Biography[]
Character: Marianne, Daisy Dimple and Marianne Jones
Birthday: December 9, 1930
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Death: November 8, 2013
Place of Death: Granada Hills, California (unconfirmed)
First Short: For Pete's Sake
Last Short: The Lucky Corner
Number of Shorts: 7
Year Active: 1933–1987
History: Not much is known about Marianne Edwards. She was the daughter of E. B. Edwards of Los Angeles, California, and she had two older brothers, Robert and Donald. After the 1933 departure of several Rascals, she was hired to play the younger sister to Jackie Lynn Taylor and afterward, the romantic interest of George McFarland as Spanky. If anything, she filled the short opening of the female Rascal between Dorothy DeBorba and Darla Jean Hood. After she left the series, she had a many supporting roles and left acting altogether in 1987. She led a normal life and married, later moving to Granada Hills, California, as updated by Maltin and Bann in their book. According to Our Gang historian Bob Satterfield, she died on November 8, 2013.
List of Shorts[]
1935 Hal Roach Studios biography on Marianne Edwards.
- For Pete's Sake
- Shrimps For A Day
- Beginner's Luck
- Teacher's Beau
- Sprucin' Up
- The Lucky Corner
- The Pinch Singer
Other Projects[]
- Stand Up And Cheer (1934)- uncredited with Shirley Temple and Scott Beckett
- Orient Express (1934) - uncredited
- My Beauty (1934) - uncredited
- Sleepers East (1934) - uncredited
- Babes In Toyland (1934) (uncredited) - with Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Henry Brandon, Scott Beckett, George Billings, Billy Bletcher, Thomas Bupp, Jean Darling, Johnny Downs, Cullen Johnson, Payne Johnson, Richard Jones, Gus Leonard, Sam Lufkin, Jackie Lynn Taylor, and Jerry Tucker
- Air Hawks (1935) - uncredited
- Jungle Jim (1937) - uncredited
- Love Is In The Air (1937) - uncredited
- Hollywood Hotel (1937) - uncredited
- Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) - uncredited
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Citizen of Emerald City