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Marjorie Main

Actress / Character Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 02/24/1890 († 85, 04/10/1975) | Acton, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1950s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in 10 Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Main started her career in vaudeville and theatre, and appeared in film classics, such as Dead End (1937), The Women (1939), Dark Command (1940), The Shepherd of the Hills (1941), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), and Friendly Persuasion (1956). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygiencially.". ...

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

G

1951 | 3.3/5 | 1h 20min
Comedy
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World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumblin ...

The Egg and I

NR

1947 | 3.5/5 | 1h 48min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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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. ...

Meet Me in St. Louis

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1944 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love, Kids & Family
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A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. ...

The Women

NR

1939 | 3.5/5 | 2h 13min
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Marjorie Main

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Marjorie Main as Actress(87)

as Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap1965 The World of Abbott and Costello
as Ma Kettle1957 The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
as The Widow Hudspeth1956 Friendly Persuasion
as Ma Kettle1956 The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Ma' Kettle1955 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
as Lady Jane Dunstock1954 Rose Marie
as Pansy Jones1954 Ricochet Romance
as Mrs. Hittaway1954 The Long, Long Trailer
as Ma Kettle1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Ma Kettle1953 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
as Ma Parkson1953 Fast Company
as Mrs Phineas Hill1952 The Belle of New York
as Ma Kettle1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Julia Wortin1951 The Law and the Lady
as Mrs. Cabot1951 Mr. Imperium
as Mrs. Wrenley1951 It's a Big Country
as Ma Kettle1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Esme1950 Summer Stock
as Ma Kettle1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Harriet O'Malley1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Flapjack Kate1949 Big Jack
as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle1949 Ma and Pa Kettle
as Maribel Mathews1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Widow Hawkins1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle1947 The Egg and I
as Mrs. Fisher1946 The Show-Off
as Lucy1946 Undercurrent
as Sonora Cassidy1946 The Harvey Girls
as Abbey Hanks1946 Bad Bascomb
as Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson1945 Murder, He Says
as Katie (Maid)1944 Meet Me in St. Louis
as Iris Tuttle1944 Rationing
as Annie Goss1944 Gentle Annie
as 'Gashouse' Mary1943 Johnny Come Lately
as Mrs. Strabel1943 Heaven Can Wait
as Clementine 'Tina' Tucker1942 Jackass Mail
as Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry1942 Tish
as Mrs. McKissick1942 The Affairs of Martha
as Judge Hawkes1942 We Were Dancing
as Mrs. Maude Fisher1942 Tennessee Johnson
as Susie 'Suz'1942 The Bugle Sounds
as Irma, the Cook1941 The Wild Man of Borneo
as Mrs. Varner1941 Honky Tonk
as Emma Kristiansdotter1941 A Woman's Face
as Granny Becky1941 The Shepherd of the Hills
as Mrs. Collins1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Marge Cavendish1941 Barnacle Bill
as Nora1940 Turnabout
as Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams1940 Dark Command
as Gertie1940 I Take This Woman
as Sarah May Willett1940 The Captain Is a Lady
as Mrs. Lowery1940 Women Without Names
as Mary1940 Susan and God
as Mehitabel1940 Wyoming
as Mrs. Dolley (uncredited)1939 Another Thin Man
as Lucy1939 The Women
as Mrs. Arkelian1939 Angels Wash Their Faces
as Mrs. Miller1939 They Shall Have Music
as Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey1939 Two Thoroughbreds
as Mrs. Briggs1939 Lucky Night
as Mrs. Mary Brennan1938 Boy of the Streets
as Miss Wayne1938 Too Hot to Handle
as Mrs. Boylan1938 Little Tough Guy
as Matron Brand1938 Prison Farm
as Sara Post1938 Under the Big Top
as Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)1938 There Goes My Heart
as Nora1938 Romance of the Limberlost
as Miss Katie Mathews1938 Penitentiary
as Landlady1938 Test Pilot
as Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)1938 King of the Newsboys
as Miss Armstrong1938 Girls' School
as Old woman by phone (uncredited)1938 Three Comrades
as Hannah Gillespie1937 The Shadow
as Mrs. Martin1937 Dead End
as Amelia Bradley1937 The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Mrs. Martin1937 Stella Dallas
as Martha Foster1937 The Wrong Road
as herself1936 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Anna (Uncredited)1934 Music in the Air
as Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)1934 Crime Without Passion
as Woman Who Sits on Painting1934 Art Trouble
as Arizona Representative1933 New Deal Rhythm
as Woman in Depot (uncredited)1933 Close Relations
as Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)1932 Broken Lullaby
as Gossip in Window (Uncredited)1932 Hot Saturday
as Townswoman at Wedding (uncredited)1931 A House Divided
as Statler Hotel Beauty1929 Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties

TV Shows/Series with Marjorie Main as Actress(2)

1954 December Bride
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Marjorie Main
Born: Monday, 02/24 1890 (February) in Acton, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 04/10 1975 (April) in Los Angeles (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Franklin College
Spouses (current/former): Stanley LeFevre Krebs
Other names for Marjorie Main (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mary Tomlinson"
Marjorie Main frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (25x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (23x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (15x, Crew)
Percy Kilbride (9x, Actor)
Esther Dale (9x, Actress)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Robert Emmett O'Connor (7x, Actor)
Sydney Guilaroff (7x, Crew)
Ben Hecht (7x, Crew)
Wallace Beery (7x, Actor)
Alfred Newman (7x, Crew)
Lee Phelps (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7211, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024