Marjorie Main
Acting

Marjorie Main

Born 22 February 1890 · Acton, Indiana, USA · Died 10 April 1975

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.

Known for

Meet Me in St. Louis
Heaven Can Wait
The Women
Dead End
Another Thin Man
Friendly Persuasion
Stella Dallas
Test Pilot
A Woman's Face
The Shepherd of the Hills
Dark Command
The Long, Long Trailer
The World of Abbott and Costello
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
Friendly Persuasion
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
The Long, Long Trailer
Rose Marie
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Ricochet Romance
Fast Company
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
The Belle of New York
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Mr. Imperium
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
It's a Big Country
The Law and the Lady
Summer Stock
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Ma and Pa Kettle
Big Jack
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
The Egg and I
Undercurrent
Bad Bascomb
The Show-Off
The Harvey Girls
Murder, He Says
Meet Me in St. Louis
Rationing
Gentle Annie
Heaven Can Wait
Johnny Come Lately
Tennessee Johnson
The Bugle Sounds
Jackass Mail
We Were Dancing
The Affairs of Martha
Tish
A Woman's Face
The Shepherd of the Hills
Honky Tonk
The Wild Man of Borneo
Barnacle Bill
The Trial of Mary Dugan
I Take This Woman
Women Without Names
Susan and God
Wyoming
Turnabout
Dark Command
The Captain is a Lady
The Women
Angels Wash Their Faces
Lucky Night
Two Thoroughbreds
They Shall Have Music
Another Thin Man
Boy of the Streets
Under the Big Top
Girls' School
Too Hot to Handle
Little Tough Guy
Romance of the Limberlost
Prison Farm
Test Pilot
Penitentiary
Dead End
Stella Dallas
The Shadow
The Wrong Road
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Love in a Bungalow
Art Trouble
New Deal Rhythm
Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties
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