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.

She was offered the role by an RKO executive after he heard her sing a rendition of the song ‘Hallelujah’ at a home gathering.

[2] For the next decade, Padula divided her time between film, radio and theater before taking a residency at a supper club run by Charley Foy in the San Fernando Valley.

[7] In September 1956, she was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) in Los Angeles suffering from pneumonia and ultimately had her leg amputated.