Madge: I've avoided all my life the romantic stuff which novels and movies are about. Never went in for that mush. Of course, I've missed what most people would call the ultimate human experience. But then, I've remained my own person, which at my age is a very satisfying state.
Her height was 5'3".
She lived in poverty for much of her post-screen life and worked selling tools in a shop and was unsuccessful in her attempts at becoming a published novelist.
In 1943 she shot her lover, millionaire A. Stanford Murphy, which generated much publicity at the time and finished her career. The reason she did this was because he jilted her for another woman.
She is perhaps best known today for the 1932 film White Zombie (film) in which she starred opposite Bela Lugosi.
After 4 years with Famous Players her contract was picked up by 20th Century Fox. Her best known films include Love Never Dies (1921), Lorna Doone (1922), and The Iron Horse (1924).
She ran away to New York City at age 17, and soon was working as an actor and dancer on Broadway.
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