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Margaret Seddon

Margaret Seddon

Actor · Died April 17, 1968, aged 95 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Margaret Seddon was born on 18 November 1872 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Bachelor Mother (1932), Raffles (1939) and Quality Street (1927). She died on 17 April 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
November 17, 1872
Died
April 17, 1968 (aged 95)
From
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 4% in 30 days

What are Margaret Seddon's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
41%
Morality
26%
Society
22%
Self
12%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
4
Melancholic
3
Tense
2
Romantic
2
Warm
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Margaret Seddon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Margaret Seddon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

90 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • Three Desperate Men(1951)

    as Mrs. Denton

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • House by the River(1950)

    as Mrs. Whittaker - Party Guest

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Honeymoon Lodge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Elderly Woman

  • Sherlock Holmes in Washington(1942)

    as Miss Pringle (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Meanest Man in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Frances H. Leggitt

  • Scattergood Survives a Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Cynthia Quentin

  • Take a Letter, Darling(1942)

    as Aunt Judy

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Wife Takes a Flyer(1942)

    as The Twin

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Remarkable Andrew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Mrs. Kelly

  • Roxie Hart(1942)

    as Mrs. Wadsworth (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Bank Dick(1940)

    as Old Lady in Car (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Friendly Neighbors(1940)

    as Martha Williams

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Cray

  • Raffles(1939)

    as Maud Holden

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939)

    as Older Sister (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Breakfast for Two(1937)

    as Stockholder (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Danger - Love at Work(1937)

    as Aunt Pitty Pemberton

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • College Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mrs. Schloggenheimer

  • The Big Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mother Jenkins

  • Let's Make a Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Aunt Martha

  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)

    as Jane Faulkner (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • It's in the Air(1935)

    as Mrs. Martha (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Girl Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Grandma Henry

  • Two Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Summerstone

  • The Flame Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Ida Grenfell

  • Shock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Housekeeper

  • Walls of Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mrs. Satterlee

  • Midshipman Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mrs. Burns

  • Heroes for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Jeanette Holmes

  • The Return of Casey Jones(1933)

    as Mrs. Mary Martin

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lilly Turner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mrs. Turner

  • If I Had a Million(1932)

    as Mrs. Small - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Smilin' Through(1932)

    as Ellen, the Maid

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Divorce Among Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Maid

  • Dancing Sweeties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mrs. Cleaver

  • The Dude Wrangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Aunt Mary

  • Dance Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Mrs. Flynn

  • After the Fog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Letitia Barker

  • She Goes to War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Tom's Mother

  • The Bellamy Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Mother Ives

  • The Actress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Miss Trafalgar Gower

  • Silk Legs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Mrs. Fulton

  • Home Made (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Mrs. White

  • Quality Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Nancy Willoughby

  • White Pants Willie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Winifred Barnes

  • Matinee Ladies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Mrs. Smith

  • Driven from Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Actor

  • A Regular Scout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Mrs. Monroe

  • Blarney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Peggy's Aunt

  • Rolling Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Mrs. Alden

  • Wild Oats Lane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as The Mother

  • Wages for Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Annie Bailey

  • The Golden Cocoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. Shannon

  • The Midshipman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. Randall

  • Proud Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. O'Malley

  • A Broadway Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. Steel

  • New Lives for Old (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Widow Turrene

  • The Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Mrs. Cairns

  • The Snob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mrs. Curry

  • The Confidence Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mrs. X

  • The Night Message (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mrs. Longstreet

  • Women Who Give (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Ma Keeler

  • A Lady of Quality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Lady Daphne Wildairs

  • Through the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mother McGinn

  • The Gold Diggers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. La Mar

  • Little Johnny Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. Jones

  • Little Church Around the Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. Wallace

  • Brass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. Baldwin

  • Women Men Marry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Hetty Page

  • The Lights of New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mrs. Reid

  • The Man Who Played God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Old Woman

  • Timothy's Quest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Samantha Ann Ripley

  • Sonny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mrs. Crosby

  • Boomerang Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Annie's Mother

  • School Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as His Teacher

  • A Man's Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Amanda Green

  • Just Around the Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Ma Birdsong

  • The Blasphemer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Harden - John's Mother

  • The Case of Becky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Emerson

  • The Man Worthwhile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Ward

  • The Highest Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Actor

  • The Inside of the Cup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mrs. Garvin

  • Headin' Home(1920)

    as Babe's Mother

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Wings of Pride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Mrs. Prentice

  • The Country Cousin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Mrs. Howitt (as Marguerite Sidden)

  • The Land of Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Miss Pringle

  • The Girl Without a Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Henrietta Hateman

  • Miss Robinson Crusoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Aunt Eloise

  • The Old Homestead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Rickety Ann

  • The Dawn of a Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Polly

Career shape

Star power in the 71st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 90 titles from 1915 to 1951.

Highest rated

Smilin' Through (1932)

Midcredits 71st

Most popular right now

Friendly Neighbors (1940)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting90 of 90: 90 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

1910s6 · acting1920s48 · acting1930s23 · acting1940s11 · acting1950s2 · acting

Billing

usually 14th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Margaret Seddon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 18; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Friendly Neighbors (1940)

62nd percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Margaret Seddon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Margaret Seddon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Carl Pierson shares the most, 2.

Composers, cinematographers and editors