Madge Evans Biography

Fast Facts

• The Dramatists Guild Fund created the Madge Evans-Sidney Kingsley Award to recognize a playwright and an actress for their achievements in theater
• After marrying playwright Sidney Kingsley, she appeared in many of his plays, including "Daisy Mayme," "Our Betters," "Philip Goes Forth," "Here Come the Clowns" and "The Patriots․"
• Modeled for the Fairy Soap brand when she was a child
• Be the time she was 10, she had made over 30 films, a pursuit she began at the age of 5
• Spent her teenage years acting on the stage before signing with MGM
• Best known for the films "Dinner at Eight," "David Copperfield," "Pennies From Heaven" and "What Every Woman Knows․"
• Graduated from child star to ingénue in her early career
• Counted Jean Harlow, Robert E․ Sherwood, Joshua Logan, Martha Graham and Richard Barthelmess among her friends
• Left Hollywood and moved to a home in New Jersey after getting married
• The part of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" almost went to her