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Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel) was born on 31 August, 1897 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA, is an actor,soundtrack. Discover Fredric March's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel
Occupation actor,soundtrack
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 31 August, 1897
Birthday 31 August
Birthplace Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Date of death 14 April, 1975
Died Place Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Fredric March Height, Weight & Measurements

At 78 years old, Fredric March height is 5' 10" (1.78 m) .

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Height 5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Who Is Fredric March's Wife?

His wife is Florence Eldridge (30 May 1927 - 14 April 1975) ( his death) ( 2 children), Ellis Baker (3 May 1925 - 17 January 1927) ( divorced)

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Wife Florence Eldridge (30 May 1927 - 14 April 1975) ( his death) ( 2 children), Ellis Baker (3 May 1925 - 17 January 1927) ( divorced)
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Fredric March Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Fredric March worth at the age of 78 years old? Fredric March’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Fredric March's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Mary of Scotland (1936)$125,000
A Star Is Born (1937)$125,000
Nothing Sacred (1937)$125,000
The Buccaneer (1938)$150,000
Trade Winds (1938)$75,000 + percentage of the profit
Bedtime Story (1941)$100 .000
Another Part of the Forest (1948)$100 .000
Seven Days in May (1964)$100 .000
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)$15 .000

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1920

Fredric March began a career in banking but in 1920 found himself cast as an extra in films being produced in New York.

1924

Because he considered 12 his lucky number, he shortened Frederick to Fredric, shortened his mother's maiden name from Marcher to March, and as of New Year's Day, 1924, Fredric March was born.

1926

He starred on the Broadway stage first in 1926 and would return there between screen appearances later on.

1929

His wife, actress Florence Eldridge, appeared with him in The Studio Murder Mystery (1929), Les Misérables (1935), Mary of Scotland (1936), Another Part of the Forest (1948), An Act of Murder (1948), Christopher Columbus (1949) and Inherit the Wind (1960). On television, she appeared with him in Producers' Showcase: Dodsworth (1956).

1930

He won plaudits (and an Academy Award nomination) for his send-up of John Barrymore in The Royal Family of Broadway (1930). Four more Academy Award nominations would come his way, and he would win the Oscar for Best Actor twice: for Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

1931

Hyde (1931) and The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946).

1932

Adopted two children with his wife, Florence Eldridge: Penelope ("Penny," born 1932) and Anthony (born 1934).

1936

March also appeared with his wife, Florence Eldridge, in Mary of Scotland (1936).

1937

In 1937, he was listed as the fifth highest paid individual in America, earning $500,000.

1938

After he and his wife Florence Eldridge appeared in the heavily panned play, "Yr. Obedient Husband" in 1938, they ran an ad in New York newspapers; a cartoon borrowed from the New Yorker magazine, it showed a trapeze artist missing his partner. The caption read: "Oops! Sorry!".

1943

In 1943, March made tours for the USO covering nearly 40,000 miles. His other contributions to the war effort included volunteering at the Stage Door Canteen and fundraising activities.

1944

It seems that nobody but Jesse L. Lasky wanted to make The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944). He fought for years to convince Warner Bros. to back a screen biography of the noted writer. Director Irving Rapper was not interested in making the film until he learned his friend March was first choice to star. March had been suggested by Twain's only living daughter, Clara Clemens Gabrilowitch, who informed Lasky that she would not help with the picture unless March played her father. But even with such a stirring endorsement, March had his doubts. He only accepted the role after the makeup department shot a test in which he played Twain at 65. When a picture of March in makeup was released to the papers, Twain's daughter thought somebody had discovered another archival photo of her father.

1946

He singled out The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) as his favorite movie role and "Long Day's Journey into Night" as his favorite stage play. He considered work in television "an awful experience".

1947

Won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Dramatic), the first in 1947 for his performance in Ruth Gordon's "Years Ago", an award shared with José Ferrer for "Cyrano de Bergerac", and the second, ten years later, in 1957, for his landmark performance in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night". He was also nominated in the same category in 1962 for Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon".

1949

In 1949, he was targeted for blacklisting by the House Un-American Activities Committee because of his supposed "leftist" politics.

1950

He and Basil Rathbone appeared together in two television adaptations of "A Christmas Carol", shown in the 1950s. In the first, Shower of Stars: A Christmas Carol (1954), March played Scrooge and Rathbone played Marley's Ghost. In the second, Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens: A Christmas Carol (1959), March was the narrator, and Rathbone played Scrooge.

1955

He and Humphrey Bogart played chess every day during breaks in the filming of The Desperate Hours (1955).

1959

In 1959, he was accorded the honor of reading the Gettysburg Address to a joint session of Congress on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

1960

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

1962

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy called on him to do a dramatic reading at a White House dinner, and "at home" for 30 past Nobel Prize winners.

1965

In 1965, both Marches got recruited by the State Department to tour eight Near Eastern countries, presenting recitations of poetry and excerpts from plays in which they had appeared in the American theater. They were the first husband-and-wife acting team to go abroad under the auspices of the State Department's division of cultural presentations.

1970

For a while after undergoing major surgery for prostate cancer in 1970, it seemed March's acting career was finished. However, he was able to give one final great performance in The Iceman Cometh (1973).

1971

A 500-seat theater was named after him on October 15, 1971, at the University of Wisconsin branch in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

1973

Director John Frankenheimer called March "the finest human being I've ever known, as well as the best actor I ever worked with," citing March's celebrated turns in The Iceman Cometh (1973) and Seven Days in May (1964).

1975

In 1975, Marjorie Main, Larry Parks and Richard Conte died within days of March. March died on April 14, 1975, and was cremated and buried under a favorite tree on his farm in Connecticut.

1990

March's daughter, Penny, remembered her father during her growing up years as fun, charming and very kind, writing in 1990, "I remember very well how handsome he looked back in the days when people really dressed up in the evening, and he'd have on tails and an evening cape to go out and I got to pop up his beautiful top hat" (Letter, Penelope March Fantacci, 12 September 1990).