Who was Margia Dean? America B-Movie Actress Dead at 101

Margia Dean was an American B-movie actress who started acting when she was just 7 years old. She appeared on stage in many child roles and later won the Women’s Shakespeare Contest for her role as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet. She also took up modeling and was named “Miss San Francisco” and “Miss California” in 1939.

She died on Friday, June 23, 2023, in her apartment in Rancho Cucamonga, California. She was 101 years old at the time of death. She made her feature film debut in Casanova in Burlesques (1944) and adopted her stage name, Margia Dean. Her first leading role was in Shep Comes Home (1948). She also starred in several movies including Red Desert, FBI Girl, The Lonesome Trail, Villa! Seven  Women From Hell, Abush at Cimarron Pass, and more.

Some of her movies also include The Secret of the Purple Reef, Stagecoach to Fury, The Big Show, Badlands of Montana, I Shot Jesse James, Last of the Desperados, Fingerprints Don’t Lue, The Return of Jesse James, and more.