Marjorie Main
Cast

Marjorie Main

1890 – 1975
Active years (films on this site)
1937–1944
Genres
DramaComedyRomanceCrimeFilm-Noir
Schools and movements
Classical Hollywood

Directors worked with

William Wyler1 filmKing Vidor1 filmVictor Fleming1 filmGeorge Cukor1 filmErnst Lubitsch1 filmVincente Minnelli1 film

Biography

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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

6 films on this site

  1. Dead End 1937 · William Wyler · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
  2. Stella Dallas 1937 · King Vidor · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
  3. Test Pilot 1938 · Victor Fleming · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
  4. The Women 1939 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
  5. Heaven Can Wait 1943 · Ernst Lubitsch · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
  6. Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 · Vincente Minnelli · IMDb 7.5 · Cast