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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. Louis (1944), and Friendly Persuasion (1956). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Marjorie Main is the 8,204th most popular actor (up from 8,213th in 2024), the 12,613th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,140th in 2019) and the 3,823rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Marjorie Main ranks 8,204 out of 13,578. Before her are Sid James, Aydan Şener, Morgan Woodward, Jacqueline Bracamontes, Natalia Dyer, and Samuel E. Wright. After her are Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Ruth Roland, William McNamara, Kate Dickie, Serena Scott Thomas, and Brían F. O'Byrne.

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Among people born in 1890, Marjorie Main ranks 255. Before her are Alice Joyce, Maurice Podoloff, Paul Boffa, May Allison, Albert Arnheiter, and Harry Pollitt. After her are Frank Murphy, Charles Erwin Wilson, Edmund Lowe, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Charlotte Greenwood, and Wheeler Oakman. Among people deceased in 1975, Marjorie Main ranks 264. Before her are Rudi Ball, Raphael Tracey, Rowland V. Lee, R. C. Sherriff, Boy Charlton, and Hans Ziglarski. After her are Larry Parks, Ian Hunter, Lionel Trilling, Robert Strauss, Percy Lavon Julian, and Bob Wills.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marjorie Main ranks 12,617 out of 20,380. Before her are Lisa Cholodenko (1964), Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Robert P. Patterson (1891), Samuel E. Wright (1946), Dick Butkus (1942), and William Steinkraus (1925). After her are Norman Lear (1922), Ruth Roland (1892), William McNamara (1965), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), Katie Nageotte (1991), and Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884).

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Among actors born in United States, Marjorie Main ranks 3,825. Before her are Paige O'Hara (1956), Clayton Moore (1914), John Cameron Mitchell (1963), Morgan Woodward (1925), Natalia Dyer (1995), and Samuel E. Wright (1946). After her are Ruth Roland (1892), William McNamara (1965), Marc Blucas (1972), Crystal Reed (1985), Jason Winston George (1972), and Holland Roden (1986).

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