Margaret Cullington

Margaret Cullington (Margaret Cullington Fitzroy) (1885-1925)

Margaret Cullington was born in August 1885 New Rochelle, New York, USA. She was an overlooked character player, who made her debut in 1916 doing shorts for Universal and supporting George Ovey in Cub Comedies, sometimes with her first husband Louis Fitzroy. She played with him in A Merry Mix-up (1916) and Jerry's Strategem (1916). She soon appeared in features like Betty Takes a Hand (1918), Wolves of the Border (1923), and Excitement. She worked mostly in short comedies and she worked on regular basis in Christie Comedies and Reggie Morris Speed Comedies for Arrow. Her only major starring role was as Maggie in the three Bringing Up Father two reelers by Al Christies which was produced in 1920. She tragically died young on 18 july, 1925. According to her Variety obituary the dead of her second husband Lieutenant William Fowler who was killed in a plane crash three years before, was directly responsible for her passing and leaving a fourteen year-old son.[1]