Biography of Madge Bellamy -

Madge Bellamy (June 30, 1899 – January 24,
1990) was a United States film|movie
actor|actress.

Bellamy was born in Hillsboro, Texas as Margaret
Derden Philpott.

She ran away to New York City at age 17, and soon
was working as an actor and dancer on Broadway.
After various stage work she made her film debut
in 1920. She became a Hollywood star of the silent
movie era. After 4 years with Famous Players her
contract was picked up by 20th Century Fox|Fox
Films. 

She was known as sometimes impetuous. She turned
down a lucrative role in Ben-Hur (1925
film)|Ben-Hur, saying she didn't care to work
around horses.

She at first made the transition to sound film
starting in 1928, but the next year after an
argument with the Fox Studio demanded her contract
be torn up and left the studio. The move left her
out of work until she agreed to return to
Hollywood in 1932, demoted to appearing in
low-budget "B" pictures. 

In 1943 she shot her lover, Stanwood Murphy, which
generated much publicity at the time. She made her
last screen appearance in 1945.

Madge Bellamy died of heart failure in Upland,
California.

== External links ==
*imdb name|id=0068705|name=Madge Bellamy
*
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~pringle/silent/ssot
m/Nov96/ Biography 
* http://silent-movies.com/Ladies/PBellamy.html
Photo gallery on silent-movies.com

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Biography of Madge Bellamy -