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Acton, Indiana, USA
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…
Known for
- Summer Stock: Get Happy! — Esme (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
- The World of Abbott and Costello — Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap1965
- The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm — Ma Kettle1957
- Wagon Train — Cassie Tanner1957
- Friendly Persuasion — The Widow Hudspeth1956
- The Kettles in the Ozarks — Ma Kettle1956
- Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki — Ma' Kettle1955
- The Long, Long Trailer — Mrs. Hittaway1954
- Rose Marie — Lady Jane Dunstock1954
- Ma and Pa Kettle at Home — Ma Kettle1954
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1890-02-24
- Active to
- 1975-04-10
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marjorie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Acton
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Marjorie Main.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1890-02-24
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
- date of death
- 1975-04-10
- Commons category
- Marjorie Main
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Marjorie Main
- name in native language
- Marjorie Main
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