Marjorie Reynolds (née Goodspeed; August 12, 1917 â€" February 1,
1997) was an American film/television actress and dancer, who appeared
in more than 50 films, most notably the 1942 musical Holiday Inn.The
daughter of a doctor and his wife, Reynolds was born Marjorie
Goodspeed in Buhl, Idaho. She acted under the names of both Goodspeed
and as Marjorie Moore. When she was 3 years old, her family moved to
Los Angeles, California. She began to take dancing lessons at age 4.
She attended Los Angeles High School.Beginning at age 6, Reynolds was
a featured child actress in such silent films as Scaramouche (1923).
Her first speaking role was in Murder in Greenwich Village (1937). She
appeared in bit parts in numerous films including Gone with the Wind
(1939).Reynolds played the loyal girlfriend opposite wrongly accused
Richard Cromwell in Enemy Agent (1940). That same year, in The Fatal
Hour, Reynolds appeared for Monogram Pictures as a reporter on the
trail of Boris Karloff's detective James Lee Wong, and opposite Grant
Withers as a cop.
1997) was an American film/television actress and dancer, who appeared
in more than 50 films, most notably the 1942 musical Holiday Inn.The
daughter of a doctor and his wife, Reynolds was born Marjorie
Goodspeed in Buhl, Idaho. She acted under the names of both Goodspeed
and as Marjorie Moore. When she was 3 years old, her family moved to
Los Angeles, California. She began to take dancing lessons at age 4.
She attended Los Angeles High School.Beginning at age 6, Reynolds was
a featured child actress in such silent films as Scaramouche (1923).
Her first speaking role was in Murder in Greenwich Village (1937). She
appeared in bit parts in numerous films including Gone with the Wind
(1939).Reynolds played the loyal girlfriend opposite wrongly accused
Richard Cromwell in Enemy Agent (1940). That same year, in The Fatal
Hour, Reynolds appeared for Monogram Pictures as a reporter on the
trail of Boris Karloff's detective James Lee Wong, and opposite Grant
Withers as a cop.
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