Margie Reiger was a silent movie actress. Reiger was the leading lady in Charlie Chaplin's 1915 film '' By the Sea''. This one-reel short film was filmed in one day in the vicinity of the pier in

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. The

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turned down '' A Woman'' when it was submitted in March 1915, although they later relented and the film was shown in the UK in July 1916. This was either for Chaplin's transvestitism, appearing disguised as a woman, or for Charles Inslee's pursuit of Reiger in a park, the "premeditated seduction of a girl". She acted opposite Bernard "Ben" Turpin in ''The Wrong Coat'', also in 1915.BFI
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Filmography

*''Fun at a Ballgame'' *''Countless Count'' *'' By the Sea'' (1915) *'' A Woman'' (1915) *''The Wrong Coat''

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* American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Nationality missing Articles containing video clips {{US-film-actor-stub