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name: "Margaret Lindsay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-lindsay"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 September 1910"
died: "9 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T23:49:41.310099+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 Lindsay

Actor. Born 19 September 1910 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. Died 9 May 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 September 1910, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 9 May 1981
- **Active:** 1933–1938
- **Also known as:** Margaret Kies, Маргарет Линдсей
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Lindsay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20365

## Biography

Margaret Lindsay (born Margaret Kies) was an American film actress. She was born on 19 September 1910 in Dubuque, Iowa, and died on 9 May 1981 in Los Angeles.

After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and working in England, she secured early roles by presenting herself as British. She appeared as Edith Harris in the 1933 film *Cavalcade*. Lindsay signed a contract with Warner Bros. and became a prolific supporting player in the 1930s, appearing in films such as *Baby Face* (1933), *'G' Men* (1935), *Dangerous* (1935) and *Jezebel* (1938).

She later took leading roles in the Ellery Queen series and was praised for her performance as Hepzibah Pyncheon in *The House of the Seven Gables* (1940). Other notable credits include *Scarlet Street* (1945), *The Spoilers* (1942) and *Please Don't Eat the Daisies* (1960). Her sister Jane Gilbert was also an actress.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Jezebel* (1938), Fi1m 78, as Amy Bradford Dillard — [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, as Edith Harris — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)

