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Margia Dean is a Actor and Producer American born on 7 april 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Margia Dean is the stage name of Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez (born April 7, 1922), a former American beauty queen and actress of Greek descent. She was born in Chicago, Illinois but moved to San Francisco, California with her parents at a young age. She began acting at the age of 7, appearing on stage in many child roles and later won the Women's National Shakespeare Contest for her role as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet. She also took up modeling and was named "Miss San Francisco" and "Miss California" in 1939. She was a top-five runner-up to Patricia Donnelly in the "Miss America 1939" competition.
She made her feature film debut in Casanova in Burlesque (1944) and adopted her stage name, Margia Dean. Although never under contract to a studio, most of the films, some 16 in all, she made were for the producer Robert L. Lippert. Her first leading role was in Shep Come Home (1948) and roles followed in Red Desert (1949), FBI Girl (1951), The Lonesome Trail (1955), Villa!! (1958) and Seven Women from Hell (1961). She also portrayed a trapeze artist in the 1961 circus tale The Big Show, which starred Esther Williams and Robert Vaughn.
Her association with Lippert had led to her being cast in The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), the first Hammer horror film. Frustrated that her roles were predominantly in B movies, she eventually retired from acting following her marriage in 1965 to her second husband, Brazilian architect Felipe Alvarez. Her final film was Moro Witch Doctor (1964). She briefly became involved in movie production, producing The Long Rope (1961) with Hugh Marlowe as well as a number of television pilots. She has since been vice-president of a real estate firm and has worked in costume design and interior decoration.
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Birth name Marguerite Louise Skliris
Nationality USA
Birth 7 april 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Death 23 june 2023 (at 101 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 7 april 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Death 23 june 2023 (at 101 years)
Margia Dean is the stage name of Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez (born April 7, 1922), a former American beauty queen and actress of Greek descent. She was born in Chicago, Illinois but moved to San Francisco, California with her parents at a young age. She began acting at the age of 7, appearing on stage in many child roles and later won the Women's National Shakespeare Contest for her role as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet. She also took up modeling and was named "Miss San Francisco" and "Miss California" in 1939. She was a top-five runner-up to Patricia Donnelly in the "Miss America 1939" competition.
She made her feature film debut in Casanova in Burlesque (1944) and adopted her stage name, Margia Dean. Although never under contract to a studio, most of the films, some 16 in all, she made were for the producer Robert L. Lippert. Her first leading role was in Shep Come Home (1948) and roles followed in Red Desert (1949), FBI Girl (1951), The Lonesome Trail (1955), Villa!! (1958) and Seven Women from Hell (1961). She also portrayed a trapeze artist in the 1961 circus tale The Big Show, which starred Esther Williams and Robert Vaughn.
Her association with Lippert had led to her being cast in The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), the first Hammer horror film. Frustrated that her roles were predominantly in B movies, she eventually retired from acting following her marriage in 1965 to her second husband, Brazilian architect Felipe Alvarez. Her final film was Moro Witch Doctor (1964). She briefly became involved in movie production, producing The Long Rope (1961) with Hugh Marlowe as well as a number of television pilots. She has since been vice-president of a real estate firm and has worked in costume design and interior decoration.
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Moro Witch Doctor (1964)
, 1h1Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Jock Mahoney, Margia Dean, Enrique Magalona, Jr., Reed Hadley, Paraluman, Dale Ishimoto
Roles Paula Cameron
Rating57%
The Big Show (1961)
, 1h53Directed by James B. Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films
Actors Esther Williams, Cliff Robertson, Robert Vaughn, Nehemiah Persoff, Margia Dean, David Nelson
Roles Carlotta Martinez
Rating53%
Bruno Everhard (Nehemiah Persoff) is the rigid and uncompromising owner of a German traveling circus. His four sons and daughter all work for the circus, including as performers. Three of the boys, in particular Klaus (Robert Vaughn), resent the favoritism Bruno shows one son, Josef (Cliff Robertson).
Seven Women from Hell (1961)
, 1h28Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, John Kerr, Margia Dean, Yvonne Craig
Roles Mara Shepherd
Rating49%
When the Japanese invade New Guinea in 1942, Grace Ingram (Patricia Owens), an Australian member of a scientific expedition, is put in a women's detention camp. She shares her cell with six other women: Janet Cook (Yvonne Craig), a pregnant American teenager; Ann Van Laer (Sylvia Daneel), a tightlipped but sympathetic German widow; Claire Oudry (Denise Darcel), a French waitress; Mai-Lu Ferguson (Pilar Seurat), a Eurasian nurse; and two other Americans, Mara Shepherd (Margia Dean) and Regan (Evadne Baker).
, 1h21Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Peter Falk, Margia Dean, Jeff Richards, Terence De Marney, Robert Earl Jones
Roles Rue Amboy
Rating46%
Two brothers Dean (Richard Chamberlain) and Mark Christopher (Jeff Richards) show up in a mid '50s four door Citroen Traction Avant in early era San Juan, Puerto Rico. They arrive to solve the mystery, the circumstances of their father's drowning death in the Caribbean. The action begins to perk up as the two brothers run up against a gang of unruly pirates who seem to know more than they reveal. One of the film's highlights are several scenes of an E.G. Van de Stadt designed 35 foot sailing yacht, the "Starwright". The vessel adds to the Caribbean charm and plays an integral part of moving the pirates to other parts of the island.
Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
, 1h13Directed by Jodie Copelan
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Actors Scott Brady, Margia Dean, Clint Eastwood, Irving Bacon, Ray Boyle, Baynes Barron
Roles Teresa Santos
Rating53%
Eastwood appears as a Southern cowboy Keith Williams who is upset over having to join up with a group of Yankees who have been attacked by the same group of Indians. Most film guides include in their entry for this film a quote attributed to Eastwood, "probably the lousiest Western ever made." This film is also notable for a scene in which Brady beats Eastwood in a fistfight.
Badlands of Montana (1957)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rex Reason, Margia Dean, Beverly Garland, Keith Larsen, Emile Meyer, William Phipps
Roles Emily Branton
Rating56%
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
, 1h32Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, Michael Pate, Carl Harbaugh
Roles Peaches
Rating63%
In 1941, Mamie Stover (Jane Russell), a San Francisco prostitute, is chased away from the city by several policemen. On a freighter to Honolulu, she meets Jim Blair (Richard Egan), a successful writer who thinks of Mamie as a Cinderella-like beauty. Flattered, Mamie enjoys not being associated with her former occupation and falls in love. A shipboard romance is cut short when Mamie notices Jim being welcomed ashore by his sweetheart Annalee (Joan Leslie).
Stagecoach To Fury (1956)
, 1h15Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Paul Fix, Leslie Banning, Wright King
Roles Ruth
Rating59%
A stagecoach with a mixed group of passenger en route to the town of Fury makes a stop at a layover. Upon arrival the passengers are held up by Lorenzo Garcia and his gang of bandidos capture and disarm the passengers, shooting one when he stops to raise his fallen trousers when he puts his hands up. The two staff of the coaching stop are missing presumed murdered. Garcia questions former Army captain Frank Townsend, now riding shotgun on the stagecoach on the location of the Federal Government gold shipment they expected to be carried by the stagecoach. After Garcia shoots and wounds Tim O'Connor the driver to encourage information, Townsend reveals that the stagecoach was to remain at the layover until a wagon containing the gold shipment would arrive and transfer the cargo to the stage.
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
, 1h22Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Richard Wordsworth, Dame Thora Hird, Lionel Jeffries
Roles Judith Carroon
Rating65%
The British Rocket Group, headed by the taciturn Professor Bernard Quatermass, launches its first manned rocket into space. Shortly thereafter, all contact is lost with the rocket and its three crew: Carroon, Reichenheim, and Green. The large rocket later returns to Earth, crashing into an English country field.
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about spiders, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Jackie Coogan, Richard Travis, Lyle Talbot, Chris-Pin Martin, George Barrows, Dolores Fuller
Roles Lost Woman
Rating27%
The film opens with a brief scene serving as its introduction. A man is being caressed by feminine hands. The next shot includes the face of the woman, Tarantella (Tandra Quinn). A brief kiss between her and the man, ends with his lifeless body falling down. A disembodied voice asks the audience "Have you ever been kissed by a girl like this?" The narrative properly begins in a desert. A narrator (Lyle Talbot) mocks the overblown ego of humanity, a race of puny bipeds which claims to own planet Earth and every living thing on it. Yet, they are outnumbered by the insects, and the Hexapods are likely to survive longer that the humans. The narrator then claims that when men or women venture off "the well beaten path of civilization" and deal with the unknown, the price of their survival is the loss of their sanity.
Sins of Jezebel (1953)
, 1h14Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Paulette Goddard, George Nader, Eduard Franz, John Hoyt, Ludwig Donath, Joe Besser
Roles Deborah
Rating47%
In 9th century BC Israel, the prophet Elijah advises king Ahab not to marry Jezebel, an idolatrous princess of Phoenicia. Ahab sends for Jezebel, however, and commands Jehu, his captain, to escort her caravan safely to Jezreel. Once Jehu meets Jezebel, he immediately becomes attracted to her and she confuses him for Ahab. Jezebel finally arrives at Jezreel and is greeted by Ahab who, stunned by her beauty, provides her with an individual chamber until they marry. On her wedding night, Jezebel evades Ahab and pursues Jehu, whom she seduces.
Loan Shark (1952)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Raft, Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart, John Hoyt, Helen Westcott, Russell Johnson
Roles Ivy
Rating63%
An ex-con avenges his brother's death by infiltrating vicious loan rackets.
FBI Girl (1951)
, 1h14Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, George Brent, Audrey Totter, Tom Drake, Raymond Greenleaf
Roles Natalie Craig
Rating60%
Governor Grisby is politically ambitious, as is ruthless right-hand man Blake and a man on their payroll, Chercourt, an influential lobbyist. There is a problem, though: Grisby is actually a wanted murderer named John Williams.
Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Betty Lynn
Roles Claire (uncredited)
Rating63%
Liz Erickson (Jeanne Crain) is a young, naive woman who has recently graduated from high school. Along with best friend Janet Shaw (Beverly Dennis), she leaves her parental home to attend Midwestern University, where her mother was once a legendary student.
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
, 58minutesOrigin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about children, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Walter Reed, Stanley Andrews
Roles Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
Rating54%
Mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent to the small town of Silsby for the inauguration of the world's deepest oil well. Unbeknownst to the drillers, however, the drill shaft has penetrated the underground home of the "Mole Men", a race of small, furry (though bald-headed) beings. The Mole Men come up through the shaft at night to explore the surface. When the creatures first emerge from the shaft, their sudden appearance scares the elderly night watchman to death. Lois Lane and Clark Kent arrive at the oil well and find the dead watchman. Subsequently, help arrives. Clark Kent and the foreman are exploring the surrounding area for signs of intruders when Lois sees one of the creatures and screams in terror. But no one believes her when she tells them what she saw.