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Gillmore, Margalo (1897–1986), actress. A member of an old acting family, she was born in London but while still a child was brought to America, where she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, then made her professional debut in The Scrap of Paper (1917). Gillmore was first widely noticed as the rebellious daughter Sylvia in The Famous Mrs. Fair (1919), followed by the tubercular patient Eileen Carmody in Eugene O'Neill's The Straw (1921). Her first appearance with the Theatre Guild, with which she was long associated, was as the bareback rider Consuelo in He Who Gets Slapped (1922). Although she never became a star, she was much admired for her beauty and fine talent. Among her later roles were Ann, one of the newly dead, in Outward Bound (1924); Venice Pollen in The Green Hat (1925); Hester in The Silver Cord (1926); Monica Gray in The Second Man (1927); Kukachin in Marco Millions (1928); Helen Pettigrew in Berkeley Square (1929); George Washington's first love, Mary Philipse, in Valley Forge (1934); Mary Haines, who wins back her husband from a bitchy rival, in The Women (1936); Amanda Smith in No Time for Comedy (1939); and Mrs. Darling in the musical version of Peter Pan (1954). Autobiography: Four Flights Up, 1964.

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  • Born: 1896
  • Died: 1986
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Cause for Alarm, The Happy Years, Perfect Strangers
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Happy Years (1950)

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Actress Marglo Gillmore appeared in numerous plays between 1917 and the early 1960s. The daughter of Actors Equity founder Frank Gillmore, she made her film debut in 1932 in Wayward. After that she didn't work in films again until the 1950s. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Actress Margalo Gillmore taken by Carl Van Vechten.

Margalo (Margaret Lorraine) Gillmore (May 31, 1897 London, England – June 30, 1986 New York City, U.S.) was a film and stage actress.

Gillmore's long stage acting career stretched from 1917 through the early 1960s. She made her film debut in 1932 but didn't appear on screen again until the 1950s, in films such as Perfect Strangers and Cause for Alarm!. She is remembered today for her notable Broadway career. Television audiences may remember her as Mrs. (Mary) Darling, Wendy's mother in the Broadway and televised versions of the musical Peter Pan with Mary Martin. Her interment was located at Aaron Cemetery in Aldridge, Alabama.

Gillmore was the daughter of Frank Parker Gillmore (1867-1943), former president of Actors' Equity Association.

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  • "Margalo Gillmore, An Actress on the Stage and on Screen", The New York Times, July 2, 1986

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