Margaret Roach | |
Birth Name: | Margaret Mae Roach |
Birth Date: | March 15, 1921 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Washoe County, Nevada, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Calvary Cemetery (East Los Angeles, California) |
Years Active: | 1939–1948 |
Occupation: | Actress |
Children: | 1 |
Father: | Hal Roach Sr. |
Mother: | Marguerite Nichols |
Relatives: | Hal Roach Jr. (brother) |
Margaret Mae Roach (March 15, 1921 – November 22, 1964) was an American actress active in the 1930s and 1940s.
She was born on March 15, 1921, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Hal Roach and Marguerite Nichols, and her brother was Hal Roach Jr.[1]
Roach gained early acting experience with a stock theater company headed by Ben Bard. She also sang in a night club and worked for two years as an extra in films for two years before she obtained bigger roles.[2]
Roach was married to the actor Robert Livingston, from 1947 to 1951, and they had one son, actor and writer Addison Randall (b. 1949).[3]
Roach died November 1964 in Washoe County, Nevada from cirrhosis of the liver caused by chronic alcoholism. She was buried in Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California.[4]