Leona Maricle

American actress
Leona Maricle
BornDecember 23, 1905
Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 1988 (aged 82)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1933–1946 (film)
Spouse(s)Louis Jean Heydt
(m. 1928; div. 1947 or 1948)

Leona Maricle (December 23, 1905 – March 25, 1988) was an American stage and film actress[1] known for "distinctive characterizations of colorful ladies."[2]

Maricle's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maricle.[3] She was a graduate of the College of Industrial Arts.[4] Her Broadway debut came in The Trial of Mary Dugan (1927). Her final appearance on Broadway was in Never Too Late (1962).[5]

In the mid-1930s, she and her husband were active in summer stock theatre in Skowhegan, Maine.[2]

Maricle married actor Louis Jean Heydt in New York City in 1928.[3] They divorced in either 1947 or 1948.[6][7] She did not remarry.[citation needed]

On March 25, 1988, Maricle died of an apparent heart attack in her apartment in Manhattan. Her obituary in The New York Times gave her age as 81.[5]

Selected filmography

  • O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)
  • Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
  • Women of Glamour (1937)
  • Woman Chases Man (1937)
  • The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
  • Curtain Call (1940)
  • Under Age (1941)
  • The Hard Way (1943)
  • My Reputation (1946)

References

  1. ^ Blottner pg. 235
  2. ^ a b "Colorful Ladies Are Specialties of Leona Maricle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. October 7, 1934. p. SO 11. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Marriage In "Mary Dugan" Co". The New York Times. August 18, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Heydt--Maricle". The Montclair Times. New Jersey, Montclair. August 22, 1928. p. 4. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Leona Maricle, Actress, 81". The New York Times. New York, New York City. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Cohen, Harold (March 12, 1947). "Drama Desk". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 12. ProQuest 1854395825. Leona Maricle, the newspaper publisher of 'State of the Union,' is right now in the process of getting a divorce from Louis Jean Heydt, Helen Hayes' leading man in 'Happy Birthday' on Broadway.
  7. ^ Cail, Harold L. (August 26, 1948). "Two on the Aisle". Portland Express. p. 29. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

Bibliography

  • Blottner, Gene. Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940-1962. McFarland, 2015.

External links

  • Leona Maricle at IMDb
  • Leona Maricle at the Internet Broadway Database
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