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