Madge Bellamy

Madge Bellamy (June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was a United States movie actress.

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Bellamy was born in Hillsboro, Texas as Margaret Derden Philpott.

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She ran away to New York City at age 17, and soon was working as an actor and dancer on Broadway. After various stage work she made her film debut in 1920. She became a Hollywood star of the silent movie era. After 4 years with Famous Players her contract was picked up by Fox Films.

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She was known as sometimes impetuous. She turned down a lucrative role in Ben-Hur, saying she didn't care to work around horses.

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She at first made the transition to sound film starting in 1928, but the next year after an argument with the Fox Studio demanded her contract be torn up and left the studio. The move left her out of work until she agreed to return to Hollywood in 1932, demoted to appearing in low-budget "B" pictures.

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In 1943 she shot her lover, Stanwood Murphy, which generated much publicity at the time. She made her last screen appearance in 1945.

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Madge Bellamy died of heart failure in Upland, California.

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Gordon of Ghost City Buck Jones Madge Bellamy 1933	Ralph Bellamy	Edward Bellamy	Platinum Comedy Series: Bill Bellamy - Back to My Roots
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Coast Guard Randolph Scott Frances Dee Ralph Bellamy on Midget Window Card 1939	Hell Below Robert Montgomery Madge Evans Walter Huston Jimmy Durante 1933