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Margot Stevenson
Stevenson in the trailer for Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Born	Margaret Helen Stevenson (1912-02-08)February 8, 1912 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 2, 2011(2011-01-02) (aged 98) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1934–1983
Spouses	Robert Russell (m. 1943; div. 19??) Val Avery ​ ​(m. 1953; died 2009)​
Children	1

Margaret Helen Stevenson (February 8, 1912 – January 2, 2011) was an American film, stage and radio actress, known for her role as Margo Lane in the radio adaptation of The Shadow, opposite Orson Welles in 1938.

Early life

Stevenson was born in Manhattan on February 8, 1912, the daughter of Irish-born actor Charles Alexander Stevenson, who was 60 years old when she was born, and his second wife Frances Riley, who was 22 years old at the time. She graduated from Brearley School in Manhattan. Stevenson was about to enroll at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, when the Great Depression began. She decided to pursue acting to earn an income instead of attending Bryn Mawr.

Career

Stevenson made her Broadway debut in The Firebird in 1932. Her other Broadway credits included The Royal Family (1975), Hostile Witness (1966), One by One (1964), Big Fish, Little Fish (1961), Triple Play (1959), The Young and Beautiful (1955), The Leading Lady (1948), The Rugged Path (1945), Little Women (1944), Golden Wings (1941), You Can't Take It With You (1936), Stage Door (1936), Call It a Day (1936), Truly Valiant (1936), Symphony (1935), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1935), A Party (1933), and Evensong (1933). She also acted in a West End production of The Seven Year Itch in London in the 1950s in addition to performing frequently in summer stock theatre and regional theater in the United States.

In addition to her work on The Shadow, Stevenson acted on Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories on old-time radio. She also acted on television and for more than a decade did TV commercials.

Personal life

Her second husband, Val Avery, whom she married in 1953, died on December 12, 2009, at age eighty-five.

By the late 1990s, Stevenson was blind as a result of macular degeneration. She died at her home in Manhattan on January 2, 2011, at the age of 98.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. ^ Weber, Bruce (January 8, 2011). "Margo Stevenson, 98; was prolific actress on Broadway". The Boston Globe. Massachusetts, Boston. The New York Times. p. B 9. Retrieved October 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Actress Margot Stevenson dies at 98". Variety. January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
3. ^ Weber, Bruce (January 7, 2011). "Margot Stevenson, Prolific Broadway Actress, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
4. "Margot Stevenson". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
5. "Studio Notes". The Evening News. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. January 10, 1938. p. 16. Retrieved October 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Marino, Eugene (September 6, 1988). "Half-century on stage". Democrat and Chronicle. New York, Rochester. p. 1 C. Retrieved October 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Lentz, Harris M. III (2014). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2011. McFarland. ISBN 9780786491346. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
8. Grimes, William (December 15, 2009). "Val Avery, Tough-Guy Actor in Movies, Is Dead at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2011.

External links

• Margot Stevenson at IMDb
• Margot Stevenson at the Internet Broadway Database

• 1912 births
• 2011 deaths
• American stage actresses
• American radio actresses
• Actresses from Manhattan
• 20th-century American actresses
• Brearley School alumni
• American film actresses
• 21st-century American women