Margot Grahame

Margot Grahame (20 February 1911 – 1 January 1982) was an English actress. Quotes Margo. The 'T' is silent as in Harlow. When asked by Jean Harlow whether her name was pronounced "Margo" or "Margott". Mark my words: great quotations and the stories behind them by Nigel Rees (2002), p. 63. This exchange is also attributed to Margot Asquith, but Rees traces it to Grahame and concludes it was transferred to a more famous Margot when Margot Grahame's star waned. Apparently Grahame didn't intend a put-down and only realized later what she had said. About Margot Grahame, the countess, was a pouty siren known as "the Aluminum Blonde" — Britain's answer to Jean Harlow. Lee Miller: a Life by Carolyn Burke (2005), p. 115. External links Category:People from Canterbury Category:Actresses from England Category:1911 births Category:1982 deaths