Margaret Breen

Margaret Breen was born in Missouri on February 3, 1907.{{Cite web |title=Portrait of Margret Breen |url=https://kclibrary.org/art-objects/portrait-margret-breen |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Kansas City Public Library |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Vazzana |first=Eugene Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqIYAQAAIAAJ&q=margaret+breen+hamburger |title=Silent Film Necrology |year=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1059-0 |language=en}} She came from a theatrical family; ten of her eleven siblings, including Nellie Breen, were in show business. She performed on stage at the age of four.{{Cite news |date=1937-09-04 |title=Hamburgers Have Girl |pages=2 |work=The Wichita Beacon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon-hamburgers-have-girl/125346135/ |access-date=2023-05-26}}"Margaret Breen Is One of Twelve – Grew up on Stage". Los Angeles Times. 3 June 1928: D13. {{ProQuest|}}

Breen performed in several Broadway shows, including George White's Scandals, in the 1920s and in several short films in the early 1930s.{{Cite news |date=1931-09-22 |title=Actress, 24, to Wed Heir to Millions |pages=12 |work=Yonkers Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/yonkers-statesman-actress-24-to-wed-he/125345986/ |access-date=2023-05-26}}{{Cite book |last=Baral |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uY2fAAAAMAAJ&q=margaret+breen+%22george+white%22 |title=Revue: A Nostalgic Reprise of the Great Broadway Period |year=1962 |publisher=Fleet Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-0-8303-0091-4 |language=en}}

She married Art Hamburger, a miner and millionaire, in 1931.{{Cite news |date=1931-09-28 |title=Mining Man, Actress Honeymoon in South |page=22 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-mining-man-actress-honeymoon/125346284/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |archive-date=2023-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526173123/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-mining-man-actress-honeymoon/125346284/ |url-status=live }} They lived in Plymouth, California.{{Cite news |date=1996-10-20 |title=Travel Wise: Wine Country Lodging |pages=123 |work=The Sacramento Bee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-travel-wise-wine-cou/125346361/ |access-date=2023-05-26}} They had a son and a daughter in the 1930s.{{Cite news |date=1934-08-08 |title=Fire Sales! He Has His Own Fire Department! |pages=3 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-fire-sales-h/125346226/ |access-date=2023-05-26}}

Breen died in California on December 5, 1960.

• George White's Scandals, June 18 – November 10, 1923; June 30 – December 13, 1924
• The Passing Show, 1925{{Cite news |date=1925-05-23 |title='Passing Show,' Met; New Comedy, Shubert; 'Tea for 3,' Hennepin |pages=26 |work=The Minneapolis Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star-passing-show-met/125309098/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525205220/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star-passing-show-met/125309098/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=1925-02-25 |title=Exceptional Cast in 'Passing Show' |pages=7 |work=The Selma Times-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-journal-exceptional-cast/125345914/ |access-date=2023-05-26}}
• Princess Flavia, as Helga, November 2, 1925 – March 13, 1926
• The Merry World, June 8 – August 21, 1926
• Peggy-Ann, as Patricia Seymour, December 27, 1926 – October 29, 1927{{Cite book |last=Hischak |first=Thomas S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzeiySJZXF4C&dq=%22margaret+breen%22+actress&pg=PA356 |title=Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007 |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5309-2 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frrSLM_m_sUC&dq=%22margaret+breen%22+actress&pg=RA6-PA92 |title=The Billboard |date=1927 |publisher=R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford |language=en}}
• Simple Simon, as Elaine King, March 9 – March 21, 1931{{Cite news |date=1931-03-10 |title=Ed Wynn Returns |pages=15 |work=The Standard Union |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-union-ed-wynn-returns/125308819/ |access-date=2023-05-25}}

• Heads Up (1930) as Mary Trumbull{{Cite news |date=1930-11-09 |title=Buddy Rogers at the Hipp |pages=10 |work=The Buffalo Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-times-buddy-rogers-at-the-hi/125308747/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525205217/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-times-buddy-rogers-at-the-hi/125308747/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=1930-11-22 |title=Buddy Rogers Heads All-Star Week at The Strand |pages=4 |work=The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chillicothe-constitution-tribune-bud/125309351/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525210329/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chillicothe-constitution-tribune-bud/125309351/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=1930-10-19 |title=Boatloads of Fun in 'Heads Up' Now at the Fox Liberty |pages=16 |work=The Sedalia Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sedalia-democrat-boatloads-of-fun-in/125309461/ |access-date=2023-05-25}}{{Cite book |last=Hischak |first=Thomas S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbBz3C4Gr0EC&dq=%22margaret+breen%22+actress&pg=PA331 |title=The Oxford Companion to the American Musical |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-533533-0 |language=en}}
• It Might Be Worse (1931 short) as Ethel{{Cite book |last=Bradley |first=Edwin M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7vwCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22margaret+breen%22+actress&pg=PA240 |title=The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926–1931 |year=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0684-2 |language=en}}
• The Tamale Vendor (1931 short)
• Selling Shorts (1931 short) as The Girl

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