Margaret Campbell
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Margaret Campbell (24 April 1883 - 27 June 1939) was a American character actress. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she had been the leading lady of the Bramhall Players and appeared on Broadway in revivals of Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice during the early 1910s. Later she followed her husband, German-born actor Josef Swickard, into films and was usually cast as rather grand ladies. She retired from the screen at the advent of sound.
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[edit] Filmography
- Take the Heir (1930)
- One Hysterical Night (1929)
- Wages of Conscience (1927)
- Children of Divorce (1927)
- The Better Man (1926)
- Monte Carlo (1926)
- The Lady from Hell (1926)
- The Home Maker (1925)
- The Fast Worker (1924)
- The Dangerous Blonde (1924)
- His Mystery Girl (1923
- The Clean-Up (1923)
- Legally Dead (1923)
- Confidence (1922)
- Top o' the Morning (1922)
- Don't Shoot (1922)
- Eden and Return (1921)
- The Girl in the Taxi (1921)
- Lying Lips (1921)
- In the Heart of a Fool (1920)
- Notorious Miss Lisle (1920)
- Their Mutual Child (1920)
- Please Get Married (1919)
- The Price of Innocence (1919)
- The Laundry Girl (1919)
[edit] Stageplay
- Lightnin' (1921)
- Keeping Up Appearances (1918)
- The Silent Assertion (1918)
- Difference in Gods (1917)
- Keeping Up Appearances (1917)
- The Merchant of Venice (1913)
- Hamlet (1913)
- Kassa (1909)
[edit] Death
Margaret Campbell was brutally murdered by her son; she was sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death with a hammer. The son was also charged with the murder of a Russian dancer, who was bludgeoned to death, and the assault of actress Delia Bogard, who survived the attack. Both attacks occurred on the Los Angeles City College campus.
Josef Swickard died a year later from natural causes. He was falsely rumored to have jumped from the Hollywood sign.
