Margaret Bert

{{short description|American actress (1896–1971)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Margaret Bert

| image = Margaret_Bert.1936.jpg

| caption = Bert in the 1936 film San Francisco

| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|6|4}}

| birth_place = Blackburn, Lancashire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|5|1|1896|6|4}}

| death_place = Sacramento, California, United States

| birthname =

| occupation = Actress

| spouse =

| yearsactive = 1926–64

}}

Margaret Bert (June 4, 1896 – May 1, 1971) was an American character actress who was most active from the 1930s through the 1950s.

She was born on June 4, 1896, in Blackburn, Lancashire. She began her film career during silent films, having a small, unnamed role in the 1926 film The Blackbird, starring Lon Chaney.{{Citation needed |date=September 2024}} During her lengthy career, Bert appeared in more than 150 feature films, film shorts, and television shows, mostly in un-credited roles, with many of those being as an unnamed player. Occasionally, she was given a larger supporting role, such as when she was cast as Mrs. Rogers in the 1947 comedy-drama Sarge Goes to College.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25336 | title=Sarge Goes to College: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= March 29, 2015}} With the advent of television, she made several appearances on TV, including roles on The Roy Rogers Show, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, and The Walter Winchell File. Her final performance was in a small role on the sitcom Petticoat Junction in 1964.

Bert was a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Screen Extras Guild.

Bert died on May 1, 1971,{{cite news |title=Margaret Bert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/619758441/?match=1&terms=%22Margaret%20Bert%22%20actress |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=May 4, 1971 |page=11|via = Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }} in Sacramento, California.{{Citation needed |date=September 2024}} She was cremated.