Editing Fredric March (section)

==Early life==
March was born in [[Racine, Wisconsin]], the son of Cora Brown Marcher (1863–1936), a schoolteacher from England,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/45drbKEfL2M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140304223000/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45drbKEfL2M&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite episode |title=Guests: Jill & Dickie Kolmar; Fredric March |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45drbKEfL2M |series=What's My Line? |air-date=March 21, 1954 |minutes=15:00 |network=CBS |via=YouTube |access-date=March 5, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and John F. Bickel (1859–1941), a devout [[Presbyterian]] Church [[Elder (Christianity)|elder]] who worked in the wholesale hardware business.<ref>{{cite book |pages=359–363 |url=https://archive.org/details/playeraprofileof002609mbp |title=The Player A Profile Of An Art |last1=Ross |first1=Lillian |last2=Ross |first2=Helen |date=September 22, 1961 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> March attended the Winslow Elementary School (established in 1855), [[Racine High School]], and the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]],{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} where he was a member of [[Alpha Delta Phi]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105857947/the-bangor-daily-news/ "Alpha Delts Accept Colby College Charter"]. ''The Bangor Daily News''. February 23, 1961. p.&nbsp;19. Retrieved July 18, 2022.</ref>

March served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]] as an artillery lieutenant.

He began a career as a banker, but an emergency [[appendectomy]] caused him to re-evaluate his life and, in 1920, he began working as an "extra" in movies made in New York City, using a shortened form of his mother's maiden name. He appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1926, and by the end of the decade, he signed a film contract with [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="paramount">{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fredric-March| date=August 27, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310155912/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fredric-March| archive-date=March 10, 2018| title=Fredric March, american actor| encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref>