Margaret Helen Stevenson (February , â€" January , ) was an American
film, stage and radio actress, known for her role as Margot Lane in
the radio adaptation of The Shadow, opposite Orson Welles in .She was
born in New York City, New York on February , , the daughter of
Irish-born actor Charles Alexander Stevenson, who was years old when
she was born, and his second wife Frances Riley, who was years old at
the time. She graduated from Brearley School in Manhattan. Stevenson
was about to enroll at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, when the
Great Depression began. She decided to pursue acting to earn an income
instead of attending Bryn Mawr.Stevenson made her Broadway debut in
The Firebird in . Her other Broadway credits included The Royal Family
(), Hostile Witness (), One by One (), Big Fish, Little Fish (),
Triple Play (), The Young and Beautiful (), The Leading Lady (), The
Rugged Path (), Little Women (), Golden Wings (), You Can't Take It
With You (), Stage Door (), Call It a Day (), Truly Valiant (),
Symphony (), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (), A Party (), and
Evensong (). She also acted in a West End production of The Seven Year
Itch in London in the s in addition to performing frequently in summer
stock theatre and regional theater in the United States.In addition to
her work on The Shadow, Stevenson acted on Aunt Jenny's Real Life
Stories on old-time radio. She also acted on television and for more
than a decade did TV commercials.
film, stage and radio actress, known for her role as Margot Lane in
the radio adaptation of The Shadow, opposite Orson Welles in .She was
born in New York City, New York on February , , the daughter of
Irish-born actor Charles Alexander Stevenson, who was years old when
she was born, and his second wife Frances Riley, who was years old at
the time. She graduated from Brearley School in Manhattan. Stevenson
was about to enroll at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, when the
Great Depression began. She decided to pursue acting to earn an income
instead of attending Bryn Mawr.Stevenson made her Broadway debut in
The Firebird in . Her other Broadway credits included The Royal Family
(), Hostile Witness (), One by One (), Big Fish, Little Fish (),
Triple Play (), The Young and Beautiful (), The Leading Lady (), The
Rugged Path (), Little Women (), Golden Wings (), You Can't Take It
With You (), Stage Door (), Call It a Day (), Truly Valiant (),
Symphony (), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (), A Party (), and
Evensong (). She also acted in a West End production of The Seven Year
Itch in London in the s in addition to performing frequently in summer
stock theatre and regional theater in the United States.In addition to
her work on The Shadow, Stevenson acted on Aunt Jenny's Real Life
Stories on old-time radio. She also acted on television and for more
than a decade did TV commercials.
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