Margaret Armstrong
Acting
Biography
Margaret Armstrong (born Winifred Margaret Atwell) was an American stage and screen actress.
Born: October 7, 1885
Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Known For
Sorority House
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
The Soldier and the Lady
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
Annie Oakley
Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Four Girls in White
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
Pacific Blackout
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Women in Prison
The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.
Mary Jane's Pa
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
No, No, Nanette
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?
Chatterbox
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapproval of her stern grandfather, Uriah. Stowing away in the car of Philip Greene, a wealthy young man working with the theater troupe, Jenny talks her way into the play's lead role. But director Archie Fisher doesn't tell her that the new version of the play is meant as a spoof.
Finishing School
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.
Filmography
as Matron (uncredited)
as Mrs. John T. Duke
as Telephone Operator Supervisor
as Dowager
as President
as Mrs. Pettingell Dawson
as Admitting Desk Nurse
as Mrs. Gregory
as Mrs. Daniels (uncredited)
as Mrs. Tatum
as Mrs. Briggs (uncredited)
as Gypsy Woman (Uncredited)
as Mother
as Delia Morpher
as Herself (uncredited)
as Mrs. Oakley
as Third Gossip
as Amy
as Martha
as Martha - the Mercers' Maid
as Edith (uncredited)
as Mrs. Whipple
as Mrs. Fleetwood
as Miss Jones (uncredited)
as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
as Miss Frazer