Margarita Fischer was born on February 12,1886, in Missouri Valley, Iowa, although a 1902 newspaper article referred to her as "a native of Silverton, Marion County", in Oregon.
13 Facts About Margarita Fischer
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Margarita Fischer's parents were Johan, a first-generation German-American hotelkeeper, and later noted minstrel, and Katherine "Kate" E Fischer.
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Margarita Fischer had an older sister, Dorothy, who was two years older and acted in productions with her in their childhood.
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Margarita Fischer made her stage debut in Portland, Oregon, in the child role of Adrienne in The Celebrated Case.
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Margarita Fischer's rapidly growing popularity led to her father forming the Margarita Fischer Stock Company.
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When Margarita Fischer left vaudeville, she began working in films for the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago.
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Margarita Fischer was in Hollywood silent films from at least 1910 until 1927.
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Margarita Fischer is well known for her role as an African-American slave girl in the Harriet Beecher Stowe three-reel epic Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Margarita Fischer was co-featured with Harry Pollard in this Universal feature.
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Margarita Fischer received international acclaim as the American Beauty of the screen.
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Margarita Fischer's face was pictured in the heart of a rose, which became one of the movie's trade marks.
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Margarita Fischer is sometimes credited as Margarieta Fisher, Marguerite Fisher, Margarite Fisher, and Margurita Fisher.
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Margarita Fischer died in Encinitas, California of heart disease in 1975.