Marjorie Main
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marjorie Main (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975) was an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marjorie Main, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Feb 24, 1890 In Acton, Indiana, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 85
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties 1929-07-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie The World of Abbott and Costello 1965-04-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The World of Abbott and Costello | Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap | 1965-04-01 |
| Movie | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Ma Kettle | 1957-05-10 |
| Movie | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Ma Kettle | 1956-04-01 |
| Movie | Friendly Persuasion | The Widow Hudspeth | 1956-11-25 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | Ma' Kettle | 1955-04-01 |
| Movie | The Long, Long Trailer | Mrs. Hittaway | 1954-02-19 |
| Movie | Rose Marie | Lady Jane Dunstock | 1954-03-03 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Ma Kettle | 1954-03-10 |
| Movie | Ricochet Romance | Pansy Jones | 1954-11-01 |
| Movie | Fast Company | Ma Parkson | 1953-05-21 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Ma Kettle | 1952-10-27 |
| Movie | The Belle of New York | Mrs Phineas Hill | 1952-02-22 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Ma Kettle | 1952-07-11 |
| Movie | Mr. Imperium | Mrs. Cabot | 1951-03-02 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Ma Kettle | 1951-05-10 |
| Movie | The Law and the Lady | Julia Wortin | 1951-07-20 |
| Movie | It's a Big Country | Mrs. Wrenley | 1951-11-20 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Ma Kettle | 1950-04-01 |
| Movie | Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | Harriet O'Malley | 1950-12-08 |
| Movie | Summer Stock | Esme | 1950-08-31 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle | Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle | 1949-04-01 |
| Movie | Big Jack | Flapjack Kate | 1949-04-12 |
| Movie | Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Maribel Mathews | 1948-06-01 |
| Movie | The Egg and I | Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle | 1947-05-01 |
| Movie | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Widow Hawkins | 1947-10-08 |
| Movie | The Harvey Girls | Sonora Cassidy | 1946-01-18 |
| Movie | Bad Bascomb | Abbey Hanks | 1946-05-26 |
| Movie | The Show-Off | Mrs. Fisher | 1946-12-01 |
| Movie | Undercurrent | Lucy | 1946-11-11 |
| Movie | Murder, He Says | Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson | 1945-06-23 |
| Movie | Meet Me in St. Louis | Katie | 1944-11-28 |
| Movie | Rationing | Iris Tuttle | 1944-03-24 |
| Movie | Gentle Annie | Annie Goss | 1944-12-05 |
| Movie | Heaven Can Wait | Mrs. Strabel | 1943-08-05 |
| Movie | Johnny Come Lately | 'Gashouse' Mary | 1943-09-03 |
| Movie | We Were Dancing | Judge Hawkes | 1942-04-30 |
| Movie | The Bugle Sounds | Susie 'Suz' | 1942-01-30 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Martha | Mrs. McKissick | 1942-06-21 |
| Movie | Jackass Mail | Clementine 'Tina' Tucker | 1942-07-01 |
| Movie | Tennessee Johnson | Mrs. Maude Fisher | 1942-12-01 |
| Movie | Tish | Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry | 1942-09-17 |
| Movie | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mrs. Collins | 1941-02-14 |
| Movie | The Wild Man of Borneo | Irma, the Cook | 1941-01-24 |
| Movie | Barnacle Bill | Marge Cavendish | 1941-04-07 |
| Movie | The Shepherd of the Hills | Granny Becky | 1941-07-18 |
| Movie | Honky Tonk | Mrs. Varner | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | A Woman's Face | Emma Kristiansdotter | 1941-05-09 |
| Movie | Women Without Names | Mrs. Lowery | 1940-03-14 |
| Movie | I Take This Woman | Gertie | 1940-02-02 |
| Movie | Dark Command | Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams | 1940-04-15 |
| Movie | Turnabout | Nora | 1940-05-17 |
| Movie | Wyoming | Mehitabel | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | The Captain Is a Lady | Sarah May Willett | 1940-06-21 |
| Movie | Susan and God | Mary | 1940-06-07 |
| Movie | They Shall Have Music | Mrs. Miller | 1939-08-18 |
| Movie | Lucky Night | Mrs. Briggs | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Angels Wash Their Faces | Mrs. Arkelian | 1939-08-26 |
| Movie | Two Thoroughbreds | Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey | 1939-12-08 |
| Movie | The Women | Lucy | 1939-09-01 |
| Movie | Another Thin Man | Mrs. Dolley (uncredited) | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | Three Comrades | Old woman by phone (uncredited) | 1938-06-02 |
| Movie | Romance of the Limberlost | Nora | 1938-06-16 |
| Movie | King of the Newsboys | Mrs. Stephens (uncredited) | 1938-03-18 |
| Movie | Boy of the Streets | Mrs. Mary Brennan | 1938-01-08 |
| Movie | Test Pilot | Landlady | 1938-04-16 |
| Movie | Little Tough Guy | Mrs. Boylan | 1938-07-22 |
| Movie | Prison Farm | Matron Brand | 1938-06-17 |
| Movie | There Goes My Heart | Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Girls' School | Miss Armstrong | 1938-09-30 |
| Movie | Under the Big Top | Sara Post | 1938-08-31 |
| Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Miss Wayne | 1938-09-16 |
| Movie | Dead End | Mrs. Martin | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Amelia Bradley | 1937-08-29 |
| Movie | Stella Dallas | Mrs. Martin | 1937-08-06 |
| Movie | The Wrong Road | Martha Foster | 1937-10-11 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Hannah Gillespie | 1937-12-22 |
| Movie | Art Trouble | Woman Who Sits on Painting | 1934-06-23 |
| Movie | Music in the Air | Anna (Uncredited) | 1934-12-13 |
| Movie | Crime Without Passion | Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited) | 1934-08-30 |
| Movie | New Deal Rhythm | Arizona Representative | 1933-04-13 |
| Movie | Close Relations | Woman in Depot (uncredited) | 1933-09-30 |
| Movie | Hot Saturday | Gossip in Window (uncredited) | 1932-10-28 |
| Movie | Broken Lullaby | Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited) | 1932-01-19 |
| Movie | A House Divided | Townswoman at Wedding (uncredited) | 1931-12-05 |
| Movie | Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties | Statler Hotel Beauty | 1929-07-21 |