Margaret Scudamore (13 November 1880 – 5 October 1958) was an English theatre and film actress who began in ingenue roles before achieving a prolonged career in stage and screen support roles. She and her first husband, Roy Redgrave (1873–1922), are considered to be the first members of the now renowned Redgrave acting dynasty.
Life and career
Margaret was born Daisy Bertha Mary Scudamore in Portsmouth, she was the youngest of five children of William George, a shipwright at HM Portsmouth, and Clara ( Linington), all residing at 7 Melbourne Place, Southsea. She left home as a teenager and found her way to the London offices of theatrical agent, Sir John Denton. Mistaking her for Mary Scudamore, the young daughter of a well-known actor-playwright-manager Fortunatus Augustine Davis who had added "Scudmore" to his surname many years before, Sir John gave Daisy the unrelated Scudamore's address at Castelnau Mansions, Barnes, London. Fortunatus, a "most cheerful" man, welcomed Daisy into the household and she lived with his wife and children for a time until he found work for her as an actress in London. until new Scudamore family research a few years after. performing in:
- Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
- Vengeance of the Air (1915) – as Enid Mortimer