Margot Grahame

Acting

Margot Grahame

Born February 20, 1911 · Canterbury, England, UK

Died January 1, 1982 · aged 70

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Margot Grahame (20 February 1911 – 1 January 1982) was an English actress most noted for starring in The Informer and The Crimson Pirate. She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen appearance in 1958. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margot Grahame, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Crimson PirateThe Crimson Pirate · 1952
The Crimson Pirate
7.01952
MovieAdventureComedy
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.
Black MagicBlack Magic · 1949
Black Magic
6.41949
MovieDramaHistory
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
The InformerThe Informer · 1935
The Informer
6.81935
MovieCrimeDrama
Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
The BuccaneerThe Buccaneer · 1938
The Buccaneer
6.41938
MovieAdventure
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Venetian BirdVenetian Bird · 1952
Venetian Bird
6.21952
MovieThrillerMystery
Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
Saint JoanSaint Joan · 1957
Saint Joan
6.51957
MovieHistoryDrama
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.
Night WaitressNight Waitress · 1936
Night Waitress
6.41936
MovieRomanceCrime
Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen and ex-rum runners trying to make a dishonest dollar. Some of the latter, including Helen's unwelcome suitor Martin Rhodes, are after a mysterious, valuable hidden "cargo"; when violence erupts, Helen finds herself innocently involved, and is soon on the run from both cops and crooks.
The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers · 1935
The Three Musketeers
6.91935
MovieActionAdventure
In 17th century France, young d'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers — Athos, Porthos, and Aramis — and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

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Criminal LawyerCriminal Lawyer · 1937
Criminal Lawyer
6.51937
MovieActionRomance
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group is guilty, just to get even with Larkin for a rebuke. On the same night in court, Madge Carter is on trial for disorderly conduct, and Brandon volunteers to defend her, and proves the case against her if a frame-up. Finding that she is penniless, Brandon hires her as his secretary, and falls in love with her. Brandon is appointed district attorney and has ambitions of becoming the state governor. Having dinner at Betty's home, she maneuvers him, while he is drunk, into marrying her. Later, Madge is a witness when Larkin shoots down a fellow gangster. By threatening Brandon's life, he forces her to commit perjury at his trial, and say he fired in self-defense. Brandon, the prosecuting attorney (who has had his marriage to Betty annulled) knows she is lying but doesn't know why.

Madge Carter

The Fabulous JoeThe Fabulous Joe · 1947
The Fabulous Joe
5.51947
MovieComedy
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!

Emily Terkel