Margaret Morris (actress)

Margaret Morris (November 7, 1898 – June 7, 1968) was an American Broadway stage and film actress.

Morris, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the great-niece to former US President Benjamin Harrison.

She moved to New York as a teenager and caught the eye of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.. Family members claimed Ziegfeld discovered her while she was dancing on a New York City street corner.

Her other work on Broadway included Miss 1917 (1917), The Maid of the Mountains (1918), Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" (1919), The Blushing Bride (1922), The Yankee Princess (1922), Wildflower (1923), Dew Drop Inn (1923), Sweet Little Devil (1924), Madame Pompadour (1924), and The City Chap (1925).

Also in 1924, she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a list that included future Hollywood legend Clara Bow and Elinor Fair.