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CiituMARGOT STEVENSON-wasbom in New York City, Feb. ; 3, 1915... She's five feet four nches tall and touches the icales at 112... Claims she never varies... Has blue-gray jyes and blonde hair.Educated at Brearley Schooln New York and Bryn Mawr... Proficient swimmer, skater and horsewoman . . . PloyedJuliet, followed by a singingpart in The Mag’c Flute, when she was 14... Came by herdramatic ability naturally . . . Father was well known on London and Broadway stages.He died in 1929, leaving Margot to enter the theatre the hard way...Spent many months in offices, waiting to be interviewed by producers . .. Finallyobtained interview with GilbertMiller . . . Told him she was Charles Stevenson’s daughter... Miller told her his dad was a great friend of her father s ... On basis of this paternal association the producer gave the17-year-old Margot her first break—a small part in FireBird.Appeared in many plays that never got beyond the tryout stage ... Finally had a successful season as ’ Bella in The Barretts of Wimpole Street... Next came Stage Door andanother small part while she understudied Margaret Sullavan . . . Then followed her most successful venture—two years asAlice in You Can’t Take It With You.Miss Stevenson was talked into leaving the stage by Sam Goldwyn but he was unable to put her to work immediately so she obtained her release and
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Greenville Evening Banner
Greenville, Texas, US
Sat, Jul 29, 1939
Page 6
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