Margaret Muriel de Melfort Martin-Harvey[1] (4 October 1891 – 15 December 1988) was an English stage actress.
Martin-Harvey was born in London to actors, London-born Angelita Helena Margarita (née de Silva) and Essex-born Sir John Martin-Harvey.[2][3] She made her debut in 1921 in The Bear Leadera, and later toured the United States and Australia.[4] She also played the leading role in two silent films.[5] Her brother was the actor Michael Martin-Harvey.
Martin-Harvey married three times. She first married Ronald Squire in August 1924; they divorced the same year.[4] On 15 July 1926, she married actor Garry Marsh, an actor 11 years her junior.[6] She later married Anthony Huntly-Gordon, who was the company and stage manager to the Agatha Christie thriller The Mousetrap at the Ambassadors Theatre for 21 years.[7][8]
She died in London in 1988.
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