Marjorie Main


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Actress

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marjorie Main (born Mary Tomlinson, February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975) was an American actress, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player and for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Main worked in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit and in Chautauqua presentations, and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Her first film was A House Divided in 1931. Main began playing upper class dowagers, but ultimately was typecast in abras...

Place of Birth: Acton, Indiana, USA

Date of Birth: Feb 24, 1890

Date of Death: Apr 10, 1975


Filmography

Actress (82 Known Credits)


Friendly Persuasion

The Widow Hudspeth

Rose Marie

Lady Jane Dunstock

Ricochet Romance

Pansy Jones

Fast Company

Ma Parkson

The Belle of New York

Mrs Phineas Hill

Mr. Imperium

Mrs. Cabot

It's a Big Country

Mrs. Wrenley

The Law and the Lady

Julia Wortin

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Harriet 'Hattie' O'Malley

Ma and Pa Kettle

Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

Big Jack

Flapjack Kate

The Egg and I

Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

The Harvey Girls

Sonora Cassidy

Bad Bascomb

Abbey Hanks

The Show-Off

Mrs. Fisher

Murder, He Says

Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson

Rationing

Iris Tuttle

Gentle Annie

Annie Goss

Heaven Can Wait

Mrs. Strabel

Johnny Come Lately

'Gashouse' Mary

Tennessee Johnson

Mrs. Maude Fisher

The Bugle Sounds

Susie 'Suz'

Jackass Mail

Clementine 'Tina' Tucker

Tish

Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry

We Were Dancing

Judge Hawkes

The Affairs of Martha

Mrs. McKissick

A Woman's Face

Emma Kristiansdotter

Honky Tonk

Mrs. Varner

Barnacle Bill

Marge Cavendish

Wild Man of Borneo

Irma, the Cook

Dark Command

Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams

Wyoming

Mehitabel

The Captain Is a Lady

Sarah May Willett

Another Thin Man

Mrs. Dolley

Lucky Night

Mrs. Briggs

Two Thoroughbreds

Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey

Too Hot to Handle

Miss Wayne

Test Pilot

Landlady

There Goes My Heart

Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)

King of the Newsboys

Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)

Little Tough Guy

Mrs. Boylan

Girls' School

Miss Armstrong

Prison Farm

Matron Brand

Dead End

Mrs. Martin

Stella Dallas

Mrs. Martin

The Shadow

Hannah Gillespie

The Wrong Road

Martha Foster

Boy of the Streets

Mrs. Mary Brennan

The Man Who Cried Wolf

Amelia Bradley

Crime without Passion

Backstage Wardrobe Woman

Art Trouble

Woman Who Sits on Painting

New Deal Rhythm

Arizona Representative

Close Relations

Woman in Depot (uncredited)

The Broken Lullaby

Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)

A House Divided

Townswoman at Wedding

The Widow Hudspeth
Ma Kettle
Ma' Kettle
Mrs. Hittaway
Ma Kettle
Rose Marie (1954)
Lady Jane Dunstock
Pansy Jones
Fast Company (1953)
Ma Parkson
Mrs Phineas Hill
Mr. Imperium (1951)
Mrs. Cabot
Mrs. Wrenley
Julia Wortin
Summer Stock (1950)
Esme
Harriet 'Hattie' O'Malley
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
Big Jack (1949)
Flapjack Kate
Maribel Mathews
Widow Hawkins
The Egg and I (1947)
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
Sonora Cassidy
Undercurrent (1946)
Lucy
Bad Bascomb (1946)
Abbey Hanks
The Show-Off (1946)
Mrs. Fisher
Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
Katie
Rationing (1944)
Iris Tuttle
Gentle Annie (1944)
Annie Goss
Mrs. Strabel
'Gashouse' Mary
Mrs. Maude Fisher
Susie 'Suz'
Jackass Mail (1942)
Clementine 'Tina' Tucker
Tish (1942)
Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry
Judge Hawkes
Mrs. McKissick
Emma Kristiansdotter
Granny Becky
Honky Tonk (1941)
Mrs. Varner
Barnacle Bill (1941)
Marge Cavendish
Irma, the Cook
Mrs. Collins
Dark Command (1940)
Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
Susan and God (1940)
Mary
Turnabout (1940)
Nora
Wyoming (1940)
Mehitabel
Gertie
Mrs. Lowery
Sarah May Willett
Mrs. Dolley
The Women (1939)
Lucy
Mrs. Arkelian
Mrs. Miller
Lucky Night (1939)
Mrs. Briggs
Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey
Miss Wayne
Test Pilot (1938)
Landlady
Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)
Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)
Mrs. Boylan
Girls' School (1938)
Miss Armstrong
Sara Post
Prison Farm (1938)
Matron Brand
Dead End (1937)
Mrs. Martin
Stella Dallas (1937)
Mrs. Martin
The Shadow (1937)
Hannah Gillespie
Martha Foster
Mrs. Mary Brennan
Amelia Bradley
Backstage Wardrobe Woman
Anna
Art Trouble (1934)
Woman Who Sits on Painting
Arizona Representative
Woman in Depot (uncredited)
Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)
Townswoman at Wedding
Statler Hotel Beauty

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