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Mary Tomlinson
Marjorie Main
Acting
Biography
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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 class dowagers, but ultimately was typecast in abrasive, domineering, salty roles, for which her distinctive voice was well suited. She repeated her sta…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
as Esme (archive footage) (uncredited)
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
as Ma Kettle
Friendly Persuasion
as The Widow Hudspeth
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Ma Kettle
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
as Ma' Kettle
The Long, Long Trailer
as Mrs. Hittaway
Rose Marie
as Lady Jane Dunstock
Ricochet Romance
as Pansy Jones
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Ma Kettle
