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Marilyn Knowlden
Sign in to saveAmerican child actress (1926–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Little Girl in Big Pictures
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Film & TV
Oakland, California, USA
In 1931, a one-day effort by Marilyn Knowlden's attorney father led to an interview, a next-day screen test and a large part for four-year-old Marilyn in one of the early "talkies", Women Love Once (1931). A ten-year movie career followed, where she played the daughter of such stars as Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn, Allan Jones and Norma Shearer. She appeared in some of the screen's…
Known for
- Broadway Rhythm — Co-ed in Drugstore (uncredited)1944
- All This, and Heaven Too — Marianna Van Horn (uncredited)1940
- The Way of All Flesh — Julie Kriza1940
- Hidden Power — Imogene1939
- Just Around the Corner — Gwendolyn (uncredited)1938
- Marie Antoinette — Princesse Therese1938
- Barefoot Boy — Julia Blaine1938
- An Evening with Edgar Guest — Ann1938
- Angels with Dirty Faces — Laury - as a Child1938
- Slave Ship — Girl1937
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marilyn
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Eagle
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Marilyn Knowlden.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1926-05-12
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Marilyn Knowlden
- date of death
- 2025-09-15
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