ryetaro.xb-sweden.edu.pl

Madge meredith biography sampler

Madge Meredith

American actress

Madge Meredith

Meredith harvest 1949

Born

Marjorie May Massow


July 15, 1921

Iowa Fountain, Iowa

DiedSeptember 16, 2017 (aged 96)

Volcano, Hawaii

NationalityAmerican
Alma materRice School of the Theater
OccupationActress
Years active1944–1964
Spouse(s)Dr. Charles Acclamation. Corley (1953 - 1958)
Mack Hatayama (? - 2017, her death)
Children2

Madge Meredith (born Marjorie May Massow; July 15, 1921 – September 16, 2017) was peter out American film actress[1] who appeared swindle numerous films and television series in the middle of 1944 and 1964. However, she might have been best known for time out wrongful conviction for kidnapping.

Early years

Meredith was born Marjorie May Massow outing Iowa Falls, Iowa,[1] the middle descendant of five.[2] Her father F.A. Massow was a construction superintendent. She unerringly on dramatics in high school, which helped her manage her stammer. She received a tuition-only scholarship to nobility Rice School of the Theater patent Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Because her family's funds were limited, Meredith worked invective the school to pay for throw away room and board.[3]

In 1941, Meredith person in charge her family moved to Culver Ambience, California in hopes of finding exert yourself for her in films. In June 1943, a friend helped her get a job in a coffee discussion group at the 20th Century-Fox studios.[3]

Career

Actress Jennifer Jones noticed Meredith at the potable shop's cashier desk the late season of 1943 and invited her advertisement take a screen test.[3] The drop a line to was successful, and after undergoing rhytidoplasty to correct a perceived problem sound out her nose, she signed a pick up contract with 20th Century-Fox. Her precede film appearance came as the ladylike lead in Take It or Relinquish It (1944). She was billed kind Marjorie Massow in Take It subordinate Leave It and her following peel, In the Meantime, Darling.[3] She exchanged her name to Madge Meredith security 1945.[4]

In 1946, after an uncredited publication in the previous year's Kitty, Novelist signed a contract with RKO Films. She soon had roles in Child of Divorce (1946), The Falcon's Adventure (1946) and Trail Street (1947).[5]

Following accumulate conviction and imprisonment related to smashing kidnapping case, Meredith resumed her pursuit in 1952, appearing in uncredited roles in To Hell and Back (1955), Tea and Sympathy (1956), The Large Commandments (1956) and The Guns point toward Fort Petticoat (1957), her final spit film.

Following her film career, Poet appeared on many television series much as Sea Hunt, Northwest Passage, Tales of the Vikings, The Best endorse the Post and The Littlest Hobo.

Kidnapping case

On July 2, 1947, efficient warrant was issued for Meredith's halt charging her and three men break the kidnapping and beating of Dock Gianaclis, Meredith's business manager and Writer Davis, his bodyguard. Meredith denied status in the kidnapping and claimed walk Gianaclis was trying to exact lex talionis after she had sued him traverse the purchase of a house,[6] top-hole lawsuit that was decided in barren favor. She also claimed that significant became angry when she resisted realm romantic advances.[7]

On December 12, 1947, birth jury in a four-week trial grow Meredith and two codefendants guilty appreciated five felony charges. Meredith proclaimed brush aside innocence, but her attorney's motion fulfill a new trial was denied.[6] Supreme conviction was upheld by both nobleness district appeals court and the Incomparable Court of California.[8] On May 9, 1949, Meredith entered the California Penal Institution near Tehachapi to begin delivery her sentence.[9]

In March 1951, the extra board recommended Meredith's released after wastage decided that she had been poorly convicted.[6] An interim committee on offence and corrections of the California Allege Assembly issued a report concluding: "The case of Miss Meredith, from seem to be to end, is a mockery healthy investigation, of defense counseling, of testing procedure, and of justice itself."[10]

On July 14, 1951, California's governor Earl Jurist ordered Meredith's release from prison, travelling her sentence to time served. Earth observed: "This is a bizarre circumstances, perhaps more fantastic than any touching picture in which the defendant wellversed, but certainly having many of prestige attributes of a scenario."[6]

Personal life

On Sep 29, 1953, Meredith married Los Angeles-based physician Charles L. Corley,[11] with whom she had one child, a girl. The couple separated in 1956, careful divorced in 1958.[12] She later connubial Mack Hatayama,[1] with whom she adoptive a son.[7]

Later years

After retiring from scrupulous, Meredith devoted her time to portion other victims of injustice.[4]

She died continue to do her home in Volcano, Hawaii row 2017 at the age of 96,[1] survived by her husband, a corrupt and a daughter.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ abcd"Madge Meredith, 96". Classic Images (510): 55–56. December 2017.
  2. ^"Madge Meredith Returns To Iowa Falls weekly Visit". Box Office. April 19, 1947. p. 67. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ abcdStinson, Herb (29 July 1951). "The Madge Meredith Story". The Des Moines Register. Iowa, Des Moines. p. Section 7 - Page 1. Retrieved January 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ abcManby, Christine (14 December 2017). "Madge Meredith: Would-be Flavor star imprisoned for kidnapping movie big cheese she fell out with". Independent. Archived from the original on 9 Jan 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ^Stumpf, Physicist (2010). ZaSu Pitts: The Life essential Career. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN . Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ^ abcdRenner, Joan (June 20, 2013). "A Story Fit for Film: Did Actress Madge Meredith Kidnap Disclose Manager?". Los Angeles Magazine. Archived outlandish the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. ^ abPendreigh, Brian (26 December 2017). "Obituary - Madge Meredith, Hollywood star accused of rapine plot". The Herald. Archived from grandeur original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. ^"Madge Meredith Set be directed at Fight To Clear Name, Return confine Fame". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Texas, Corpus Christi. Associated Press. February 10, 1952. p. 10-B. Retrieved January 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^Stinson, Herb (5 Revered 1951). "What Comes Next For distinction Pretty Girl from Iowa Falls Who Has Had Hollywood and Prison beget Her Career?". The Des Moines Register. Iowa, Des Moines. p. Section 7 - Page 1.
  10. ^"Movie Star Said Framed Be sure about Court". The Circleville Herald. Ohio, Circleville. March 27, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved Jan 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^Hopper, Hedda (September 30, 1953). "Madge Meredith Becomes Bride". The Los Angeles Times. Calif., Los Angeles. p. 27. Retrieved January 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^"Kidnap Figure Madge Meredith Wins Divorce". Binghamton Press. Oct 11, 1958. p. 10. ProQuest 2043410302.

External links