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Marjorie Main

ACTOR · FROM ACTON, USA

Marjorie Main

1890–197591 credits since 1929

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In the pictureMeet Me in St. Louis

ABOUT MARJORIE

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born22 February 1890

Died10 April 1975

BirthplaceActon, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora42 of 91 titles

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Known for

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Meet Me in St. Louis poster

Movie

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944IMDb7.5

Heaven Can Wait poster

Movie

Heaven Can Wait

1943IMDb7.3

Dead End poster

Movie

1937IMDb7.2

Stella Dallas poster

Movie

1937IMDb7.4

The Long, Long Trailer poster

Movie

The Long, Long Trailer

1954IMDb7.0

Summer Stock poster

Movie

1950IMDb7.1

A Woman's Face poster

Movie

1941IMDb7.2

Undercurrent poster

Movie

1946IMDb6.5

The Egg and I poster

Movie

1947IMDb6.9

Dark Command poster

Movie

1940IMDb6.7

The Shepherd of the Hills poster

Movie

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941IMDb6.9

Test Pilot poster

Movie

1938IMDb6.8

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 42
Average IMDb: 6.8
Highest rated: The WomenIMDb 7.7
Working since: 1929

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

91 credits

The 2000s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

2006

as Esme (archive footage) (uncredited)

The 1960s

1 title

Not on Cineora

The World of Abbott and Costello

1965

as Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap

The 1950s

21 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Wagon Train poster

Series

1957–1965IMDb7.6

as Cassie Tanner · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957

as Ma Kettle

Friendly Persuasion poster

Movie

Friendly Persuasion

1956IMDb7.3

as The Widow Hudspeth

Not on Cineora

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956

as Ma Kettle

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki poster

Movie

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

1955IMDb6.4

as Ma' Kettle

Not on Cineora

Ricochet Romance

1954

as Pansy Jones

Not on Cineora

December Bride

1954

1 episode

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home poster

Movie

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1954IMDb6.8

as Ma Kettle

The 1940s

34 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Not on Cineora

Big Jack

1949

as Flapjack Kate

Ma and Pa Kettle poster

Movie

Ma and Pa Kettle

1949IMDb6.7

as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

Not on Cineora

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

1948

as Maribel Mathews

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap poster

Movie

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947IMDb6.7

as Widow Hawkins

The Egg and I poster

Movie

1947IMDb6.9

as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

Not on Cineora

The Show-Off

1946

as Mrs. Fisher

Undercurrent poster

Movie

1946IMDb6.5

as Lucy

Not on Cineora

Bad Bascomb

1946

as Abbey Hanks

The 1930s

33 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Not on Cineora

Two Thoroughbreds

1939

as Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey

Another Thin Man poster

Movie

Another Thin Man

1939IMDb7.3

as Mrs. Dolley

The Women poster

Movie

1939IMDb7.7

as Lucy

Not on Cineora

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939

as Mrs. Arkelian

They Shall Have Music poster

Movie

They Shall Have Music

1939IMDb6.9

as Mrs. Miller

Not on Cineora

Lucky Night

1939

as Mrs. Briggs

There Goes My Heart poster

Movie

There Goes My Heart

1938IMDb6.6

as Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)

Not on Cineora

Girls' School

1938

as Miss Armstrong

The 1920s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties

1929

as Statler Hotel Beauty

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Marjorie’s titles.

Percy KilbrideThe Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle and 6 more

Oliver BlakeThe Long, Long Trailer, Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm and 3 more

Richard LongThe Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle and 2 more

Charles LamontDirector · Ma and Pa Kettle, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town and 2 more

Harold RossonCinematographer · Too Hot to Handle, Honky Tonk and 2 more

Alfred NewmanComposer · Heaven Can Wait, Dead End and 2 more

Franz WaxmanComposer · Test Pilot, Three Comrades and 2 more

Jack HenleyWriter · Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm, Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair and 2 more

Clark GableTest Pilot, Too Hot to Handle and 1 more

Myrna LoyAnother Thin Man, Test Pilot and 1 more