Marjorie Main
US actress (1890-1975) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 85
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.
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The World of Abbott and CostelloFilm, Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap1957
Wagon TrainSeries, Cassie Tanner1956
Friendly PersuasionFilm, The Widow Hudspeth1955
Ma and Pa Kettle at WaikikiFilm, Ma' Kettle1954
December BrideSeries1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the FairFilm, Ma Kettle1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the FarmFilm, Ma Kettle1949
Ma and Pa KettleFilm, Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle1947
The Egg and IFilm, Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle1945
Murder, He SaysFilm, Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson1944
Meet Me in St. LouisFilm, Katie1941
A Woman's FaceFilm, Emma Kristiansdotter1940
Dark CommandFilm, Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams1938
Test PilotFilm, Landlady1937
Dead EndFilm, Mrs. Martin1932
Broken LullabyFilm, Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)1890Born24 February 1890Known for
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The Women 1939
Another Thin Man 1939
The Long, Long Trailer 1954
The Egg and I 1947
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
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Richard Thorpe Directed Wyoming, Barnacle Bill and Big Jack
Charles Lamont Directed Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Percy Kilbride Also in The Egg and I and Ma and Pa Kettle
Esther Dale Also in The Women, Dead End and The Egg and I
George Cukor Directed The Women and A Woman's Face
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Dead End and Stella Dallas
Vincente Minnelli Directed Meet Me in St. Louis and Undercurrent
Arthur Freed Produced Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Hunt Stromberg Produced The Women and Another Thin Man
Pandro S. Berman Produced Undercurrent and Honky Tonk
S. Sylvan Simon Directed Bad Bascomb, The Bugle Sounds and Tish
Edwin H. Knopf Produced Mr. Imperium (1951)- Norman Z. McLeod Directed The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
William Wyler Directed Friendly Persuasion and Dead End
Frank Borzage Directed Three Comrades and I Take This Woman
Alfred Newman Wrote Dead End and Heaven Can Wait
Norman Taurog Directed Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)- John Sturges Directed It's a Big Country and Fast Company
- Franz Waxman Wrote Test Pilot, Three Comrades and Honky Tonk
W. S. Van Dyke Directed Another Thin Man and I Take This Woman
Charles Walters Directed Summer Stock and The Belle of New York
Richard Long Also in The Egg and I and Ma and Pa Kettle- Charles Barton Directed The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
- J. Walter Ruben Produced Tennessee Johnson and The Bugle Sounds
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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.
