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Margaret Hayden Rorke (June 19, 1883 – March 2, 1969) was an American color standards expert, actress, and suffragist who was for nearly 40 years the managing director of the Textile Color Card Association of the United States. She is known as "the most influential 'color forecaster' of the 1920s and 30s." [1]
Hayden Rorke. Hayden Rorke was born in Brooklyn on October 23, 1910 to Margaret Hayden Rorke and William Henry Rorke. He was actually named after his father, but he changed his name to Hayden while studying theater at Manhattan’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Parent. Margaret Hayden Rorke (mother) William Henry Rorke (October 23, 1910 – August 19, 1987), known professionally as Hayden Rorke, was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Alfred E. Bellows on the 1960s American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie .
Aug 20, 1987 · His mother, Margaret Hayden Rorke, who died in 1969 at the age of 84, was a longtime textile industry figure and created colors used in the inaugural ball gowns of both Eleanor Roosevelt and...
Marguerite/Margaret Nillie Hildegarde Rorke* née Hayden was born in New York, NY on June 19, 1883. Her parents were William Richardson Hayden and Katherine Elizabeth Farson. A Confederate veteran from Virginia, William Hayden became established as a manager of circuses, minstrel shows, and theater productions in the New York region.
Feb 26, 2023 · Explore genealogy for Margaret (Hayden) Rorke born 1883 Manhattan, New York, New York, United States died 1969 Los Angeles, California, United States including research + children + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.
America’s first professional color forecaster, Margaret Hayden Rorke headed the association for nearly four decades. A former actress and suffragist, Rorke helped her male colleagues in manufacturing and retailing to understand what women expected of fashion.
