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Marilyn Knowlden

Marilyn Knowlden

Actor

Born May 12, 1926 in Oakland, California, USA

Died September 15, 2025

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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.

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Filmography

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Broadway Rhythm Poster

Broadway Rhythm Feature Film1944Co-ed in Drugstore

All This, and Heaven Too Poster

All This, and Heaven Too Feature Film1940Marianna Van Horn

The Way of All Flesh Poster

The Way of All Flesh Feature Film1940Julie Kriza

Hidden Power Poster

Hidden Power Feature Film1939Imogene

I'll Tell the World Poster

I'll Tell the World Short Film1939Sue Burton

Angels with Dirty Faces Poster

Angels with Dirty Faces Feature Film1938Laury - as a Child

Barefoot Boy Poster

Barefoot Boy Feature Film1938Julia Blaine

Just Around the Corner Poster

Just Around the Corner Feature Film1938Gwendolyn

Marie Antoinette Poster

Marie Antoinette Feature Film1938Princesse Thérèse

Slave Ship Poster

Slave Ship Feature Film1937Girl

A Woman Rebels Poster

A Woman Rebels Feature Film1936Flora at Age 9

Anthony Adverse Poster

Anthony Adverse Feature Film1936Florence Udney

Easy to Take Poster

Easy to Take Feature Film1936Gwen Ferry

Rainbow on the River Poster

Rainbow on the River Feature Film1936Lucille Layton

Show Boat Poster

Show Boat Feature Film1936Kim

Condemned to Live Poster

Condemned to Live Feature Film1935Maria, the Young Girl

David Copperfield Poster

David Copperfield Feature Film1935Agnes - the Child

Les Misérables Poster

Les Misérables Feature Film1935Little Cosette

Metropolitan Poster

Metropolitan Feature Film1935Little Girl in Tea Room

As the Earth Turns Poster

As the Earth Turns Feature Film1934Esther

Imitation of Life Poster

Imitation of Life Feature Film1934Jessie at 8

Little Women Poster

Little Women Feature Film1933Amy's Classmate

My Bridge Experiences Feature Film1933

The Mind Reader Poster

The Mind Reader Feature Film1933Little Girl

The World Changes Poster

The World Changes Feature Film1933Selma - as a Child

Call Her Savage Poster

Call Her Savage Feature Film1932Ruth as a Girl

The Conquerors Poster

The Conquerors Feature Film1932Frances Standish - One of the Twins

Husband's Holiday Poster

Husband's Holiday Feature Film1931Anne Boyd

Once a Lady Poster

Once a Lady Feature Film1931Little Girl

The Cisco Kid Poster

The Cisco Kid Feature Film1931Annie Benton

Wicked Feature Film1931Girl

Women Love Once Poster

Women Love Once Feature Film1931Janet Fields

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