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Margaret Lindsay

1910–1981 · Actor

Biography

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Margaret Lindsay (born Margaret Kies; September 19, 1910 – May 9, 1981) was an American film actress. Her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s was particularly productive. She was noted for her supporting work in successful films of the 1930s and 1940s such as Jezebel (1938) and Scarlet Street (1945) and her leading roles in lower-budgeted B movie films such as the Ellery Queen series at Columbia in the early 1940s. Critics regard her portrayal of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hepzibah Pyncheon in the 1940 film adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables as Lindsay's standout career role.

Notable Noir Roles

A Tragedy at Midnight

1942Dir. Joseph Santley · Beth Sherman

The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.

Emergency Hospital

1956Dir. Lee Sholem · Dr. Janet Carey

About the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic night of business-as-usual.

Full Noir Filmography

2 films · 1942–1956