Actor
Margaret Livingston
Born 24 November 1895 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA — died 13 December 1984
Margaret Livingston (1895–1984) was an American actress who worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s into the early 1930s. She is best remembered as "The Woman from the City," the temptress in F. W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927). She moved from silent films into early sound pictures.
Key films
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)On Cinespective
Her signature role as the seductive city woman in Murnau's acclaimed silent masterpiece.
The Last Warning (1928)
Appeared in Paul Leni's atmospheric late-silent mystery, a notable thriller of the era.
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Featured in an early sound-era Philo Vance detective film, showing her transition to talkies.
Call Her Savage (1932)
Appeared in a notable pre-Code melodrama starring Clara Bow.
Smart Money (1931)
Had a role in a well-known early gangster film with Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 74
- 1916The Chain Invisible · as Elizabeth KingActor
- 1917Alimony · as Florence (as Marguerite Livingston)Actor
- 1919The Busher · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1919All Wrong · as Ethel GoodwinActor
- 1919Haunting Shadows · as Marian DeverauxActor
- 1920What's Your Husband Doing? · as Madge MitchellActor
- 1920The Brute Master · as The Native 'Taupou'Actor
- 1920Water, Water, Everywhere · as Martha BeecherActor
- 1920A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios · as HerselfActor
- 1921Passing Through · as Louise KingstonActor
- 1921The Home Stretch · as MollyActor
- 1921Lying Lips · as Lelia DodsonActor
- 1921Eden and Return · as Connie DemarestActor
- 1921The Parish Priest · as Agnes CassidyActor
- 1923The Social Buccaneer · as Princess EliseActor
- 1923Divorce · as Gloria GayneActor
- 1924Wandering Husbands · as Marilyn FosterActor
- 1924The Chorus Lady · as Patricia O'BrienActor
- 1924Love's Whirlpool · as A MaidActor
- 1924Butterfly · as Violet Van De WortActor
- 1924Her Marriage Vow · as Estelle WinslowActor
- 1925Up the Ladder · as Helene NewhallActor
- 1925Capital PunishmentActor
- 1925When the Door Opened · as Mrs. GrenfalActor
- 1925Havoc · as Violet DeeringActor
- 1925The Best People · as Millie MontgomeryActor
- 1925I'll Show You the Town · as Lucille PembertonActor
- 1925Wages for Wives · as Carol BixbyActor
- 1925Greater Than a Crown · as Molly MontroseActor
- 1926The Blue Eagle · as Mrs. Mary RohanActor
- 1926Womanpower · as DotActor
- 1926A Trip to Chinatown · as Alicia CuyerActor
- 1926The Yankee Señor · as FloraActor
- 1926Hell's Four Hundred · as Evelyn VanceActor
- 1927Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans · as The Woman from the CityActor
- 1927American Beauty · as Mrs. GillespieActor
- 1927Lightning · as Dot DealActor
- 1927The Girl from Gay Paree · as GertieActor
- 1927The Secret Studio · as Nina ClarkActor
- 1927Slaves of Beauty · as GoldieActor
- 1927Streets of Shanghai · as SadieActor
- 1927Married Alive · as Amy DuxburyActor
- 1928The Last Warning · as Evalynda HendonActor
- 1928Through the Breakers · as Diane GarrettActor
- 1928The Way of the Strong · as MarieActor
- 1928Say It with Sables · as Irene GordonActor
- 1928A Woman's Way · as LianeActor
- 1928Beware of Bachelors · as Miss PfefferActor
- 1928The Apache · as SonyaActor
- 1928His Private Life · as Yvette BérgereActor
- 1928Mad Hour · as MaidActor
- 1928The Scarlet Dove · as OlgaActor
- 1928Wheel of Chance · as Josie DrewActor
- 1929The Canary Murder Case · as Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)Actor
- 1929Seven Keys to Baldpate · as Myra ThornhillActor
- 1929The Charlatan · as Florence TalbotActor
- 1929The Bellamy Trial · as Mimi BellamyActor
- 1929Tonight at Twelve · as Nan StoddardActor
- 1929Dreary House · as Nancy CrowlActor
- 1929The Office Scandal · as Lillian TracyActor
- 1929Innocents of Paris · as Madame RenardActor
- 1929Acquitted · as MarianActor
- 1929The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait · as Judy JuddActor
- 1930What a Widow! · as ValliActor
- 1930For the Love o' Lil · as Eleanor CartwrightActor
- 1930Big Money · as MaeActor
- 1930Murder on the Roof · as MarciaActor
- 1931Smart Money · as District Attorney's GirlActor
- 1931The Lady Refuses · as Berthine WallerActor
- 1931God's Gift to Women · as Tania DonaliffActor
- 1931Broadminded · as Mabel RobinsonActor
- 1931Kiki · as Paulette VaileActor
- 1932Call Her Savage · as MollyActor
- 1934Social Register · as GloriaActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.