Marguerite Clark
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Helen Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American stage and silent film actress.
Clark, as a film actress, came in second second only to Mary Pickford in fame at one point.
With the exception of five films, the bulk of her films are considered lost.
Early life and theatre
She was born in Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 22, 1883, and she was the third child of Augustus "Gus" James and Helen Elizabeth Clark. Cora was her older sister, and Clifton was her older brother. Helen Clark's mother died on January 21, 1893. Before his death on December 29, 1896, her father worked in his own profitable haberdashery in downtown Cincinnati. Following her brother's death, Clark's sister Cora was appointed her legal guardian and took her from public school to further her training at Ursuline Academy.
She left school at the age of 16, chose to pursue a career in theatre, and made her Broadway debut in 1900. The 17-year-old performed at various venues. In 1903, she appeared on Broadway opposite hulking comedian DeWolf Hopper in Mr. Pickwick's Mr. Pickwick. In their scenes together, the 6-foot-6-inch (1.98 m) Clark dwarfed the almost 5-foot (1.5 m) Clark. Several adventure-fantasy roles were followed by others. Clark appeared in the whimsical costume play The Beauty Spot in 1909, establishing the fantasy tales that would later become her signature. Clark appeared in The Wishing Ring, a Cecil DeMille play that was later turned into a motion picture by Maurice Tourneur in 1910. Clark appeared in Baby Mine, a well-known play produced by William A. Brady in the 1910 season.
Clark appeared in The Affairs of Anatol, John Barrymore, Doris Keane, and Gail Kane in 1912, later turned into a motion picture directed by Cecil DeMille of Clark's future movie studio Famous Players-Lasky. That same year, she appeared in a retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Winthrop Ames (writing under the pseudonym Jessie Braham White), who closely oversaw the production at his Little Theatre in New York and personally selected the lead actor, adapted the story for the stage. Clark expressed delight in the role, and the production had a fruitful run into 1913. Clark's fame led to her signing a 1914 deal to film motion pictures for Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company, and over the next two years she appeared in more than a dozen films. She then reprised her stage presence in a film that would define Clark's identity, the 1916 screen version of Snow White.
Personal life
Clark married New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation owner and millionaire businessman Harry Palmerston Williams, whose marriage ended in death in an aircraft crash on August 15, 1918. Clark owned Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation, which had built and flown air racers before being sold in 1937.
Film career
Clark, who was young enough for a film actress to start a career with starring roles, had a diminutive Clark, like Mary Pickford, that debuffed her years. Also, Clark's youthful best at the turn of the century was not fully developed or mature enough to film her Clark at her youthful best. These were just some of the reasons why established Broadway stars turned down early film offers. When Clark was in her early 20s, he was unheard of feature films. Allan Dwan directed Wildflower, making her debut on film for the first time.
Clark starred in "Gretchen" in a feature-length version of The Goose Girl, based on Harold MacGrath's 1909 best-selling book. She appeared in the full-length film version of Snow White (1916), directed by Sidney Olcott, and she reprised a Broadway role.
Clark appeared in this film by J. Searle Dawley, as well as in a number of films, most notably when she appeared in "Leo St. Clair" and "Topsy" in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918).
Clark appeared in Come Out of the Kitchen (1919), which was shot in Pass Christian, Mississippi, at Ossian Hall. She enrolled as a yeowoman in the naval reserves the same year. Clark appeared in only one of her 40 films with Famous Players-Lasky, her last with them in 1920, Where to Get, in which she appeared opposite silent film actor Harrison Ford. Her next film, which was released in 1921, was produced by her own production company for First National Pictures distribution. Her name alone, as one of the industry's highest paid actors, was enough to guarantee good box office success. Scrambled Wives was born under her leadership, as she retired at age 38 to visit her husband at their country estate in New Orleans.