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Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970)

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Born July 15, 1889 in San Francisco, unappreciated character player Marjorie Rambeau worked on the stage from the age of 12. In the 1910s and 1920s, she became a prominent Broadway lead, noted for her serene beauty, elegant poise and touching theatrics. Around the same time she made a few silent films that went nowhere... See full bio »

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in San Francisco, California, USA

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(age 80) in Palm Springs, California, USA
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1957 Man of a Thousand Faces
Gert
 
1957 Slander
Mrs. Manley
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Clarissa
– Indiscreet (1956) … Clarissa
 
1955-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Forsythe / Mrs. O'Reilly
– That Evil Woman (1956) … Mrs. Forsythe
– The Blue Ribbon (1955) … Mrs. O'Reilly
 
1953-1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Aunt Sophronie / Granny Rutledge
– Prologue to Glory (1956) … Granny Rutledge
– Atomic Love (1953) … Aunt Sophronie
 
1955 The View from Pompey's Head
Lucy Devereaux Wales
 
1955 A Man Called Peter
Miss Laura Fowler
 
1953 Bad for Each Other
Mrs. Roger Nelson
 
1953 Torch Song
Mrs. Stewart
 
1949 Abandoned
Mrs. Leona Donner
 
1949 Any Number Can Play
Sarah Calbern
 
1949 The Lucky Stiff
Hattie Hatfield
 
1948 The Walls of Jericho
Mrs. Dunham
 
1945 Salome Where She Danced
Madam Europe
 
1944/I Army Wives
Mrs. Shannahan
 
1944 Oh, What a Night
Lil Vanderhoven
 
1943 In Old Oklahoma
Bessie Baxter
 
1942 Broadway
Lillian (Lil) Rice
 
1941 Three Sons o' Guns
Aunt Lottie
 
1941 Tobacco Road
Sister Bessie Rice
 
1940 East of the River
Mama Teresa Lorenzo
 
1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Tugboat Capt. Annie Brennan
 
1940 20 Mule Team
Josie Johnson
 
1940 Primrose Path
Mamie Adams
 
1940 Santa Fe Marshal
Ma Burton
 
1939 Laugh It Off
Sylvia Swan
 
1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Mamie
 
1939 The Rains Came
Mrs. Simon
 
1939 Sudden Money
Elsie Patterson
 
1938 Woman Against Woman
Mrs. Emma Kingsley
 
1938 Merrily We Live
Mrs. Harlan
 
1937 First Lady
Belle Hardwick
 
1935 Dizzy Dames
Lillian Bennett/Lillian Marlowe
 
1935 Under Pressure
Amelia 'Amy' Hardcastle
 
1934 Ready for Love
Goldie Tate
 
1934 Grand Canary
Daisy Hemingway
 
1934 A Modern Hero
Mme. Azais
 
1934 Palooka
Mayme Palooka
 
1933 Man's Castle
Flossie
 
1933 The Warrior's Husband
Hippolyta
 
1933 Strictly Personal
Annie Gibson
 
1931 Hell Divers
Mame Kelsey
 
1931 Leftover Ladies
The Duchess
 
1931 Silence
Mollie Burke
 
1931 This Modern Age
Diane 'Di' Winters (scenes deleted)
 
1931 Son of India
Mrs. Darsay
 
1931 Laughing Sinners
Ruby
 
1931 The Secret Six
Peaches
 
1931 Strangers May Kiss
Geneva Sterling
 
1931 A Tailor Made Man
Kitty DuPuy
 
1931 The Easiest Way
Elfie St. Clair, Brockton Model
 
1931 Trader Horn
Edith Trent (scenes deleted)
 
1931 Inspiration
Lulu
 
1930 Min and Bill
Bella Pringle
 
1930 Her Man
Annie
 
1930 Great Day
 
1920 The Fortune Teller
Renee Browning
 
1919 The Common Cause
Columbia (prologue)
 
1917 National Red Cross Pageant
America - Final episode
 
1917 Mary Moreland
Mary Moreland
 
1917 The Dazzling Miss Davison
Rachel (The Dazzling Miss Davison)
 
1917 The Mirror
Blanche
 
1917 The Debt
Countess Ann
 
1917/I Motherhood
Louise
 
1917 The Greater Woman
Auriole Praed
 
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1941 Tobacco Road ("Brighten the Corner Where You Are", "Shall We Gather at the River?", "Gimme Dat Old Time Religion", "In the Sweet Bye and Bye", "Bringing in the Sheaves")
 
1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again ("A Life on the Ocean Wave" 1838)
 
1939 Laugh It Off (performer: "You're Doing the 1940", "Laugh It Off")
 
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1959 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Charlie Ruggles (1959) … Herself
 
1953 Forever Female
Herself
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Herself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1926 Syncopating Sue
Herself
 
1922 Starland Review No. 5 (documentary short)
Herself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Cheating Cheaters (1916). Written by Max Marcin. Directed by Franklin Underwood. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 9 Aug 1916- Apr 1917 (closing date unknown/286 performances). Cast: Martin Alsop (as "George Brockton"), Arthur Barry, Edouard Durand (as "Antonio Verdi"), Winifred Harris, Fletcher Harvey, Riley Hatch, Cyril Keightley, Robert McWade (as "Steve Wilson"), Frank Monroe, William Morris, Gypsy O'Brien, William J. Phinney, Marjorie Rambeau (as "Nan Carey, alias Ruth Brockton"), Anne Sutherland. Produced by A.H. Woods. Note: Produced by Universal as Cheating Cheaters, a Betty Compson vehicle. See more »

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Her last public appearance was in 1968 at a party given in her honor along with Jackie Coogan, at the El Miradore Hotel. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer