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Marjorie Main
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Marjorie Main
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1890-02-22,Acton, Indiana, USA
Gender
Female
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 was subsequently cast repeatedly as the mother of gangsters. She again transferred a strong stage performance, as a dude-ranch operator in The Women, to film in 1939. At this time, she guest-starred on radio programs such as Columbia Presents Corwin and The Goldbergs. Main was signed to a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract in 1940 and stayed with the studio until the mid-1950s. She made six films with Wallace Beery in the 1940s, including Barnacle Bill (1941), Jackass Mail (1942), and Bad Bascomb (1946). She played Sonora Cassidy, the chief cook, in The Harvey Girls (1946). The director George Sidney remarked in the commentary for the film that Miss Main was a "great lady" as well as a great actress who donated most of her paychecks over the years to the support of a school. Perhaps her most famous role is that of Ma Kettle, which she first played in The Egg and I in 1947 opposite Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the part and portrayed the character in nine more Ma and Pa Kettle films. By the early 1950s, she had appeared in several MGM musicals, including, Meet Me in St. Louis and The Belle of New York. She played Mrs. Wrenley in the studio's all-star film It's a Big Country (1951). In 1954, Marjorie Main played her last roles for the studio: Mrs. Hittaway in The Long, Long Trailer and Jane Dunstock in Rose Marie. In 1956, Main's performance as the widow Hudspeth in the hit film Friendly Persuasion was well-received, earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 1958, Main appeared twice as rugged frontierswoman Cassie Tanner in the episodes "The Cassie Tanner Story" and "The Sacramento Story" on NBC's television series Wagon Train. In the first segment, she joins the wagon train, casts her romantic interest on Ward Bond as Major Adams, and helps the train locate needed horses despite a Paiute threat.

Filmography

Meet Me in St. Louis

7

Meet Me in St. Louis
1944-11-28

5.3

Mr. Imperium
1951-03-02

7.12

The Women
1939-09-01

The Long, Long Trailer

6.8

The Long, Long Trailer
1954-02-19

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

6.2

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947-10-08

6.9

A Woman's Face
1941-05-09

7

Dead End
1937-08-27

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

5.9

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952-07-11

7

The Egg and I
1947-05-01

Friendly Persuasion

6.6

Friendly Persuasion
1956-11-25

The Shepherd of the Hills

6.6

The Shepherd of the Hills
1941-07-18

The Belle of New York

5.5

The Belle of New York
1952-02-22

6.7

Summer Stock
1950-08-31

6.9

Stella Dallas
1937-08-06

5.8

Undercurrent
1946-11-11

Ma and Pa Kettle

7.2

Ma and Pa Kettle
1949-04-01

Heaven Can Wait

6.923

Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

6.8

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955-04-01

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

7.2

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952-10-27

Tennessee Johnson

6.1

Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

6.3

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951-05-10

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

6.1

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950-04-01

It's a Big Country

5.3

It's a Big Country
1951-11-20

The Kettles in the Ozarks

6.4

The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956-04-01

6.4

Honky Tonk
1941-10-01

The Bugle Sounds

6

The Bugle Sounds
1942-01-30

7

Jackass Mail
1942-07-01

Angels Wash Their Faces

6.4

Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

6.1

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
1957-05-10

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

6.5

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948-06-01

Murder, He Says

6.6

Murder, He Says
1945-06-23

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

6

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950-12-08

The Wild Man of Borneo

6.5

The Wild Man of Borneo
1941-01-24

New Deal Rhythm

5.5

New Deal Rhythm
1933-04-13

6.5

The Shadow
1937-12-22

I Take This Woman

6.2

I Take This Woman
1940-02-02

7.7

Barnacle Bill
1941-04-07

4

Rose Marie
1954-03-03

6.6

Lucky Night
1939-05-05

6

Big Jack
1949-04-12

6.2

Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26

We Were Dancing

4.2

We Were Dancing
1942-04-30

3

Rationing
1944-03-24

4.3

The Wrong Road
1937-10-11

The Law and the Lady

6.1

The Law and the Lady
1951-07-20

The Affairs of Martha

5.8

The Affairs of Martha
1942-06-21

Boy of the Streets

5

Boy of the Streets
1938-01-08

Under the Big Top

5.5

Under the Big Top
1938-08-31

The Man Who Cried Wolf

5.5

The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937-08-29

Women Without Names

4.8

Women Without Names
1940-03-14

6

Girls' School
1938-09-30

Too Hot to Handle

5.8

Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16

Little Tough Guy

6

Little Tough Guy
1938-07-22

7

The Show-Off
1946-12-01

Romance of the Limberlost

0

Romance of the Limberlost
1938-06-16

5.7

Tish
1942-09-17

Two Thoroughbreds

2

Two Thoroughbreds
1939-12-08

6.5

Susan and God
1940-06-07

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

5.8

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954-03-10

There Goes My Heart

7.2

There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14

5.2

Gentle Annie
1944-12-05

The Harvey Girls

6.5

The Harvey Girls
1946-01-18

5.9

Wyoming
1940-09-13

5.7

Prison Farm
1938-06-17

6

Turnabout
1940-05-17

7.2

Three Comrades
1938-06-02

6.5

Test Pilot
1938-04-16

Another Thin Man

7.1

Another Thin Man
1939-11-17

They Shall Have Music

6

They Shall Have Music
1939-08-18

King of the Newsboys

6

King of the Newsboys
1938-03-18

7

Fast Company
1953-05-21

Ricochet Romance

7

Ricochet Romance
1954-11-01

A House Divided

6.2

A House Divided
1931-12-05

The Trial of Mary Dugan

5

The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941-02-14

Johnny Come Lately

6.7

Johnny Come Lately
1943-09-03

Music in the Air

4.8

Music in the Air
1934-12-13

6.3

Dark Command
1940-04-15

6.5

Hot Saturday
1932-10-28

The Captain Is a Lady

6

The Captain Is a Lady
1940-06-21

7.5

Broken Lullaby
1932-01-19

6.5

Art Trouble
1934-06-23

Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties

1

Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties
1929-07-21

Close Relations

0

Close Relations
1933-09-30

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

6

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936-09-11

Crime Without Passion

5.8

Crime Without Passion
1934-08-30

The World of Abbott and Costello

6.3

The World of Abbott and Costello
1965-04-01

0

Penitentiary
1938-02-05

5.5

December Bride
1954-10-04

6.3

Wagon Train
1957-09-18