The Expressions of Margarita Fisher (1919) 🇬🇧

This brunette beauty is most enthusiastic over her screen work, and possesses cleverness and vivacity.

Margarita Fisher [Margarita Fischer], the petite and vivacious artiste, has the reputation of being one of the best-dressed stars of the screen world.

She makes it a point to obtain a fresh wardrobe for each new production, and, in consequence, she is the proud possessor of one of the most elaborate and costly collections of gowns in the world of silent drama.

Margarita appreciates all that is beautiful, and she is intensely fond of motion picture work. She is the proud possessor of a glorious head of hair. It is very luxuriant and thick, and of a copper tone.

Her eyes are greyish-green, and an admirer has described them as like “the Atlantic Ocean after a storm, when floating, sparkling sand gives a shimmer to its deep-green waves.” Margarita’s height is about five feet one.

A Happy Household

This fascinating star is very fond of her home life, and she slates that everybody in her household is perpetually cheerful, from her mother, whose Scotch-Irish geniality overflows, to her sister, Dot, whoso housekeeping is one reason for the attractiveness of their bungalow.

It was just a wee trick of Fate that first put Margarita in the way of a theatrical profession.

A theatrical company was stranded in her district, and the manager had a new play which demanded a clever child actress. As no youngster had travelled with the company, he was in a difficulty until he espied eight-year-old Margarita, singing to some little friends in the rosegarden at the back of the local inn.

Her First Engagement

The eager producer secured her services, and Margarita was so quick to learn that when, a few days later, the new play was produced, she made a big success.

Since that experience she stuck to the stage, and at the age of twelve she was quite a celebrated little actress.

She toured for a long time as Topsy, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

“I never smiled in those days,” confesses Margarita, “ except when I had to force a stage smile. I was a very self-conscious child, and always afraid that I would not amount to anything. I spent every moment thinking, reading, trying to make myself lit to associate with clever people, and I was very unhappy because I could not have regular school hours or go to a college.

Her Hard-Up Days

And then my father ‘passed on’ just when I needed him most. Troubles came thick and fast, and we were very hard-up at times. I’ve seen myself staring in bakery windows, sniffing at hot rolls, wafted up from the basement ovens, and wishing I could afford to buy enough for a satisfying meal.”

However, those days have now gone by, and Margarita is enjoying the fruits of success. She has lived down her hard times.

Designs all her Frocks

Unlike many other screen stars, she admits that she is not a bit “sporty.” She doesn’t like to drive her big car, because sire’s afraid to, and she isn’t a bit athletic or fond of society.

She spends every moment she can spare from the studio in her home. She designs all her own frocks, and is fond of music and reading.

Some of Margarita’s screen successes are “Ann’s Finish,” “Jilted Janet,” “Money Isn’t Everything,” and “The Mantle of Charity.”

She is often called the brunette beauty, and for vivacity, cleverness and fascinating prankishness she is hard to beat.

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Photo captions:

• Thoughtful.
• Pleasure.
• Delight.
• Sadness.

Collection: Picture Show Magazine, December 1919