- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMargaret Clark
- Height1.64 m
- Margot Grahame was born on February 20, 1911 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Le mouchard (1935), The Three Musketeers (1935) and L'Avocat criminel (1937). She was married to Augustus Dudley Peters, Allan McMartin and Francis Lister. She died on January 1, 1982 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesAugustus Dudley Peters(1958 - 1973) (his death)Allan McMartin(September 28, 1938 - April 9, 1946) (divorced)Francis Lister(November 22, 1933 - September 2, 1938) (divorced)
- She developed a drinking problem in the early 1970s following the death of her third husband and became a recluse.
- The highest-paid actress in England during the 1930s, she suffered from camera fright.
- Britain's answer to Jean Harlow was dubbed the "Aluminum Blonde" during her peak; however, she turned into a redhead when she returned to films in the post-war years.
- Perhaps best remembered as the prostitute inamorata of Gypo Nolan (in that AA-winning performance by Victor McLaglen) in John Ford's Le mouchard (1935).
- Reared and stage-trained in South Africa, this statuesque blonde appeared in several UK films of the early 1930s before going to Hollywood, where she performed in a number of films of the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
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