People active in the silent era and people who keep the silent era alive. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

Photograph: courtesy The Silent Movie Blog.

Margaret Livingston

Born 25 November 1900 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Died 13 December 1984 in Warrington, Pennsylvania, USA.

Sister of actress Ivy Livingston.

Married musician Paul Whiteman, 1931; until Paul’s death, 29 December 1967.

Margaret Livingston worked for a number of film studios, and is best remembered for her role as the woman from the city in Sunrise (1927). Livingston worked for Thomas H. Ince Productions, Incorporated (1920-1921), Fox Film Corporation (1921), Hunt Stromberg Productions (1921), Universal Pictures Corporation (1923-1925 and 1928-1929), Regal Pictures, Incorporated (1924), B.P. Schulberg Productions, Incorporated (1924), Fox Film Corporation (1925-1927), Tiffany-Stahl Productions, Incorporated (1927), First National Pictures, Incorporated (1928), Columbia Pictures Corporation (1928), Gotham Productions (1928) and Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation (1929).

Margaret was a lover of Thomas H. Ince, and was with him on the infamous Hearst yacht trip which caused his death in 1924.

References: Website-IMDb.