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Margaret Morris (other)
Margaret Morris may refer to: * Margaret Morris (actress) (1898–1968), American actress *Margaret Morris (dancer) (1891–1980), British dancer *Maggie Morris (1925–2014), Canadian radio and television personality of the 1960s *Margie Morris (1892–1983), Anglo-Dutch performer *Margaret Hill Morris Margaret Hill Morris (November 2, 1737 – ) was a Colonial American Quaker medical practitioner and diarist. Her journal provides a first hand account of events of the American Revolutionary War in and around Burlington, New Jersey, including th ... (1737–1816), American Quaker healer and diarist See also * Margaretta Morris (1797–1867), American entomologist {{hndis, Morris, Margaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Morris (actress)
Margaret Morris (November 7, 1898 – June 7, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent films, silent film era and into the 1930s. Early years Morris, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the great-niece to former US President Benjamin Harrison. She became interested in acting by her late teens, and moved to Hollywood, California, Hollywood to pursue an acting career. Career Morris performed in the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' in 1912, 1913, and 1920, with the 1912 appearance being her Broadway debut. Her other work on Broadway included ''Miss 1917'' (1917), ''The Maid of the Mountains'' (1918), ''Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl"'' (1919), ''The Blushing Bride'' (1922), ''The Yankee Princess'' (1922), ''Wildflower'' (1923), ''Dew Drop Inn'' (1923), ''Sweet Little Devil'' (1924), ''Madame Pompadour'' (1924), and ''The City Chap'' (1925). At 22, Morris starred in her first film, the 1920 movie ''Her First Elopement''. Her career went on a fast track from there, with her star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Morris (dancer)
Margaret Morris (10 March 1891 – 29 February 1980) was a British dancer, choreographer, artist and teacher. She founded the Margaret Morris Movement, Celtic Ballet, and two Scottish National Ballets in Glasgow (1947) and in Pitlochry (1960). Morris devised a system of movement notation, which was first published in 1928. Early life Although Morris was born in London, she lived with her parents until the age of five in France. She had no formal academic education, but attended dancing classes. In 1894 she began reciting professionally in French and later in English, at parties, smoking concerts and court drawing rooms. In 1899 she had her first stage engagement in pantomime - '' Little Red Riding Hood'' at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, playing First Fairy 'Twinkle Star' with solo dances and recitations before a front drop. In 1900 she joined the Ben Greet Shakespearian Company and played ' Puck' in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in the Royal Botanic Society Gardens i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Morris
Maggie Morris Smolensky (born Margaret Glenesk Beal, December 10, 1925; died September 4, 2014) was a Canadian radio and television personality of the 1960s best known as a panelist on the CBC Television show '' Flashback'' and as one of the first women on the CBC English language announce staff. Career Maggie Morris began her professional career in radio drama in Winnipeg in 1954, moving to Ottawa in 1955 where her TV career included co-hosting the local programs ''Contact'' and '' Diplomatic Passport''. She was the founding co-president of the Ottawa branch of ACTRA in 1960. In 1962 in Toronto, she won a spot on ''Flashback'', a new national CBC TV quiz show where she was the only cast member to remain for all six seasons (1962–1968). During the same period, she hosted her own CBC Radio music shows ''Swing Home With Maggie'' and ''Midnight With Maggie'', and made guest appearances in such Canadian TV series as ''Wojeck'' and ''Quentin Durgens, M.P.'', and the TV movie ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Morris
Margie Morris (24 July 1892 – 14 January 1983) was an English stage and silent film actress, revue artist, musician, dancer and singer who worked in the Netherlands during the 1910s and 1920s. Early life She was born in Westminster in London in 1892 as Margaret Sarah Whitefoot, the daughter of jeweller and pawnbroker Alfred Victor Whitefoot (1867-1894) and Margaret Christina ''née'' Williamson (1869-1958). In 1901 she was a boarder at the girls' school attached to the Convent of Our Lady of Sion in Islington in London. She was then educated at a conservatory and aspired to become a musician. In 1905 her widowed mother married Henry Walter Morris (1867–1934), a travelling salesman for a drapery company and in 1911 she was living with her mother and stepfather at Minard Road in Catford in London. At about this time Morris met the Dutch revue artist Louis Davids at an intimate party for artistes and although her stepfather was against their relationship she moved to the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Hill Morris
Margaret Hill Morris (November 2, 1737 – ) was a Colonial American Quaker medical practitioner and diarist. Her journal provides a first hand account of events of the American Revolutionary War in and around Burlington, New Jersey, including the 1776 Battle of Trenton. Life Margaret Hill was born on November 2, 1737 in South River, Maryland. She was the daughter of Richard Hill, a Quaker doctor, merchant, amateur botanist, and slaveholder, and Deborah Moore, granddaughter of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Lloyd. She had eleven siblings, including poet Milcah Martha Moore. In 1739, Hill's business ventures failed and he and his wife fled to Madeira to avoid creditors. They left Margaret and three of her siblings in Philadelphia with their eldest daughter, Hannah Hill Moore. In 1758, she married William Morris, Jr., a Philadelphia dry goods merchant from a prominent Quaker family. He died in 1766, leaving her a widow with four children. In 1770, she relocated to Burlingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
