Marjorie Main
Acting
Born February 22, 1890 · Acton, Indiana, USA
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 A House Divided in 1931. Main began playing upper class dowagers, but ultimately was typecast in abrasive, domineering, salty roles, for which her distinctive voice was well suited. She repeated her sta…
Known For · 40 titles
Wagon Train
December Bride
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Women
A Woman's Face
Heaven Can Wait
The Wild Man of Borneo
Friendly Persuasion
Summer Stock
The Shepherd of the Hills
The Long, Long Trailer
The Harvey Girls
Dead End
Undercurrent
Another Thin Man
Honky Tonk
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Stella Dallas
The Belle of New York
Too Hot to Handle
Girls' School
Angels Wash Their Faces
The Affairs of Martha
Dark Command
The Egg and I
The Law and the Lady
There Goes My Heart
Big Jack
City Girl
Tennessee Johnson
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Three Comrades
The Show-Off
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Broken Lullaby
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
They Shall Have Music
Women Without Names
I Take This Woman
Prison Farm