Marguerite Snow | |
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| Born | (1889-09-09)September 9, 1889 Salt Lake City,Utah, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 1958(1958-02-17) (aged 68) Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
| Other names | Margaret Snow |
| Years active | 1911–1925 |
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| Children | 1 |
Marguerite Snow (September 9, 1889 – February 17, 1958)[1] was an Americansilent film and stage actress. In her early films she was billed asMargaret Snow.[2]
Snow was born inSalt Lake City,Utah.[1] Her father, Billy Snow, was a comedian and aminstrel, and the family lived in Savannah, Georgia.[2] Her mother's maiden name was Lutz.[3] After his death, her mother moved the family toDenver, Colorado. Snow attended Loretta Heights Academy and acted in localsummer stock plays.[4] While she lived in Denver, she studied acting.[5]
Snow became an actress at an early age and played many parts while still a child. Her stage career did not begin in earnest until she was sixteen years old. Her first engagement was withJames O'Neill in a revival ofThe Count of Monte Cristo,[2] at the Crawford Theatre in Wichita, Kansas, on February 11, 1907.[5]: 127 She played inThe College Widow,Mrs. Temple's Telegram, as Elsa inThe Devil, and at the Bijou Theater, Wheeling, where as leading lady of the stock company she played ten different parts.[citation needed] On Broadway, she performed inThe Devil (1908) andThe Other Fellow (1910).[6]
Beginning in 1911, Snow gained prominence in silent films made by the Kinemacolor Company, theThanhouser Film Company inNew Rochelle, New York, and the oldMetro Pictures studio before it becameMGM. In 1911 she starred in films such asThe Moth andThe Buddhist Priestess. Some of her later feature pictures areBaseball and Bloomers (1911),A Niagara Honeymoon (1912),The Caged Bird (1913),The Silent Voice (1915),A Corner in Cotton (1916),Broadway Jones (1917),The Veiled Woman (1922), andKit Carson Over The Great Divide (1925). InBroadway Jones Snow played a pretty stenographer at the Jones' gun factory as the movie's leading lady. This was the firstArtcraft photoplay ofGeorge M. Cohan. She never made a movie after the introduction of sound to films.
Snow was married twice. Her first wedding was in January 1913 to Jens Bosen, a director, whose professional name wasJames Cruze.[2] He was affiliated withFamous Players–Lasky and was one of the best-known directors in motion pictures. During divorce proceedings in October 1923, Snow testified that her husband frequently beat her. A public beating was responsible for their separation. The couple were at a party in 1921 when the actress requested that James take one of her women friends home. The ensuing quarrel ended with Cruze beating his wife about her face and body. She was knocked to the floor and one of her teeth was dislodged. The couple had one daughter, Julie Jane. Cruze later married silent film actressBetty Compson. After divorcing Cruze, Snow marriedNeely Edwards, a film comedian, on December 25, 1925. Edwards became master of ceremonies of the local company ofThe Drunkard. This play ran continuously inHollywood, California, from 1933 until the late 1950s.
In 1933 Snow's daughter, Julie Jane Cruze, was given nine pieces of property by her father at a time when he feared he might die of a heart ailment. The properties were located inFlintridge, California, andLa Canada, California. Julie Jane shared some of the $150,000 in income derived from the bequest with her mother, who was destitute and was living in a trailer. The daughter filed a cross complaint in October 1938 to block a suit by James Cruze toquiet title to the property and return it to him. Julie Jane stated that her father originally gave her the property to avoid losing it to creditors.
In 1957 Snow underwent a kidney operation. Complications occurred, and she died, aged 68, at theMotion Picture Country Home on February 17, 1958, in Los Angeles, California.[7] The Edwards' residence was at 1930 Stewart Street,Santa Monica, California. Funeral arrangements were carried out byForest Lawn Memorial Park.[8]
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