Margaret Breen Explained

Margaret Breen (February 3, 1907 - December 5, 1960) was an American stage and film actress.

Biography

Margaret Breen was born in Missouri on February 3, 1907.^{[1] [2]} She came from a theatrical family; ten of her eleven siblings, including Nellie Breen, were in show business. She performed on stage at the age of four.^{[3] [4]}

Breen performed in several Broadway shows, including George White's Scandals, in the 1920s and in several short films in the early 1930s.^{[5] [6]}

She married Art Hamburger, a miner and millionaire, in 1931.^[7] They lived in Plymouth, California.^[8] They had a son and a daughter in the 1930s.^[9]

Breen died in California on December 5, 1960.

Selected stage credits

• George White's Scandals, June 18, 1923 - November 10, 1923; June 30, 1924 - December 13, 1924
• The Passing Show, 1925^{[10] [11]}
• Princess Flavia, as Helga, November 2, 1925 - March 13, 1926
• The Merry World, June 8, 1926 - August 21, 1926
• Peggy-Ann, as Patricia Seymour, December 27, 1926 - October 29, 1927^{[12] [13]}
• Simple Simon, as Elaine King, March 9, 1931 - March 21, 1931^[14]

Filmography

• Heads Up (1930) as Mary Trumbull^{[15] [16] [17] [18]}
• It Might Be Worse (1931 short) as Ethel^[19]
• The Tamale Vendor (1931 short)
• Selling Shorts (1931 short) as The Girl

References

1. Web site: Portrait of Margret Breen . 2023-05-26 . Kansas City Public Library . en.
2. Book: Vazzana, Eugene Michael . Silent Film Necrology . 2001 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-1059-0 . en.
3. News: 1937-09-04 . Hamburgers Have Girl . 2 . The Wichita Beacon . 2023-05-26.
4. "Margaret Breen Is One of Twelve--Grew up on Stage". Los Angeles Times. 3 June 1928: D13. Via Proquest.
5. News: 1931-09-22 . Actress, 24, to Wed Heir to Millions . 12 . Yonkers Statesman . 2023-05-26.
6. Book: Baral, Robert . Revue: A Nostalgic Reprise of the Great Broadway Period . 1962 . Fleet Publishing Corporation . 978-0-8303-0091-4 . en.
7. News: 1931-09-28 . Mining Man, Actress Honeymoon in South . 22 . Daily News . 2023-05-26.
8. News: 1996-10-20 . Travel Wise: Wine Country Lodging . 123 . The Sacramento Bee . 2023-05-26.
9. News: 1934-08-08 . Fire Sales! He Has His Own Fire Department! . 3 . The San Francisco Examiner . 2023-05-26.
10. News: 1925-05-23 . 'Passing Show,' Met; New Comedy, Shubert; 'Tea for 3,' Hennepin . 26 . The Minneapolis Star . 2023-05-25.
11. News: 1925-02-25 . Exceptional Cast in 'Passing Show' . 7 . The Selma Times-Journal . 2023-05-26.
12. Book: Hischak, Thomas S. . Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007 . 2009-04-22 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5309-2 . en.
13. Book: The Billboard . 1927 . R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford . en.
14. News: 1931-03-10 . Ed Wynn Returns . 15 . The Standard Union . 2023-05-25.
15. News: 1930-11-09 . Buddy Rogers at the Hipp . 10 . The Buffalo Times . 2023-05-25.
16. News: 1930-11-22 . Buddy Rogers Heads All-Star Week at The Strand . 4 . The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune . 2023-05-25.
17. News: 1930-10-19 . Boatloads of Fun in "Heads Up" Now at the Fox Liberty . 16 . The Sedalia Democrat . 2023-05-25.
18. Book: Hischak, Thomas S. . The Oxford Companion to the American Musical . 2008 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-533533-0 . en.
19. Book: Bradley, Edwin M. . The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 . 2015-06-14 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-0684-2 . en.