Margot Stevenson

Who was Margot Stevenson?

Margot Stevenson was an American stage and radio actress, known for her role as Margot Lane in the radio adaptation of "The Shadow", opposite Orson Welles in 1938.

Stevenson was born in New York City on February 8, 1912, the daughter of Irish-born actor Charles Alexander Stevenson, who was 60 years old when she was born, and his second wife Frances Riley, who was 22 years old at the time. She graduated from Brearley School in Manhattan. Stevenson was about to enroll at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, when the Great Depression began. She decided to pursue acting to earn an income instead of attending Bryn Mawr.

Stevenson made her Broadway debut in The Firebird in 1932.

Stevenson died at her home in Manhattan on January 2, 2011 at the age of 98. Her second husband, Val Avery died on December 12, 2009, aged 85. She was survived by her daughter, actress Margot Avery.