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Madge Bellamy
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Actor Born: June 30, 1899 in Hillsboro, TX Death: January 24, 1990 in Upland, CA Biography:The daughter of the dean of literature at the University of Texas, Margaret Philpott began her showbiz career in a Denver stock company. Margaret was elevated to Broadway by impresario Charles K. Frohmann, who gave her the stage name of Madge Bellamy. After a few seasons as a chorus girl, Madge made her Broadway acting debut in 1918, replacing Helen Hayes in "Dear Brutus". A moderately popular film actress in the 1920s, Madge starred in such prestigious Fox Studios productions as "Lorna Doone" (1922) and "The Iron Horse" (1924), as well as Fox's first feature with recorded dialogue, 1928's "Mother Knows Best". When she turned down the leading role in "The Trial of Mary Dugan", a stage play which Fox had purchased with her in mind, Madge was dropped by the studio and blackballed from the industry. She made a tentative comeback in the early 1930s, but outside of the 1932 horror classic "White Zombie",... Full Biography
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