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Margaret Gibson alias Patricia Palmer aka Ella Margaret Arce, aka Ella Margaret Lewis, (September 14, 1894 - October 21, 1964) was an American actress, who landed ingénue leading roles in Vitagraph's westerns.

Career

Her career has been brimful of interesting events, and her record of artistic achievements is one which any actress could well envy. Among her most memorables roles were her leads in "The Riders of Petersham," "Back to Eden," and "The Outlaw," as well as innumerable others. Highly advertised in the mid 1910s, she was a troubled personality who had several run-ins with the law and was at one point even arrested on a Federal charge for being part of a nation-wide extortion ring, and for vagrancy, a situation that demanded the change of name.

Connection to the Murder of William Desmond Taylor

In 1999, an account, from apparently a credible source, was made public. On October 21, 1964, while living in a modest residence in the Hollywood hills, Gibson suffered a heart attack and, as a recently converted Roman Catholic, confessed to the February 1, 1922 murder of Hollywood mogul William Desmond Taylor on her deathbed.

Based on the circumstances of her reported confession, along with what is known about her life between 1914 and 1937, she may have murdered Taylor, and if so she accomplished (although it has to be taken into consideration the lack of modern law enforement investigative techniques) an essentially "perfect" crime: She is alleged to have been involved romantically with Taylor. However there is no documented motive and zero proof. Some investigators have noted that soon after the murder she got work, using the name Patricia Palmer, in a number of Paramount-Lasky films. The one thing that stands out, however, is that she had absolutely nothing to gain by the confession, which makes it even more believable.

Filmography

The Godless Girl
The Little Savage
Naughty Nanette
The Waster
Who's Your Friend
Without Mercy
The Part Time Wife
Hold Your Breath
A Pair of Hellions
Mr. Billings Spends His Dime
The Web of the Law
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy King
Cold Feet
Rounding Up the Law
Across the Border
Greater Than Love
Dummy Love (as Patsy Palmer)
Turkey Dressing
The Desert Wolf
His Bitter Half
Blondes
Sand!
The Honeymooners (1920) (as Margaret Gibson)
The Faith of the Strong
Mary Moves In
Rowdy Ann (as Margaret Gibson)
Tell Your Wife Everything
Sally's Blighted Career
The Money Corral
Sea Sirens
The Fifth Wheel
Their Seaside Tangle (as Margaret Gibson)
Betty Makes Up
Almost Divorced
Hearts and Clubs (as Helen Gibson)
Green Eyes and Bullets (as Margaret Gibson)
The Fourteenth Man
Public Approval
The Hidden Law
The Heart of Tara
The Soul's Cycle
The Homesteader
A Kaffir's Gratitude
The Lion's Nemesis
The Winning of Jess
The Arab's Vengeance
The Golden Trail
All on Account of Towser
The Hammer
His Mother's Portrait
The Sea Ghost
Clouds in Sunshine Valley
Almost a Hero
A Child of the North
The Taming of Rita
The Girl at Nolan's
Love Will Out
Kidding the Boss
Anne of the Mines
When the Gods Forgive
Brandon's Last Ride
The Horse Thief
Detective and Matchmaker
His Kid Sister
The Last Will
Tony, the Greaser
A Little Madonna
The Kiss
The Ghosts
Auntie (1914)
Ginger's Reign
The Love of Tokiwa
Francine (1914)
Any Port in a Storm
Bianca
The Race
Sunny; or, The Cattle Thief
Old Moddington's Daughters
The Spell
The Yellow Streak
The Wrong Pair
The Sea Maiden
Polly at the Ranch

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