14 Facts About Marguerite Clark

Helen Marguerite Clark was an American stage and silent film actress.

Marguerite Clark had an older sister, Cora, and an older brother named Clifton.

Marguerite Clark's father worked in his self-owned successful haberdashery located in downtown Cincinnati before his death on December 29,1896.

Marguerite Clark finished school at age 16, decided to pursue a career in the theatre, making her first stage appearance as a member of the Strakosch Opera Company in 1899.

The 6-foot-6-inch Hopper dwarfed the "petite and daintly" Marguerite Clark who stood four-foot-ten-inches.

Marguerite Clark starred opposite Hopper again in Happyland in 1905.

In 1909, Marguerite Clark starred in the whimsical costume play The Beauty Spot, establishing the fantasy stories which would soon become her hallmark.

In 1910, Clark appeared in The Wishing Ring, a play directed by Cecil B DeMille which was later made into a motion picture by Maurice Tourneur.

That same 1910 season had Clark appearing in Baby Mine, a popular play produced by William A Brady.

Marguerite Clark expressed her delight in the role, and the play had a successful run into 1913.

At age 31, it was relatively late in life for a film actress to begin a career with starring roles, but the diminutive Marguerite Clark had a little-girl look, like Mary Pickford, that belied her years.

Feature films were unheard of when Marguerite Clark was in her early 20s.

Marguerite Clark starred in Come Out of the Kitchen, which was filmed in Pass Christian, Mississippi, at Ossian Hall.

Marguerite Clark was cremated and buried with her husband in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.