Marjorie MainMarjorie Main (24 February 1890-10 April 1975) was an American character actress who was best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Born in Acton, Indiana as Mary Tomlinson, she attended Franklin College, in Franklin, Indiana. She adopted a stage name to avoid embarrassing her father, who was a minister. She worked in vaudeville on the Chautauqua and Orpheum circuits, and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Her first film was A House Divided in 1931. She began playing upper class dowagers, but was ultimately typecast in abrasive, domineering, salty roles: her distinct voice was like chalk upon a blackboard. She married Stanley LeFevre Krebs, who died in 1935. She repeated her stage role in Dead End in the movie version of 1937, and was subsequently cast repeatedly as the mother of gangsters. She again transferred a strong stage performance, as a dude ranch operator in The Women, to film in 1939. She made six comedies with Wallace Beery in the 1940s. She played Ma Kettle in The Egg and I in 1947 opposite Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, and repeated it in nine more films. Her near-pathological fear of germs did not interfere with her career. She died in Los Angeles, California, of lung cancer. Theatre
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She died in Los Angeles, California, of lung cancer. In 1971 she wrote her autobiography, I Was a Greek. Her near-pathological fear of germs did not interfere with her career. When democracy returned to her home country, she returned, and became first a member of the Parliament for PASOK, and then Minister of Culture. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, and repeated it in nine more films. Pattakos was born a dictator and he will die as a dictator.". She played Ma Kettle in The Egg and I in 1947 opposite Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle. Mr. She made six comedies with Wallace Beery in the 1940s. When the dictatorship revoked her Greek citizenship, she said, "I was born Greek and I would die Greek. She again transferred a strong stage performance, as a dude ranch operator in The Women, to film in 1939. During the period of dictatorship in Greece from 1967 to 1974, Mercouri lived in France. She repeated her stage role in Dead End in the movie version of 1937, and was subsequently cast repeatedly as the mother of gangsters. Nominated for an Academy Award for Never on Sunday, she went on to star in such films as Topkapi, Phaedra, and Gaily, Gaily. She married Stanley LeFevre Krebs, who died in 1935. In fact, she had been making movies since 1955, first appearing in the Greek language film Stella. She began playing upper class dowagers, but was ultimately typecast in abrasive, domineering, salty roles: her distinct voice was like chalk upon a blackboard. Born Anna Amalia Mercouri or Maria Amalia Mercouris, she became well-known to international audiences when she starred in the 1960 film Never on Sunday, directed by her husband Jules Dassin. Her first film was A House Divided in 1931. Melina Mercouri (Μελίνα Μερκούρη; Athens,October 18, 1920 - New York, March 6, 1994) was a Greek actress and political activist. She worked in vaudeville on the Chautauqua and Orpheum circuits, and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Born in Acton, Indiana as Mary Tomlinson, she attended Franklin College, in Franklin, Indiana. She adopted a stage name to avoid embarrassing her father, who was a minister. Marjorie Main (24 February 1890-10 April 1975) was an American character actress who was best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm - 1957- Ma Kettle. Friendly Persuasion - 1956. The Kettles in the Ozarks - 1956 - Ma Kettle. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki - 1955 - Ma Kettle. Ricochet Romance - 1954. Rose Marie - 1954. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home - 1954 - Ma Kettle. The Long, Long Trailer - 1954. Fast Company - 1953. Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation - 1953 - Ma Kettle. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair - 1952 - Ma Kettle. The Belle of New York - 1952. A Letter from a Soldier - 1951. It's a Big Country - 1951. The Law and the Lady - 1951. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm - 1951 - Ma Kettle. Imperium - 1951. Mr. Malone - 1951. O'Malley and Mr. Mrs. Summer Stock - 1950. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town - 1950 - Ma Kettle. Big Jack - 1949. Ma and Pa Kettle - 1949 - Ma Kettle. Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' - 1948. The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap - 1947. The Egg and I - 1947 - Ma Kettle. The Show-Off - 1946. Bad Bascomb - 1946. Undercurrent - 1946. The Harvey Girls - 1946. Murder, He Says - 1945. Gentle Annie - 1944. Louis - 1944. Meet Me in St. Rationing - 1944. Johnny Come Lately - 1943. Heaven Can Wait - 1943. Tennessee Johnson - 1943. Tish - 1942. Jackass Mail - 1942. The Affairs of Martha - 1942. We Were Dancing - 1942. The Bugle Sounds - 1941. Honky Tonk - 1941. The Shepherd of the Hills - 1941. A Woman's Face - 1941. Barnacle Bill - 1941. The Trial of Mary Dugan - 1941. The Wild Man of Borneo - 1941. Wyoming - 1940. The Captain Is a Lady - 1940. Susan and God - 1940. Turnabout - 1940. Dark Command - 1940. Women Without Names - 1940. I Take This Woman - 1940. Two Thoroughbreds - 1939. Another Thin Man - 1939. The Women - 1939. The Angels Wash Their Faces - 1939. They Shall Have Music - 1939. Lucky Night - 1939. Girls' School - 1938. There Goes My Heart - 1938. Too Hot to Handle - 1938. Under the Big Top - 1938. Little Tough Guy - 1938. Prison Farm - 1938. Romance of the Limberlost - 1938. Three Comrades - 1938. Test Pilot - 1938. King of the Newsboys - 1938. Penitentiary - 1938. Boy of the Streets - 1938. City Girl - 1938. The Shadow - 1937. The Wrong Road - 1937. The Man Who Cried Wolf - 1937. Dead End - 1937. Stella Dallas - 1937. Love in a Bungalow - 1937. Naughty Marietta - 1935. Music in the Air - 1934. Crime Without Passion - 1934. Art Trouble - 1934. Take a Chance - 1933. Hot Saturday - 1932. A House Divided - 1931. The Women - 1936. Dead End - 1935. Jackson White - 1935. Music in the Air - 1932. Ebb Tide - 1931. Scarlet Sister Mary - 1930. Salvation - 1928. |