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Marjorie Main

1890 - 1975

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Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marjorie Main has received more than 1,278,682 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Marjorie Main is the 8,217th most popular actor (down from 7,511th in 2019), the 12,136th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,143rd in 2019) and the 3,822nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 40.86

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  • 27

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  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marjorie Main ranks 8,217 out of 13,578. Before her are Sonja Sohn, Conrad Vernon, Chris Larkin, Audrey Meadows, Barry Watson, and Monty Woolley. After her are Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Finn Wittrock, George Formby, Christian Clemenson, Serena Scott Thomas, and Julie Carmen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Marjorie Main ranks 254. Before her are Virginie Hériot, May Allison, Elmer Clifton, Harry Pollitt, Charles Erwin Wilson, and Colin Carruthers. After her are Marc Connelly, Paul Boffa, Edmund Lowe, Frank Murphy, Euphemia Haynes, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Among people deceased in 1975, Marjorie Main ranks 264. Before her are Raphael Tracey, Percy Lavon Julian, Pamela Brown, Rudi Ball, Hans Ziglarski, and Ian Hunter. After her are Larry Parks, Bram Fischer, Lionel Trilling, Bob Wills, Padmaja Naidu, and Boy Charlton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marjorie Main ranks 12,136 out of 20,380. Before her are Sonja Sohn (1964), Conrad Vernon (1968), Audrey Meadows (1922), Barry Watson (1974), Monty Woolley (1888), and Jim Wynorski (1950). After her are Tim Van Patten (1959), Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Finn Wittrock (1984), Maribel Vinson (1911), and Lionel Shriver (1957).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marjorie Main ranks 3,822. Before her are Daniel Roebuck (1963), Sonja Sohn (1964), Conrad Vernon (1968), Audrey Meadows (1922), Barry Watson (1974), and Monty Woolley (1888). After her are Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905), Finn Wittrock (1984), Christian Clemenson (1958), Julie Carmen (1954), Jayma Mays (1979), and Natalie Schafer (1900).

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Television and Movie Roles

Heaven Can Wait
Mrs. Strabel
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
Aug 5th 19436.879 / 10
Meet Me in St. Louis
Katie
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Nov 28th 19446.984 / 10
Dead End
Mrs. Martin
Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses paths with Dave, a childhood friend struggling to make it as an architect, and the Dead End Kids, a gang of young boys roaming the streets of the city's East Side slums.
Aug 27th 19376.944 / 10