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name: "Margaret Irving"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-irving"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 January 1898"
died: "5 March 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T23:19:45.560823+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Margaret Irving

Actor. Born 17 January 1898 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 5 March 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 January 1898, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 5 March 1988
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Irving, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18715766, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410303/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99458

## Biography

Margaret Irving (1898–1988) was an American stage and film actress. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she began her career in vaudeville and on Broadway, where she originated the role of Mrs. Whitehead in the Marx Brothers musical *Animal Crackers* (1928) and reprised it in the 1930 film adaptation.

During the 1930s she appeared in numerous films, including *San Francisco* (1936) as Della Bailey and an uncredited part in *Wife vs. Secretary* (1936). She later worked in television, notably as Aunt Gus in the sitcom *The People's Choice*. She was married to William Frederick James.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *San Francisco* (1936), Fi1m 71, as Della Bailey — [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Highway Patrol* (1955), series, as Irene Tewell, mother
- *Ain't Misbehavin'* (1955), as Mrs. Grumbacher (uncredited)
- *The Beautiful Cheat* (1945), as Olympia Haven
- *In Society* (1944), as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
- *Mr. Moto's Last Warning* (1939), as Madame Delacour
- *Kentucky* (1938), as Woman with Man at Race Track
- *Love, Honor and Behave* (1938), as Nan Bowleigh
- *The Baroness and the Butler* (1938), as Countess Olga
- *Little Miss Roughneck* (1938), as Mrs. Gertrude 'Gert' LaRue
- *Sh! The Octopus* (1937), as Polly Crane
- *Under Suspicion* (1937), as Laura Walters
- *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), as Mrs. Cunningham
- *The Outcasts of Poker Flat* (1937), as The Duchess
- *Men in Exile* (1937), as Mother Haines
- *Charlie Chan at the Opera* (1936), as Mme. Lilli Rochelle
- *Four Days Wonder* (1936), as Aunt Jessica
- *Captain Calamity* (1936), as Mamie Gruen
- *Follow Your Heart* (1936), as Louise Masetti
- *Women Are Trouble* (1936), as Frances Blaine
- *San Francisco* (1936), as Della Bailey — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)
- *I Married a Doctor* (1936), as Maude Dyer
- *Wife vs. Secretary* (1936), as Edna Wilson (uncredited)
- *Exclusive Story* (1936), as Mrs. Higgins
- *Thanks a Million* (1935), as Mrs. Kruger
- *A Peach of a Pair* (1934), Actor
- *Sheer Luck* (1931), as Patsy
- *Animal Crackers* (1930), as Mrs. Whitehead
- *The Broadway Boob* (1926), as Mabel Golden
- *The Man from M.A.R.S.* (1922), as Mary Langdon

## Gallery

- ![Margaret Irving](https://film.one/media/person/1229317/gallery-ef274106cea4.png) Margaret Irving — Street & Smith Corp, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Margaret_Irving_%28Feb_1923%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actress Margaret Irving, on page 54 of the February 1923 Shadowland.](https://film.one/media/person/1229317/gallery-e924ed438bf1.jpg) Actress Margaret Irving, on page 54 of the February 1923 Shadowland. — Alfred Cheney Johnston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Margaret_Irving_-_Feb_1923_Shadowland.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margaret Irving in Captain Calamity - cropped screenshot (1936)](https://film.one/media/person/1229317/gallery-3276154ee381.jpg) Margaret Irving in Captain Calamity - cropped screenshot (1936) — film screenshot (Grand National Films Inc.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Margaret_Irving_in_Captain_Calamity.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margaret Irving](https://film.one/media/person/1229317/gallery-941e9d25d738.jpg) Margaret Irving — Image via TMDB
- ![Margaret Irving](https://film.one/media/person/1229317/gallery-99b2f684d12e.jpg) Margaret Irving — Image via TMDB

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