Sadly, the interwebs today are abuzz with the passing of Marilyn Knowlden, the free-lancing child actor of many Hollywood films of the 1930s. She was 99.
She may be best remembered as playing Kim in the Convent Scene in the 1936 film version of Show Boat.
While she did not work directly with Helen Morgan in the making of that film, she graciously granted me an interview some years back, and for that I am grateful.
Her passing today, I believe, marks the end of an era. Not only was she the last surviving principal in the 1936 Show Boat, but she was also, likely, the last surviving actor to have been directed by James Whale and the last to have worked at Universal during the Laemmle years.
Rest in power, Marilyn Knowlden.
This site serves as a companion to the book Helen Morgan: The Original Torch Singer and Ziegfeld’s Last Star.
The Helen Morgan Page 
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