Leona Maricle Explained
| Leona Maricle |
| Birth Date: | December 23, 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Date: | March 25, 1988 (aged 82) |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1933–1946 (film) |
| Spouse: | 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."
Maricle's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maricle. She was a graduate of the College of Industrial Arts.[2] Her Broadway debut came in The Trial of Mary Dugan (1927). Her final appearance on Broadway was in Never Too Late (1962).
In the mid-1930s, she and her husband were active in summer stock theatre in Skowhegan, Maine.[3]
Maricle married actor Louis Jean Heydt in New York City in 1928.[4] They divorced in either 1947 or 1948.[5] [6] She did not remarry.
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.[7]
Selected filmography
Bibliography
- Blottner, Gene. Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940-1962. McFarland, 2015.
Notes and References
- Blottner pg. 235
- News: Heydt--Maricle . March 4, 2019 . The Montclair Times . August 22, 1928 . New Jersey, Montclair . 4. Newspapers.com.
- News: Colorful Ladies Are Specialties of Leona Maricle . March 4, 2019 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 7, 1934 . Pennsylvania, Philadelphia . SO 11. Newspapers.com.
- News: Marriage In "Mary Dugan" Co. . May 13, 2024 . The New York Times . August 18, 1928 . 12. subscription .
- News: Drama Desk. Cohen, Harold. March 12, 1947. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 12. 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.. .
- Cail, Harold L. (August 26, 1948). "Two on the Aisle". Portland Express. p. 29. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- News: Leona Maricle, Actress, 81. January 24, 2017. The New York Times. New York, New York City.
