Resting place Cremation Children Margot Avery Role Actress | Name Margot Stevenson Occupation Actress | |
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Full Name Margaret Helen Stevenson Born February 8, 1912 ( 1912-02-08 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Died January 2, 2011, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Spouse Val Avery (m. 1953–2009), Robert Russell (m. 1943) Parents Charles A. Stevenson, Frances Riley Movies Castle on the Hudson, Calling Philo Vance, Smashing the Money Ring, Invisible Stripes, Granny Get Your Gun Similar People Margot Avery, Val Avery, Lloyd Bacon, Anatole Litvak, Martin Ritt | ||
Margot Stevenson (February 8, 1912 – January 2, 2011) was an American stage and radio actress, known for her role as Margot Lane in the radio adaptation of "The Shadow", opposite Orson Welles in 1938.
She was born in New York City, New York on February 8, 1912, the daughter of Irish-born actor Charles Alexander Stevenson, who was 60 years old when she was born, and his second wife Frances Riley, who was 22 years old at the time. She graduated from Brearley School in Manhattan. Stevenson was about to enroll at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, when the Great Depression began. She decided to pursue acting to earn an income instead of attending Bryn Mawr.
Stevenson made her Broadway debut in The Firebird in 1932.
Her second husband, Val Avery died on December 12, 2009 at age eighty-five.
She died at her home in Manhattan on January 2, 2011 at age ninety-eight. Her ashes were given to her daughter, actress Margot Avery.
Filmography
Although she was primarily a stage actress, she made a number of movie appearances, including the following: