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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1889-07-15 (135 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Marjorie Rambeau

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marjorie Burnet Rambeau (July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970) was an American film and stage actress. She began her stage career at age 12, and appeared in several silent films before debuting in her first sound film, Her Man (1930). She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Primrose Path (1940) and Torch Song (1953), and received the 1955 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in A Man Called Peter and The View from Pompey's Head.

Known For

Acting

1957

Slander as Mrs. Manley

1955

A Man Called Peter as Miss Laura Fowler
The View from Pompey's Head as Lucy Devereaux Wales

1953

Bad for Each Other as Mrs. Roger Nelson
Torch Song as Mrs. Stewart
Forever Female as Elderly Stage Actress
General Electric Theater as Aunt Sophronie
General Electric Theater as Granny Rutledge

1949

Abandoned as Mrs. Donner
Any Number Can Play as Sarah Calbern
The Lucky Stiff as Hattie Hatfield

1948

The Walls of Jericho as Mrs. Dunham

1945

Army Wives as Mrs. Shannahan
Salome, Where She Danced as Madam Europe
It's Murder She Says... as Anopheles Annie (voice)

1944

Oh, What a Night! as Lil Vanderhoven

1943

In Old Oklahoma as Bessie Baxter

1942

Broadway as Lillian Rice

1941

Tobacco Road as Sister Bessie Rice
Three Sons o' Guns as Aunt Lottie

1940

Primrose Path as Mamie Adams
Santa Fe Marshal as Ma Burton
East of the River as Mama Teresa Lorenzo
20 Mule Team as Josie Johnson

1939

Sudden Money as Elsie Patterson
The Rains Came as Mrs. Simon
Laugh It Off as Sylvia Swan

1938

Merrily We Live as Mrs. Harlan
Woman Against Woman as Mrs. Kingsley
Breakdowns of 1938 as Marjorie (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937

First Lady as Belle Hardwick

1935

Under Pressure as Amelia 'Amy' Hardcastle
Dizzy Dames as Lillian Bennett / Lillian Marlowe

1934

Palooka as Mayme Palooka
A Modern Hero as Mme. Azais
Ready for Love as Goldie Tate
Grand Canary as Daisy Hemingway

1933

Man's Castle as Flossie
Strictly Personal as Annie Gibson

1932

Hell Divers as Mame Kelsey

1931

Inspiration as Lulu
The Secret Six as Peaches
The Easiest Way as Elfie St. Clair
Son of India as Mrs. Darsay
A Tailor-Made Man as Kitty DuPuy
Left Over Ladies as The Duchess

1930

Min and Bill as Bella Pringle
Her Man as Annie

1926

Syncopating Sue as Marjorie Rambeau

1919

The Common Cause as Columbia (prologue)

1917

National Red Cross Pageant as America - Final episode
The Greater Woman as Auriole Praed
Motherhood as Louise
The Debt as Countess Ann