Personal Info
Known Credits
87
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1890-02-22 (135 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Acton, Indiana, USA
Also Known For
Mary Tomlinson
Marjorie Main
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 abras ...
Known For
Acting
1965 --
The World of Abbott and Costello
| Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap
1957 --
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
| Ma Kettle
1956 --
Friendly Persuasion
| The Widow Hudspeth
1956 --
The Kettles in the Ozarks
| Ma Kettle
1955 --
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
| Ma' Kettle
1954 --
Ricochet Romance
| Pansy Jones
1954 --
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
| Ma Kettle
1954 --
Rose Marie
| Lady Jane Dunstock
1954 --
The Long, Long Trailer
| Mrs. Hittaway
1953 --
Fast Company
| Ma Parkson
1952 --
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
| Ma Kettle
1952 --
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
| Ma Kettle
1952 --
The Belle of New York
| Mrs Phineas Hill
1951 --
It's a Big Country
| Mrs. Wrenley
1951 --
The Law and the Lady
| Julia Wortin
1951 --
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
| Ma Kettle
1951 --
Mr. Imperium
| Mrs. Cabot
1950 --
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
| Harriet O'Malley
1950 --
Summer Stock
| Esme
1950 --
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
| Ma Kettle
1949 --
Big Jack
| Flapjack Kate
1949 --
Ma and Pa Kettle
| Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
1948 --
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
| Maribel Mathews
1947 --
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
| Widow Hawkins
1947 --
The Egg and I
| Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
1946 --
The Show-Off
| Mrs. Fisher
1946 --
Undercurrent
| Lucy
1946 --
Bad Bascomb
| Abbey Hanks
1946 --
The Harvey Girls
| Sonora Cassidy
1945 --
Murder, He Says
| Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
1944 --
Gentle Annie
| Annie Goss
1944 --
Meet Me in St. Louis
| Katie
1944 --
Rationing
| Iris Tuttle
1943 --
Johnny Come Lately
| 'Gashouse' Mary
1943 --
Heaven Can Wait
| Mrs. Strabel
1942 --
Tennessee Johnson
| Mrs. Maude Fisher
1942 --
Tish
| Miss Letitia 'Tish' Carberry
1942 --
Jackass Mail
| Clementine 'Tina' Tucker
1942 --
The Affairs of Martha
| Mrs. McKissick
1942 --
We Were Dancing
| Judge Hawkes
1942 --
The Bugle Sounds
| Susie 'Suz'
1941 --
Honky Tonk
| Mrs. Varner
1941 --
The Shepherd of the Hills
| Granny Becky
1941 --
A Woman's Face
| Emma Kristiansdotter
1941 --
Barnacle Bill
| Marge Cavendish
1941 --
The Trial of Mary Dugan
| Mrs. Collins
1941 --
The Wild Man of Borneo
| Irma, the Cook
1940 --
Wyoming
| Mehitabel
1940 --
The Captain Is a Lady
| Sarah May Willett
1940 --
Susan and God
| Mary
1940 --
Turnabout
| Nora
1940 --
Dark Command
| Mrs. Cantrell / Mrs. Adams
1940 --
Women Without Names
| Mrs. Lowery
1940 --
I Take This Woman
| Gertie
1939 --
Two Thoroughbreds
| Hildegarde 'Hildy' Carey
1939 --
Another Thin Man
| Mrs. Dolley (uncredited)
1939 --
The Women
| Lucy
1939 --
Angels Wash Their Faces
| Mrs. Arkelian
1939 --
They Shall Have Music
| Mrs. Miller
1939 --
Lucky Night
| Mrs. Briggs
1938 --
There Goes My Heart
| Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)
1938 --
Girls' School
| Miss Armstrong
1938 --
Too Hot to Handle
| Miss Wayne
1938 --
Under the Big Top
| Sara Post
1938 --
Little Tough Guy
| Mrs. Boylan
1938 --
Prison Farm
| Matron Brand
1938 --
Romance of the Limberlost
| Nora
1938 --
Three Comrades
| Old woman by phone (uncredited)
1938 --
Test Pilot
| Landlady
1938 --
King of the Newsboys
| Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)
1938 --
Penitentiary
| Miss Katie Mathews
1938 --
Boy of the Streets
| Mrs. Mary Brennan
1937 --
The Shadow
| Hannah Gillespie
1937 --
The Wrong Road
| Martha Foster
1937 --
The Man Who Cried Wolf
| Amelia Bradley
1937 --
Dead End
| Mrs. Martin
1937 --
Stella Dallas
| Mrs. Martin
1936 --
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
| Self
1934 --
Music in the Air
| Anna (Uncredited)
1934 --
Crime Without Passion
| Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1934 --
Art Trouble
| Woman Who Sits on Painting
1933 --
Close Relations
| Woman in Depot (uncredited)
1933 --
New Deal Rhythm
| Arizona Representative
1932 --
Hot Saturday
| Gossip in Window (uncredited)
1932 --
Broken Lullaby
| Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)
1931 --
A House Divided
| Townswoman at Wedding (uncredited)
1929 --
Harry Fox and His Six American Beauties
| Statler Hotel Beauty