Aileen Marson

Aileen Marson
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Born	13 September 1912 Alexandria, Egypt
Died	4 May 1939(1939-05-04) (aged 26) London, England
Occupations	Film actress Stage actress
Years active	1933-1938.

Aileen Marson (13 September 1912 – 4 May 1939) was a British stage and film actress. Born in Egypt where her father was a consular official with the diplomatic service, she travelled extensively due to her father's job (including a stay in Bucharest) and spoke five languages including Arabic. She came to England with her family when she was 13. Winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she appeared in regional and West End plays, (including mounting her own productions), and also starred in a number of leading roles in British films. She toured South Africa with Seymour Hicks where she met her husband, Jack Scott, a Johannesburg businessman, who she married in 1937. She died at the age of 26 in a London nursing home less than a day after giving birth to twins - a boy and a girl.

Filmography

• The Green Pack (1934)
• Road House (1934)
• Lucky Loser (1934)
• Passing Shadows (1934)
• My Song for You (1934)
• The Way of Youth (1934)
• Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
• Honeymoon for Three (1935)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• The Black Mask (1935)
• Living Dangerously (1936)
• Someone at the Door (1936)
• The Limping Man (1936)
• The Tenth Man (1936)
• The Green Cockatoo (1937)
• Spring Handicap (1937)

Bibliography

• Shafer, Stephen C. British Popular 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge, 1997.
• Sutton, David R. A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.

External links

• Aileen Marson at IMDb