Marjorie Rambeau

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1889-07-15 (81 years old)

Deathday

1970-07-06

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Marjorie Rambeau

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marjorie Burnet Rambeau (July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970) was an American film and stage actress. She began her stage career at age 12, and appeared in several silent films before debuting in her first sound film, Her Man (1930). She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Primrose Path (1940) and Torch Song (1953), and received the 1955 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in A Man Called Peter and The View from Pompey's Head.

Acting

1931

1934

Palooka

as Mayme Palooka

1949

Abandoned

as Mrs. Donner

1931

The Secret Six

as Peaches

1943

In Old Oklahoma

as Bessie Baxter

1955

A Man Called Peter

as Miss Laura Fowler

1941

Tobacco Road

as Sister Bessie Rice

1940

Primrose Path

as Mamie Adams

1940

Santa Fe Marshal

as Ma Burton

1953

Bad for Each Other

as Mrs. Roger Nelson

1930

Min and Bill

as Bella Pringle

1957

Slander

as Mrs. Manley

1931

1942

Broadway

as Lillian Rice

1949

Any Number Can Play

as Sarah Calbern

1933

Man's Castle

as Flossie

1937

First Lady

as Belle Hardwick

1948

The Walls of Jericho

as Mrs. Dunham

1931

The Easiest Way

as Elfie St. Clair

1930

Her Man

as Annie

1953

Torch Song

as Mrs. Stewart

1953

Forever Female

as Elderly Stage Actress

1940

East of the River

as Mama Teresa Lorenzo

1949

The Lucky Stiff

as Hattie Hatfield

1917

National Red Cross Pageant

as America - Final episode

1931

Son of India

as Mrs. Darsay

1940

20 Mule Team

as Josie Johnson

1932

Hell Divers

as Mame Kelsey

1934

A Modern Hero

as Mme. Azais

1939

Sudden Money

as Elsie Patterson

1955

The View from Pompey's Head

as Lucy Devereaux Wales

1938

Merrily We Live

as Mrs. Harlan

1933

1945

Army Wives

as Mrs. Shannahan

1931

1917

The Greater Woman

as Auriole Praed

1917

Motherhood

as Louise

1935

Under Pressure

as Amelia 'Amy' Hardcastle

1939

The Rains Came

as Mrs. Simon

1938

Woman Against Woman

as Mrs. Kingsley

1933

Strictly Personal

as Annie Gibson

1941

Three Sons o' Guns

as Aunt Lottie

1934

Ready for Love

as Goldie Tate

1945

1939

Laugh It Off

as Sylvia Swan

1934

Grand Canary

as Daisy Hemingway

1931

A Tailor-Made Man

as Kitty DuPuy

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Marjorie (archive footage) (uncredited)

1931

Left Over Ladies

as The Duchess

1945

It's Murder She Says...

as Anopheles Annie (voice)

1926

Syncopating Sue

as Marjorie Rambeau

1935

Dizzy Dames

as Lillian Bennett / Lillian Marlowe

1944

Oh, What a Night!

as Lil Vanderhoven

1917

The Debt

as Countess Ann

1919

The Common Cause

as Columbia (prologue)

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