Margo
Birthday: 1917-05-10
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Synopsis
Margo (May 10, 1917 – July 17, 1985), sometimes known as Margo Albert, was a film actress and dancer.
Born María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado in Mexico City, Margo appeared in many American motion pictures and television productions, mostly in minor roles. Her more substantial roles include Lost Horizon (1937), The Leopard Man (1943), Viva Zapata! (1952) and I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955).
Margo was married to the actor Francis Lederer from 1937 until their divorce in 1940. She married the actor Eddie Albert on December 5, 1945 and they remained together until her death from brain cancer in 1985; they were the parents of the actor Edward Albert. Margo was also the niece by marriage of the band leader and musician, Xavier Cugat, through his first marriage to Carmen Castillo.
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Acting
From Hell to Texas
as Mrs. Bradley
The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengeful brothers. Tod shelters on the ranch of Amos Bradley and he falls in love with his daughter Juanita. However, Tod is concerned that he'll eventually have to leave when his pursuers catch up with him.
Viva Zapata!
as Soldadera
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
The Leopard Man
as Gabriella, aka Clo-Clo
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Behind the Rising Sun
as Tama Shimamura
A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
Lost Horizon
as Maria
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
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Winterset
as Miriamne Esdras
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Rosa F. 'Rosita' de Murrieta
In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
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Crime Without Passion
as Carmen Brown
Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, and thinking she's dead, concocts a series of increasingly outlandish alibis to cover his tracks under the guidance of a ghostly apparition that is his alter ego.
