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Marjorie Main (1890–1975)

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Her father was a minister, and when she joined a local stock company as a youngster she changed her name to avoid embarrassing her family. She worked in vaudeville and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Her film debut was in A House Divided. She repeated her stage role in Dead End as Baby Face Martin (Humphrey Bogart)'s mother... See full bio »

Born:

Mary Tomlinson
in Acton, Indiana, USA

Died:

(age 85) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Cassie Tanner
– The Sacramento Story (1958) … Cassie Tanner
– The Cassie Tanner Story (1958) … Cassie Tanner
 
1957 The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
Ma Kettle
 
1956 Friendly Persuasion
The Widow Hudspeth
 
1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks
Ma Kettle
 
1955 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1954 Ricochet Romance
Pansy Jones
 
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1954 Rose Marie
Lady Jane Dunstock
 
1953 The Long, Long Trailer
Mrs. Hittaway
 
1953 Fast Company
Ma Parkson
 
1953 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1952 The Belle of New York
Mrs. Phineas Hill
 
1951 It's a Big Country
Mrs. Wrenley
 
1951 The Law and the Lady
Julia Wortin
 
1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1951 Mr. Imperium
Mrs. Cabot
 
1951 A Letter from a Soldier (short)
Mrs. Wrenley
 
1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Harriet 'Hattie' O'Malley
 
1950 Summer Stock
Esme
 
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1949 Big Jack
Flapjack Kate
 
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Maribel Mathews
 
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Widow Hawkins
 
1947 The Egg and I
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
 
1946 The Show-Off
Mrs. Fisher
 
1946 Undercurrent
Lucy
 
1946 Bad Bascomb
Abbey Hanks
 
1946 The Harvey Girls
Sonora Cassidy
 
1945 Murder, He Says
Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
 
1944 Gentle Annie
Annie Goss
 
1944 Meet Me in St. Louis
Katie (Maid)
 
1944 Rationing
Iris Tuttle
 
1943 Johnny Come Lately
'Gashouse' Mary
 
1943 Heaven Can Wait
Mrs. Strable
 
1942 Tennessee Johnson
Mrs. Maude Fisher
 
1942 Tish
Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry
 
1942 Jackass Mail
Clementine 'Tina' Tucker
 
1942 The Affairs of Martha
Mrs. McKissick
 
1942 We Were Dancing
Judge Sidney Hawkes
 
1942 The Bugle Sounds
Susie 'Suz'
 
1941 Honky Tonk
Mrs. Varner
 
1941 The Shepherd of the Hills
Granny Becky
 
1941 A Woman's Face
Emma Kristiansdotter
 
1941 Barnacle Bill
Marge Cavendish
 
1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mrs. Collins
 
1941 The Wild Man of Borneo
Irma, the Cook
 
1940 Wyoming
Mehitabel
 
1940 The Captain Is a Lady
Sarah May Willett
 
1940 Susan and God
Mary
 
1940 Turnabout
Nora - the Cook
 
1940 Dark Command
Mrs. Cantrelldams
 
1940 Women Without Names
Mrs. Lowery - Prison Matron
 
1940 I Take This Woman
Gertie
 
1939 Two Thoroughbreds
Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey
 
1939 Another Thin Man
Mrs. Dolley
 
1939 The Women
Lucy
 
1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces
Mrs. Arkelian
 
1939 They Shall Have Music
Mrs. Miller
 
1939 Lucky Night
Mrs. Briggs
 
1938 There Goes My Heart
Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)
 
1938 Girls' School
Miss Honore Armstrong
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle
Miss Wayne
 
1938 Under the Big Top
Sara Post
 
1938 Little Tough Guy
Mrs. Boylan
 
1938 Prison Farm
Matron Brand
 
1938 Romance of the Limberlost
Nora
 
1938 Three Comrades
Old Woman by Phone (uncredited)
 
1938 Test Pilot
Landlady
 
1938 King of the Newsboys
Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)
 
1938 Penitentiary
Miss Katie Mathews (uncredited)
 
1938 City Girl
Mrs. Ward (uncredited)
 
1937 The Shadow
Hannah Gillespie
 
1937 Boy of the Streets
Mrs. Mary Brennan
 
1937 The Wrong Road
Martha Foster
 
1937 The Man Who Cried Wolf
Amelia Bradley
 
1937 Dead End
Mrs. Martin
 
1937 Stella Dallas
Mrs. Martin
 
1937 Love in a Bungalow
Miss Emma Bisbee
 
1934 Music in the Air
Anna
 
1934 Crime Without Passion
Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
 
1934 Art Trouble (short)
Woman Who Sits on Painting (uncredited)
 
1933 New Deal Rhythm (short)
Delegate from Arizona (uncredited)
 
1932 Hot Saturday
Gossip in Window (uncredited)
 
1932 Broken Lullaby
Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)
 
1931 A House Divided
Townswoman at Wedding (uncredited)
 
1929 Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties (short)
Statler Hotel Beauty (uncredited)
 
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2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary) (performer: "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (performer: "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited)
 
1946 The Harvey Girls (performer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited, "The Train Must Be Fed" - uncredited, "Swing Your Partner Round and Round" - uncredited)
 
1942 Jackass Mail (performer: "The Girls of the Golden West" 1942, "When Our Day is Done" - uncredited, "A Rose in the Forest" - uncredited)
 
1940 Wyoming (performer: "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 1900 - uncredited, "There's a Home in Wyomin'" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Women (music: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited / performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited, "On Top of Old Smokey" - uncredited)
 
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1974 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Herself
– That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM (1974) … Herself
 
1956 December Bride (TV series)
Herself
– The Marjorie Main Show (1956) … Herself
 
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2010 Lego Ma and Pa Kettle: Back on the Farm (short)
Ma Kettle
 
2010 Ma Kettle vs. Granny (short)
Ma Kettle
 
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
1965 The World of Abbott and Costello (documentary)
Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap
 

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Romance of the Limberlost -- An orphaned girl is being raised in the Limberlost (timbered swamp in the American south)by her aunt... Meet Me in St. Louis -- In the year before the 1904 St Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. The Wrong Road -- A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000...
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Dead End (1935). Drama. Written by Sidney Kingsley. Production Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Directed by Sidney Kingsley. Belasco Theatre: 28 Oct 1935- 12 Jun 1937 (687 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn (as "Mr. Griswald"), Charles Bellin, Charles Benjamin, Philip Bourneuf, Marie R. Burke, Richard Clark... See more »

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Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

Most of the time I played mothers. That's acting! See more »

Trivia:

Long-time companion of actress Spring Byington. See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces