Marguerite Clark

American actress
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Also known as: Helen Marguerite Clark
Quick Facts
In full:
Helen Marguerite Clark
Born:
Feb. 22, 1883, Avondale [now in Cincinnati], Ohio, U.S.
Died:
Sept. 25, 1940, New York, N.Y. (aged 57)

Marguerite Clark (born Feb. 22, 1883, Avondale [now in Cincinnati], Ohio, U.S.—died Sept. 25, 1940, New York, N.Y.) was an American actress whose tiny figure and air of sweet youthful innocence made her enormously popular and a major rival of Mary Pickford. Clark was under the guardianship of an elder sister from the age of 13. With her sister’s encouragement she sought a career on the stage. She made her New York debut in 1900 and had a number of minor roles before winning the ingenue role of Polly in Mr. Pickwick in 1903; this role brought her her first ...(100 of 248 words)