Marguerita Padula

Acting

December 20, 1890 — February 22, 1957

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

7 movies

Biography

Marguerita Anna Padula (December 20, 1890 – February 22, 1957) was an American actress and performer, active in film, vaudeville and radio. She was often typified as a character actress, with her film credits including Hit the Deck, The Cuckoos and Kid Dynamite.

🎬 Marguerita Padula's Filmography

7 movies sorted by popularity

6.5

American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier to their happiness.

Lady of the Tropics

1939

6.4

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Road to Singapore

1940

5.2

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.

The Gangster

1947

6.7

The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny Lyons takes his place and wins the fight, only to have Mugs believe that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping.

Kid Dynamite

1943

8.0

Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.

The Cuckoos

1930

4.7

Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.

Billy the Kid

1930

8.5

A sailor finds himself the object of a cafe owner's affections.

Hit the Deck

1929