# Marjorie Main

> Mary Tomlinson, professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, notable as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1950s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in 10 Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Main started her career in vaudeville and theatre, and appeared in film classics, such as Dead End (1937), The Women (1939), Dark Command (1940), The Shepherd of the Hills (1941), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), and Friendly Persuasion (1956). Main, known for playing "raucous, rough, and cantankerous women" on-screen, was characterized as "soft-spoken, shy," and "dignified" off-screen.

*US actress (1890–1975)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1890-02-24
- **Died:** 1975-04-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 3.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537685/ (@nm0537685)

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445018)
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