Marguerite Blanche was a Danish actress notable for her starring roles in British

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...

. She was born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

as Margaret Jessen, but emigrated to Britain where she made twelve films for director-producers such as

Cecil Hepworth Cecil Milton Hepworth (19 March 1874 – 9 February 1953) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Hepworth Studios. In ...

and

Sidney Morgan Sidney Morgan (2 August 1874 – 11 June 1946) was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor, he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film '' Juno and the Paycock''. ...

. Her final film was Morgan's ''

The Woman of the Iron Bracelets ''The Woman of the Iron Bracelets'' is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Eve Balfour, George Keene and Marguerite Blanche. Plot A fleeing young woman facing a murder charge, goes to the assistance of a y ...

'' in 1920.Low p.482 Morgan then replaced her as the star of his films with his own daughter

Joan Morgan Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henle ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Trelawny of the Wells ''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' is an 1898 comic play by Arthur Wing Pinero. It tells the story of a theatre star who attempts to give up the stage for love, but is unable to fit into conventional society. Synopsis ''Trelawny of the "Wells"'' te ...

'' (1916) * '' A Place in the Sun'' (1916) * ''

The Grand Babylon Hotel ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' is a novel by Arnold Bennett, published in January 1902, about the mysterious disappearance of a German prince. It originally appeared as a serial in the ''Golden Penny''. The titular Grand Babylon was modelled on the ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Grit of a Jew ''The Grit of a Jew'' is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Augustus Yorke, Manora Thew and Fred Groves.Murphy p.179 Cast * Augustus Yorke as Moses Levi * Manora Thew as Leah * Fred Groves as Russell ...

'' (1917) * '' The Cobweb'' (1917) * ''

The Romance of Old Bill ''The Romance of Old Bill'' is a 1918 British silent film, silent comedy film, comedy war film, war directed by George Pearson (filmmaker), George Pearson and starring Charles Rock, Arthur Cleave and Hugh E. Wright. It was made at Twickenham Stud ...

'' (1918) * ''

Sweet and Twenty ''Sweet and Twenty'' is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Marguerite Blanche, Langhorn Burton and George Keene. Cast * Marguerite Blanche as Jean Trevellyn * Langhorn Burton as Douglas Floyd * Geor ...

'' (1919) * '' The Black Sheep'' (1920) * ''

The Scarlet Wooing ''The Scarlet Wooing'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Eve Balfour, George Keene and Marguerite Blanche. The screenplay concerns an author who writes a scandalous novel in order to raise funds for hi ...

'' (1920) * ''

'' (1920)

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film actresses Danish film actresses Actresses from Copenhagen Danish emigrants to the United Kingdom {{Denmark-bio-stub