"There was no way you could say no to that indomitable spirit of Margo Albert. "Some knew her as a real bearcat," the mayor told those in attendance. The festive memorial service Sunday, attended by more than 300 people, was held at the Plaza de la Raza, a Hispanic cultural center Mrs. She also performed as a dancer with Xavier Cugat. Albert's early career involved acting in several films, including "Winterset," "Lost Horizon," "Crime Without Passion" and "Viva Zapata." She was billed only a s Margo. The community activist was 68 when she died in her Pacific Palisades home Wednesday. LOS ANGELES(AP) - A mariachi band played, dancers performed and the crowd rose to its feet in remembrance of Margo Albert, wife of actor Eddie Albert, who was eulogized by civic leaders including Mayor Tom Bradley. Their son Edward Albert became an actor, and their adopted daughter Maria was her father's business manager. Margo and Eddie remained together for 40 years until her death from brain cancer in 1985. Roman Catholic Church authorities said because it was a civil ceremony it was not recognized by the church." Margo's first marriage to Francis Lederer ended in divorce in 1940. Eddie Albert, USNR, former motion picture actor, in the Chapel of Our Lady, St. 5 (AP)-Maria Margharita Bolada, known on the stage and screen as Margo, was married Wednesday to Lt. "Margo Married to Eddie Albert, New York, Dec. She married, secondly, to actor Eddie Albert on Decemin New York City. Lederer was divorced from his first wife in his native Prague in 1935. The couple planned to return tonight to Lederer's ranch in San Fernando valley near Hollywood, deferring any honeymoon trip for the present because of their current picture work. Best man was Jerry Asher, publicity writer who introduced Lederer and Margo to each other a year ago. The bride wore a blue frock and black hat. 16-Francis Lederer, 31-year-old film actor and world peace advocate, and Margarita Bolando, 20, stage and screen dancer known as "Margo," were married here today. Margo was married to the screen star Francis Lederer 16 October 1937 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She became a naturalized United States citizen, on November 9, 1942. īorn María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y O'Donnell in Mexico City, she was related by marriage to band leader Xavier Cugat, as niece of his first marriage to Carmen Castillo. Her final role was as murderess Serafina in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Sad Sicilian". Her more substantial roles include Lost Horizon (1937), The Leopard Man (1943), Viva Zapata! (1952), and I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955). She appeared in many American motion pictures and television productions, mostly in minor roles. Margo, sometimes known as Margo Albert, was a Mexican film actress and dancer. 1938, m.Margo (Bolado) Albert is Notable. Girlfriend: Kate Jackson (actress, cohabited in the 1970s) Sister: Maria Albert Zucht (adopted by Albert's parents) Mother: Margo (Mexican-American actress, b. Edward Albert died in 2006 after a 17-month battle with lung cancer. He was also a drummer, and often wrote and spoke on the topic of medicinal animals. Albert and his father co-starred in the 1991 Canadian TV movie The Girl from Mars.Īlbert was a co-founder and Commissioner of Malibu's Native American Task Force (his mother, born in Mexico City, had some native blood). On Beauty and the Beast (before it was a Disney cartoon, when it was a romantic TV show) he gave his life to save the Beast. Bennett Devlin on Port Charles, and the stalker Jeff Wainwright on Falcon Crest. He has worked steadily, but mostly in forgettable films like Hard Drive, Space Marines, and Fighting Words. He remembers it as "a nightmare of pain".Īfter several years as an American playboy in Europe, Albert's American film career never recovered its previous high profile. He continued playing his part, and says he has only seen the film once, at a party where the host screened it in his honor. He played Liv Ullmann's lover and her daughter's boyfriend in 40 Carats, and in an on-set accident Albert was badly injured, breaking his shoulder and collar bone in six places. Seven years later, he became famous playing a blind attorney in Butterflies are Free. Sometimes billed as Eddie Albert Jr., his first film role was The Fool Killer, when Albert was 14. His mother was Maria Marguerita Guadelupe Bolda y Castilla, who became famous as a dancer and actress under the stage name Margo. Edward Albert was the son of Eddie Albert, the actor who played the city slicker who bought the farm on Green Acres.
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