Madge Bellamy

Birth Name:

Madge Bellamy

Birth Place:

Hillsboro, Texas, United States

Profession

Actress

In 1928, she eloped to Tijuana with a Los Angeles bond broker, but their marriage only lasted four days
Started seriously studying to be an actress at the age of 15
Made her stage debut when she was only five years old
Appeared in several New York theater productions, including "Dear Brutus," Dream Girl" and "Peg O' My Heart," and the road show of "Pollyanna․"
Was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after she fired three shots at her boyfriend for leaving her for a model, but she claimed she was only trying to scare him and received a six-month suspended sentence
Though she had roles in 10 talking pictures, including the seminal 1932 horror film "White Zombie," she found her greatest success as a silent film actress
One of her most celebrated roles was in the classic "The Iron Horse," in which she played an aristocratic girl who was captured and raised by bandits
A Darling of the Twenties, her autobiography, was published a month after her death
Lived in a replica of a Spanish castle at the height of her fame
Starred in Fox's first-ever talkie, "Mother Knows Best․"

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