Marguerite Clark

Marguerite Clark (born Feb. 22, 1883, Avondale [now in Cincinnati], Ohio, U.S.—died Sept. 25, 1940, New York, N.Y.) was an American actress whose tiny figure and air of sweet youthful innocence made her enormously popular and a major rival of Mary Pickford. Clark was under the guardianship of an elder sister from the age of 13. With her sister’s encouragement she sought a career on the stage. She made her New York debut in 1900...