Marjorie Main
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1890-02-22 (85 years old)
Deathday
1975-04-10
Place of Birth
Acton, Indiana, USA
Also known As
Mary Tomlinson
Marjorie Main
Biography
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 abrasive, domineering, salty roles, for which her distinctive voice was well suited. She repeated her stage role in Dead End in the 1937 film version, and ...
Acting
1944
as Katie
1951
as Mrs. Cabot
1939
as Lucy
1954
as Mrs. Hittaway
1947
as Widow Hawkins
1941
as Emma Kristiansdotter
1937
as Mrs. Martin
1952
as Ma Kettle
1947
as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
1956
as The Widow Hudspeth
1941
as Granny Becky
1952
as Mrs Phineas Hill
1950
as Esme
1937
as Mrs. Martin
1946
as Lucy
1949
as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
1943
as Mrs. Strabel
1955
as Ma' Kettle
1952
as Ma Kettle
1942
as Mrs. Maude Fisher
1950
as Ma Kettle
1951
as Ma Kettle
1951
as Mrs. Wrenley
1956
as Ma Kettle
1941
as Mrs. Varner
1942
as Susie 'Suz'
1942
as Clementine 'Tina' Tucker
1939
as Mrs. Arkelian
1957
as Ma Kettle
1948
as Maribel Mathews
1945
as Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
1950
as Harriet O'Malley
1941
as Irma, the Cook
1933
as Arizona Representative
1937
as Hannah Gillespie
1941
as Marge Cavendish
1940
as Gertie
1954
as Lady Jane Dunstock
1939
as Mrs. Briggs
1949
as Flapjack Kate
1946
as Abbey Hanks
1942
as Judge Hawkes
1944
as Iris Tuttle
1937
as Martha Foster
1951
as Julia Wortin
1942
as Mrs. McKissick
1938
as Mrs. Mary Brennan
1938
as Sara Post
1937
as Amelia Bradley
1940
as Mrs. Lowery
1938
as Miss Armstrong
1938
as Miss Wayne
1946
as Mrs. Fisher
1938
as Mrs. Boylan
1938
as Nora
1942
as Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry
1939
as Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey
1940
as Mary
1954
as Ma Kettle
1938
as Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)
1944
as Annie Goss
1940
as Mehitabel
1946
as Sonora Cassidy
1938
as Matron Brand
1940
as Nora, the Cook
1938
as Old woman by phone (uncredited)
1938
as Landlady
1939
as Mrs. Dolley (uncredited)
1939
as Mrs. Miller
1938
as Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)
1953
as Ma Parkson
1954
as Pansy Jones
1931
as Townswoman at Wedding (uncredited)
1941
as Mrs. Collins
1943
as 'Gashouse' Mary
1934
as Anna (Uncredited)
1940
as Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
1932
as Gossip in Window (uncredited)
1940
as Sarah May Willett
1932
as Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)
1934
as Woman Who Sits on Painting
1929
as Statler Hotel Beauty
1933
as Woman in Depot (uncredited)
1936
1934
as Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1965
as Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap
1938
as Miss Katie Mathews
1937
as Miss Emma Bisbee
2006
as Esme (archive footage) (uncredited)
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