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Marilyn Knowlden
Acting

Marilyn Knowlden
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-05-12,Oakland, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
In 1931, a one-day effort by Marilyn Knowlden's attorney father led to an interview, a next-day screen test and a large part for four-year-old Marilyn in one of the early "talkies", Women Love Once (1931). A ten-year movie career followed, where she played the daughter of such stars as Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn, Allan Jones and Norma Shearer. She appeared in some of the screen's great classics, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), David Copperfield (1935) and Les Misérables (1935), in which she played the child Cosette. She appeared in six films nominated by the Academy for Best Production of the Year and performed with such distinguished actors as Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Greta Garbo and Bette Davis. College, marriage and four children followed. A composer and playwright as well as an actress, she wrote the music and lyrics for ten produced musicals, including three for which she also wrote the scripts. The latter included her musical, "I'm Gonna Get You in the Movies!" for which she drew heavily on her own early experience. After a 50-year hiatus, Marilyn returned to acting in 1994. She appeared in over 20 plays and musicals in San Diego County, including the role of Aunt Abby in "Arsenic and Old Lace," the leads in "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "Quilters," and Prof. Higgins' mother in "My Fair Lady." In 2011 Bear Manor published Marilyn Knowlden's autobiography "Little Girl in Big Pictures". Knowlden died on September 15, 2025 of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Eagle, Idaho.

Filmography

6.7

Show Boat
1936-05-17

Husband's Holiday

9

Husband's Holiday
1931-12-19

10

Hidden Power
1939-09-07

Just Around the Corner

5.769

Just Around the Corner
1938-11-11

Marie Antoinette

6.554

Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26

7.102

Les Misérables
1935-04-20

5.429

Barefoot Boy
1938-08-03

6.819

Little Women
1933-11-24

Broadway Rhythm

6.333

Broadway Rhythm
1944-01-19

5.6

The Conquerors
1932-11-18

As the Earth Turns

5.556

As the Earth Turns
1934-02-14

Condemned to Live

5.156

Condemned to Live
1935-09-15

An Evening with Edgar Guest

0

An Evening with Edgar Guest
1938-01-01

5.063

Slave Ship
1937-06-16

6.5

The Cisco Kid
1931-11-01

Angels with Dirty Faces

7.541

Angels with Dirty Faces
1938-11-26

5.816

A Woman Rebels
1936-11-06

Rainbow on the River

8.667

Rainbow on the River
1936-12-18

All This, and Heaven Too

7.2

All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05

David Copperfield

6.712

David Copperfield
1935-01-18

The Way of All Flesh

4.625

The Way of All Flesh
1940-07-05

Anthony Adverse

5.689

Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26

10

Easy to Take
1936-11-06

Imitation of Life

7

Imitation of Life
1934-11-23

Call Her Savage

5.833

Call Her Savage
1932-11-24

The World Changes

4.75

The World Changes
1933-11-25

Women Love Once

10

Women Love Once
1931-07-04