## Complete filmography (90)

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

- *The Chadwick Family* (1974), as Elly
- *Pistols 'n' Petticoats* (1966), series, Actor
- *Tammy and the Doctor* (1963), as Head Nurse Rachel Colman
- *Five Fingers: The Judas Goat* (1961), as Daisy
- *Surfside 6* (1960), series, Actor
- *Please Don't Eat the Daisies* (1960), as Mona James
- *Jet Over The Atlantic* (1959), as Mrs. Lanyard
- *The Restless Years* (1958), as Dorothy Henderson
- *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1958), series, as Diana Warren Chapman
- *Emergency Hospital* (1956), as Dr. Janet Carey
- *The Bottom of the Bottle* (1956), as Hannah Cady
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Martha Crockett
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Ann
- *Your Show of Shows* (1950), series, Actor
- *B.F.'s Daughter* (1948), as 'Apples' Sandler
- *Louisiana* (1947), as Alvern Adams
- *Cass Timberlane* (1947), as Chris Grau
- *Seven Keys to Baldpate* (1947), as Connie Lane
- *The Vigilantes Return* (1947), as Kitty
- *Her Sister's Secret* (1946), as Renee DuBois Gordon
- *Scarlet Street* (1945), as Millie Ray
- *Club Havana* (1945), as Rosalind
- *Adventures of Rusty* (1945), as Ann Mitchell
- *Alaska* (1944), as Roxie Reagan
- *Crime Doctor* (1943), as Grace Fielding
- *Let's Have Fun* (1943), as Florence Blake
- *No Place for a Lady* (1943), as June Terry
- *Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen* (1942), as Nikki Porter
- *The Spoilers* (1942), as Helen Chester
- *A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen* (1942), as Nikki Porter
- *A Tragedy at Midnight* (1942), as Beth Sherman
- *A Close Call for Ellery Queen* (1942), as Nikki Porter
- *Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring* (1941), as Nikki Porter
- *Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime* (1941), as Nikki Porter
- *The Hard-Boiled Canary* (1941), as Sylvia Worth
- *Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery* (1941), as Nikki Porter
- *Ellery Queen, Master Detective* (1940), as Nikki Porter
- *Meet the Wildcat* (1940), as Ann Larkin
- *The House of the Seven Gables* (1940), as Hepzibah Pyncheon
- *Double Alibi* (1940), as Sue Casey
- *Honeymoon Deferred* (1940), as Janet Payne Farradene
- *British Intelligence* (1939), as Helene von Lorbeer
- *20,000 Men a Year* (1939), as Ann Rogers
- *The Under-Pup* (1939), as Mrs. Cooper
- *Hell's Kitchen* (1939), as Beth Avery
- *On Trial* (1939), as Mae Strickland
- *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), as Amy Dillard ((archive footage) (uncredited)
- *There's That Woman Again* (1938), as Mrs. Francine Nacelle
- *Broadway Musketeers* (1938), as Isabel Dowling
- *Garden of the Moon* (1938), as Toni Blake
- *When Were You Born* (1938), as Doris Kane
- *Jezebel* (1938), as Amy Bradford Dillard — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)
- *Gold Is Where You Find It* (1938), as Rosanne
- *Back in Circulation* (1937), as Arline Wade
- *Slim* (1937), as Cally
- *Song of the City* (1937), as Angelina Romandi
- *Green Light* (1937), as Frances O'Gilvie
- *Sinner Take All* (1936), as Lorraine Lampier
- *Isle of Fury* (1936), as Lucille Gordon
- *Public Enemy's Wife* (1936), as Judith Roberts Maroc
- *The Law in Her Hands* (1936), as Mary Wentworth
- *The Lady Consents* (1936), as Gerry Mannerley
- *Dangerous* (1935), as Gail Armitage
- *Frisco Kid* (1935), as Jean Barrat
- *Personal Maid's Secret* (1935), as Mrs. Joan Smith
- *'G' Men* (1935), as Kay McCord
- *The Case of the Curious Bride* (1935), as Rhoda
- *The Florentine Dagger* (1935), as Florence Ballau
- *Devil Dogs of the Air* (1935), as Betty Roberts
- *Bordertown* (1935), as Dale Elwell
- *Gentlemen Are Born* (1934), as Joan Harper
- *The Dragon Murder Case* (1934), as Bernice Stamm
- *Fog Over Frisco* (1934), as Valkyr 'Val' Bradford
- *Merry Wives of Reno* (1934), as Madge
- *The House on 56th Street* (1933), as Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess
- *Lady Killer* (1933), as Lois
- *The World Changes* (1933), as Jennifer Nordholm
- *From Headquarters* (1933), as Lou Winton
- *Paddy the Next Best Thing* (1933), as Eileen Adair
- *Captured!* (1933), as Monica Allison
- *Voltaire* (1933), as Nanette Calas
- *Baby Face* (1933), as Ann Carter
- *Private Detective 62* (1933), as Janet Reynolds
- *Christopher Strong* (1933), as Autograph Seeker at Party (uncredited)
- *Cavalcade* (1933), as Edith Harris — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *West of Singapore* (1933), as Shelby Worrell
- *Once in a Lifetime* (1932), as Dr. Lewis' Secretary
- *The All-American* (1932), as Miss Bowen
- *The Fourth Horseman* (1932), as Molly O'Rourke
- *Okay, America!* (1932), as Ruth Drake

## Gallery

- ![Publicity photograph of Margaret Lindsay (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1225876/gallery-4e8d251a385a.jpg) Publicity photograph of Margaret Lindsay (1930) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Margaret_Lindsay_Vintage_1930s_Photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Silver Gelatin Print. Preus Museum Collection (NMFF.005183.025) (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/1225876/gallery-0500568dadae.jpg) Silver Gelatin Print. Preus Museum Collection (NMFF.005183.025) (2017) — Preus museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Margaret_Lindsay_No._35.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of Margaret Lindsay for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA) (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/1225876/gallery-12d690873ebd.jpg) Publicity photo of Margaret Lindsay for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA) (1939) — produced by Warner Bros. and supplied to CINELANDIA magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Margaret_Lindsay_Argentinean_Magazine_AD.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margaret Lindsay](https://film.one/media/person/1225876/gallery-d4328a42a84d.jpg) Margaret Lindsay — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Margaret_Lindsay_1935_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margaret Lindsay](https://film.one/media/person/1225876/gallery-1968cb33cdb6.jpg) Margaret Lindsay — Image via TMDB
- ![Margaret Lindsay](https://film.one/media/person/1225876/gallery-c0dff1fa035d.jpg) Margaret Lindsay — Image via TMDB

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