Person
Marjorie Main
Actor· Acton, Indiana, USA
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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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
67 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Ma Kettle | Film |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Ma Kettle | Film |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | The Widow Hudspeth | Film |
| 1955 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | Ma' Kettle | Film |
| 1954 | Rose Marie | Lady Jane Dunstock | Film |
| 1954 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Ma Kettle | Film |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Mrs. Hittaway | Film |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Ma Kettle | Film |
| 1952 | The Belle of New York | Mrs Phineas Hill | Film |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Ma Kettle | Film |
| 1951 | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Ma Kettle | Film |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Mrs. Wrenley | Film |
| 1951 | Mr. Imperium | Mrs. Cabot | Film |
| 1950 | Summer Stock | Esme | Film |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Ma Kettle | Film |
| 1950 | Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | Harriet O'Malley | Film |
| 1949 | Ma and Pa Kettle | Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle | Film |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Flapjack Kate | Film |
| 1948 | Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | Maribel Mathews | Film |
| 1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Widow Hawkins | Film |
| 1947 | The Egg and I | Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle | Film |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls | Sonora Cassidy | Film |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Lucy | Film |
| 1945 | Murder, He Says | Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson | Film |
| 1944 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Katie | Film |
| 1944 | Rationing | Iris Tuttle | Film |
| 1943 | Johnny Come Lately | 'Gashouse' Mary | Film |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Mrs. Strabel | Film |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Mrs. McKissick | Film |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Mrs. Maude Fisher | Film |
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds | Susie 'Suz' | Film |
| 1942 | Jackass Mail | Clementine 'Tina' Tucker | Film |
| 1942 | Tish | Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry | Film |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Judge Hawkes | Film |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills | Granny Becky | Film |
| 1941 | The Wild Man of Borneo | Irma, the Cook | Film |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Mrs. Varner | Film |
| 1941 | Barnacle Bill | Marge Cavendish | Film |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face | Emma Kristiansdotter | Film |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | Gertie | Film |
| 1940 | Turnabout | Nora, the Cook | Film |
| 1940 | Susan and God | Mary | Film |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams | Film |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Mehitabel | Film |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | Mrs. Dolley | Film |
| 1939 | The Women | Lucy | Film |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Mrs. Miller | Film |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces | Mrs. Arkelian | Film |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | Mrs. Briggs | Film |
| 1938 | Little Tough Guy | Mrs. Boylan | Film |
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Landlady | Film |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Miss Wayne | Film |
| 1938 | Three Comrades | Old woman by phone (uncredited) | Film |
| 1938 | Prison Farm | Matron Brand | Film |
| 1938 | King of the Newsboys | Mrs. Stephens (uncredited) | Film |
| 1938 | City Girl | Mrs. Ward (uncredited) | Film |
| 1937 | Dead End | Mrs. Martin | Film |
| 1937 | Stella Dallas | Mrs. Martin | Film |
| 1937 | Love in a Bungalow | Miss Emma Bisbee | Film |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Martha Foster | Film |
| 1937 | The Shadow | Hannah Gillespie | Film |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion | Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited) | Film |
| 1934 | Music in the Air | Anna (Uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | New Deal Rhythm | Arizona Representative | Film |
| 1932 | Hot Saturday | Gossip in Window (uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | Broken Lullaby | Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited) | Film |
| 1931 | A House Divided | Townswoman at Wedding (uncredited) | Film |
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