In 1931 a oneday effort by Marilyn Knowldens attorney father led to an interview a nextday screen test and a large part for fouryearold Marilyn in one of the early talkies Women Love Once 1931 A tenyear 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 screens 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 Im Gonna Get You in the Movies for which she drew heavily on her own early experience After a 50year 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 Knowldens autobiography Little Girl in Big Pictures
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