Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1890-02-22
- Day of Death1975-04-10 (85 years)
- Place of BirthActon, Indiana, USA
- Also Known AsMary 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
As: Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap
- 1957
Wagon Train
As: Cassie Tanner
- 1957
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
As: Ma Kettle
- 1956
Friendly Persuasion
As: The Widow Hudspeth
- 1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
As: Ma Kettle
- 1955
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
As: Ma' Kettle
- 1954
Ricochet Romance
As: Pansy Jones
- 1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
As: Ma Kettle
1954Rose Marie
As: Lady Jane Dunstock
1954The Long, Long Trailer
As: Mrs. Hittaway
1953Fast Company
As: Ma Parkson
1952Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
As: Ma Kettle
1952Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
As: Ma Kettle
1952The Belle of New York
As: Mrs Phineas Hill
1951It's a Big Country
As: Mrs. Wrenley
1951The Law and the Lady
As: Julia Wortin
1951Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
As: Ma Kettle
1951Mr. Imperium
As: Mrs. Cabot
1950Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
As: Harriet O'Malley
1950Summer Stock
As: Esme
1950Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
As: Ma Kettle
1949Big Jack
As: Flapjack Kate
1949Ma and Pa Kettle
As: Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
1948Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
As: Maribel Mathews
1947The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
As: Widow Hawkins
1947The Egg and I
As: Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
1946The Show-Off
As: Mrs. Fisher
1946Undercurrent
As: Lucy
1946Bad Bascomb
As: Abbey Hanks
1946The Harvey Girls
As: Sonora Cassidy
1945Murder, He Says
As: Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
1944Gentle Annie
As: Annie Goss
- 1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
As: Katie
1944Rationing
As: Iris Tuttle
1943Johnny Come Lately
As: 'Gashouse' Mary
- 1943
Heaven Can Wait
As: Mrs. Strabel
1942Tennessee Johnson
As: Mrs. Maude Fisher
1942Tish
As: Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry
1942Jackass Mail
As: Clementine 'Tina' Tucker
1942The Affairs of Martha
As: Mrs. McKissick
1942We Were Dancing
As: Judge Hawkes
1942The Bugle Sounds
As: Susie 'Suz'
1941Honky Tonk
As: Mrs. Varner
1941The Shepherd of the Hills
As: Granny Becky
1941A Woman's Face
As: Emma Kristiansdotter
1941Barnacle Bill
As: Marge Cavendish
1941The Trial of Mary Dugan
As: Mrs. Collins
1941The Wild Man of Borneo
As: Irma, the Cook
1940Wyoming
As: Mehitabel
1940The Captain Is a Lady
As: Sarah May Willett
1940Susan and God
As: Mary
1940Turnabout
As: Nora, the Cook
1940Dark Command
As: Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
1940Women Without Names
As: Mrs. Lowery
1940I Take This Woman
As: Gertie
1939Two Thoroughbreds
As: Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey
- 1939
Another Thin Man
As: Mrs. Dolley (uncredited)
- 1939
The Women
As: Lucy
1939Angels Wash Their Faces
As: Mrs. Arkelian
1939They Shall Have Music
As: Mrs. Miller
1939Lucky Night
As: Mrs. Briggs
1938There Goes My Heart
As: Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)
1938Girls' School
As: Miss Armstrong
1938Too Hot to Handle
As: Miss Wayne
1938Under the Big Top
As: Sara Post
1938Little Tough Guy
As: Mrs. Boylan
1938Prison Farm
As: Matron Brand
1938Romance of the Limberlost
As: Nora
1938Three Comrades
As: Old woman by phone (uncredited)
1938Test Pilot
As: Landlady
1938King of the Newsboys
As: Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)
1938Penitentiary
As: Miss Katie Mathews
1938Boy of the Streets
As: Mrs. Mary Brennan
1937The Shadow
As: Hannah Gillespie
1937The Wrong Road
As: Martha Foster
1937The Man Who Cried Wolf
As: Amelia Bradley
- 1937
Dead End
As: Mrs. Martin
1937Stella Dallas
As: Mrs. Martin
1934Music in the Air
As: Anna (Uncredited)
1934Crime Without Passion
As: Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1934Art Trouble
As: Woman Who Sits on Painting
- 1933
Close Relations
As: Woman in Depot (uncredited)
1933New Deal Rhythm
As: Arizona Representative
1932Hot Saturday
As: Gossip in Window (uncredited)
1932Broken Lullaby
As: Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)
1931A House Divided
As: Townswoman at Wedding (uncredited)
1929Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties
As: Statler Hotel Beauty