eddie Parker) who arrive in Lawtonville, attempting to evade the Coast Guard and blow up an installation. They ultimately try to take Rusty by speaking to him in German.
Club Havana (1945)
, 1h2Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Margaret Lindsay, Donald Douglas, Tom Neal, Marc Lawrence, Renie Riano, Pedro de Cordoba
Roles Rosalind
Rating61%
Rosalind (Margaret Lindsay) returns to her Miami home following a divorce to see her boyfriend Johnny Norton (Don Douglas). They visit nightclub Club Havana, where Johnny tells Rosalind that he has fallen in love with another woman. Saddened, Rosalind tries to kill herself, but Bill Porter (Tom Neal) prevents her from doing so. Meanwhile, Jimmy (Eric Sinclair) has discovered that Joe Reed (Marc Lawrence), who murdered club performer Julia Dumont, has been released as the police believe there is not enough evidence that Joe killed her. Although Jimmy witnessed the killing, he is afraid to see police, fearing that Joe will go after his girlfriend Isabelita (Lita Baron). Jimmy instead decides to phone the police, but Myrtle (Sonia Sorel) listens in on the phone call and informs Joe of Jimmy's actions. Joe gets a hired killer to murder Jimmy, but the killer accidentally shoots Myrtle while Jimmy ends up hitting the gunman in his car. As Jimmy goes to the police station to testify, Johnny and Rosalind decide to get back together and go home.
Alaska (1944)
, 1h16Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime, Western
Actors Kent Taylor, Margaret Lindsay, John Carradine, Dean Jagger, Nils Asther, Iris Adrian
Roles Roxie Reagan
Rating53%
Gary Corbett kills a pair of claim jumpers who did likewise to his father. He is charged with murder, but cannot be taken to Juneau to stand trial until the weather permits. Marshal John Masters keeps him in town until the prisoner can be moved.