Leona Maricle

Leona Maricle
BornDecember 23, 1905
Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 1988 (aged 82)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1933–1946 (film)
Spouse(s)Louis Jean Heydt
(m. 1928; div. 1947 or 1948)

Leona Maricle (December 23, 1905 – March 25, 1988) was an American stage and film actress[1] known for "distinctive characterizations of colorful ladies."[2]

Maricle's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maricle.[3] She was a graduate of the College of Industrial Arts.[4] Her Broadway debut came in The Trial of Mary Dugan (1927). Her final appearance on Broadway was in Never Too Late (1962).[5]

In the mid-1930s, she and her husband were active in summer stock theatre in Skowhegan, Maine.[2]

Maricle married actor Louis Jean Heydt in New York City in 1928.[3] They divorced in either 1947 or 1948.[6][7] She did not remarry.[citation needed]

On March 25, 1988, Maricle died of an apparent heart attack in her apartment in Manhattan. Her obituary in The New York Times gave her age as 81.[5]

  1. ^ Blottner pg. 235
  2. ^ a b "Colorful Ladies Are Specialties of Leona Maricle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. October 7, 1934. p. SO 11. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Marriage In "Mary Dugan" Co". The New York Times. August 18, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Heydt--Maricle". The Montclair Times. New Jersey, Montclair. August 22, 1928. p. 4. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Leona Maricle, Actress, 81". The New York Times. New York, New York City. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Cohen, Harold (March 12, 1947). "Drama Desk". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 12. ProQuest 1854395825. Leona Maricle, the newspaper publisher of 'State of the Union,' is right now in the process of getting a divorce from Louis Jean Heydt, Helen Hayes' leading man in 'Happy Birthday' on Broadway.
  7. ^ Cail, Harold L. (August 26, 1948). "Two on the Aisle". Portland Express. p. 29. Retrieved May 13, 2024.