Margaret Gordon — The Black Cat Character Profile

About Margaret Gordon

Granddaughter of Henrietta, inheritor of half the fortune. Engages in a secret romantic relationship with Richard Hartley, which becomes a motive for murder when Richard threatens to reveal it.

Character Facts

Played by

Claire Dodd

Appears in

The Black Cat (1941)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Black Cat

• Montague Hartley (Basil Rathbone)
• Mr. Penny (Hugh Herbert)
• Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith (Broderick Crawford)
• Eduardo Vidos (Bela Lugosi)
• Myrna Hartley (Gladys Cooper)
• Elaine Winslow (Anne Gwynne)
• Abigail Doone (Gale Sondergaard)
• Richard Hartley (Alan Ladd)
• Stanley Borden (John Eldredge)
• Henrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus)
• Doctor Williams (uncredited) (Erville Alderson)
• Coroner (uncredited) (Harry C. Bradley)