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Wilson, Margery, 1896-1986

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Personal name headingWilson, Margery, 1896-1986
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Variant(s)Wilson, Margery, 1898-1986
Wilson, Margie, 1896-1986
Wilson, Margorie, 1896-1986
Wilson, Marjory, 1896-1986
Strayer, Sara Barker 1896-1986
Strayer, Sarah Barker 1896-1986
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1896-10-31
Death date1986-01-21
Place of deathArcadia (Calif.)
Field of activityActing Motion pictures Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion picture authorship Motion picture industry Silent films Theater Self-help techniques Life skills Motivation (Psychology) Self-actualization (Psychology)
Profession or occupationActors Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters Dialogue coaches Authors
Motion picture directors
Found inYour personality--and God, 1938: t.p. (Margery Wilson)
LC in OCLC database, Sep. 2, 2003 . (hdg.: Wilson, Margery, 1898-)
The return of Draw Egan, [2010]: container (cast, Margery Wilson)
Vazzana, E.M. Silent film necrology, ©2001: page 571 (Margery Wilson, actress/writer/director, neeĢ Sara Barker Strayer)
IMDb, August 6, 2014 (Margery Wilson, born October 31, 1896 in Gracey, Kentucky as Sarah Barker Strayer; actress and director; died on January 21, 1986 in Arcadia, California; writer of self-help and motivational books)
New York Times, via WWW, August 6, 2014: obituary for Margery Wilson, published February 5, 1986 (silent-screen actress; original name Sara Barker Strayer)
Women Film Pioneers Project, via WWW, August 6, 2014: profile for Margery Wilson (also known as Sara(h) Barker Strayer, Margie Wilson, Marjory Wilson, Marjorie Wilson, Mrs. Otto Meeks; worked as: director, film actress, producer, scenario writer, screenwriter, speech coach, theatre actress, writer)
Lowe, D. An encyclopedia dictionary of women in early American films, 1895-1930, ©2005: page 571 (Margery Wilson; actress, producer, director, writer; wrote thirteen nonfiction books on self-improvement: Charm (1930), Your personality and God (1938), Make up your mind (1940), The woman you want to be (1942), How to live beyond your means (1945), and Believe in yourself (1949); published an autobiography in 1956)
Associated languageeng