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Margaret Breen (February 3, 1907 - December 5, 1960) was an American stage and film actress.

Biography

Margaret Breen was born in Missouri on February 3, 1907. She came from a theatrical family; ten of her eleven siblings, including Nellie Breen, were in show business. She performed on stage at the age of four.

Breen performed in several Broadway shows, including George White's Scandals, in the 1920s and in several short films in the early 1930s.

She married Art Hamburger, a miner and millionaire, in 1931. They lived in Plymouth, California. They had a son and a daughter in the 1930s.

Breen died in California on December 5, 1960.

Selected stage credits

• George White's Scandals, June 18, 1923 - November 10, 1923; June 30, 1924 - December 13, 1924
• The Passing Show, 1925
• Princess Flavia, as Helga, November 2, 1925 - March 13, 1926
• The Merry World, June 8, 1926 - August 21, 1926
• Peggy-Ann, as Patricia Seymour, December 27, 1926 - October 29, 1927
• Simple Simon, as Elaine King, March 9, 1931 - March 21, 1931

Filmography

• Heads Up (1930) as Mary Trumbull
• It Might Be Worse (1931 short) as Ethel
• The Tamale Vendor (1931 short)
• Selling Shorts (1931 short) as The Girl

References

1. ^ "Portrait of Margret Breen". Kansas City Public Library. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
2. ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1059-0.
3. ^ "Hamburgers Have Girl". The Wichita Beacon. 1937-09-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
4. "Margaret Breen Is One of Twelve--Grew up on Stage". Los Angeles Times. 3 June 1928: D13. Via Proquest.
5. ^ "Actress, 24, to Wed Heir to Millions". Yonkers Statesman. 1931-09-22. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
6. ^ Baral, Robert (1962). Revue: A Nostalgic Reprise of the Great Broadway Period. Fleet Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8303-0091-4.
7. "Mining Man, Actress Honeymoon in South". Daily News. 1931-09-28. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
8. "Travel Wise: Wine Country Lodging". The Sacramento Bee. 1996-10-20. p. 123. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
9. "Fire Sales! He Has His Own Fire Department!". The San Francisco Examiner. 1934-08-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
10. "'Passing Show,' Met; New Comedy, Shubert; 'Tea for 3,' Hennepin". The Minneapolis Star. 1925-05-23. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
11. "Exceptional Cast in 'Passing Show'". The Selma Times-Journal. 1925-02-25. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
12. Hischak, Thomas S. (2009-04-22). Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5309-2.
13. The Billboard. R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford. 1927.
14. "Ed Wynn Returns". The Standard Union. 1931-03-10. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
15. "Buddy Rogers at the Hipp". The Buffalo Times. 1930-11-09. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
16. "Buddy Rogers Heads All-Star Week at The Strand". The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. 1930-11-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
17. "Boatloads of Fun in "Heads Up" Now at the Fox Liberty". The Sedalia Democrat. 1930-10-19. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
18. Hischak, Thomas S. (2008). The Oxford Companion to the American Musical. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533533-0.
19. Bradley, Edwin M. (2015-06-14). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0684-2.

External links

• Margaret Breen at IMDb
• Margaret Breen at the Internet Broadway Database

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