Trivia

She was a natural brunette, but producer Hal Roach suggested she wear a blonde wig when she started working in the "Our Gang" shorts to match Jackie Cooper's blonde hair.

She was born Gisela Goetten, the oldest of five siblings. She, Armor E. Goetten, Louis Marlowe, Alona Marlowe and her brother Gerald had careers in the film industry.

Best known for her role as Miss Crabtree, the kids' pretty teacher, in the "Our Gang" comedies. She didn't audition for the role; in 1930 series director Robert F. McGowan noticed her in a department store and, struck by her shyness and fresh-faced beauty, asked her if she'd be interested in a job in the movies--not knowing that she was, in fact, an actress and had been appearing in films for the past seven years.

In her later years, she authored two children's books, "Beezy" and "Furry". She was unable to continue writing due to the onset of Parkinson's Disease.

Producer Hal Roach said of his decision to cast Marlowe as Miss Crabtree: "She wasn't a great actress. You just liked her, and that was enough".

Her family moved to Los Angeles from Minnesota in 1920. While attending Hollywood High School she was discovered performing in a school play by director Malcolm St. Clair, who found her an agent and subsequently arranged for her movie debut in Fighting Blood (1923). She later joined Warner Brothers under contract in 1926.

Was one of 13 Wampas Baby Stars of 1925.

Marlowe was originally buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, CA. She was later reinterred at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Downtown Los Angeles.

Replaced Dorothy Granger in The Rap.