Marjorie Rambeau

Born: 1889-07-15 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1970-07-06

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1957

Slander as Mrs. Manley
Man of a Thousand Faces as Gert

1955

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

1953

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

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

Salome, Where She Danced as Madam Europe
Army Wives as Mrs. Shannahan
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
Tugboat Annie Sails Again as Annie
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
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Mamie

1938

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

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

1933

Strictly Personal as Annie Gibson
Man's Castle as Flossie
The Warrior's Husband as Hippolyta

1932

Hell Divers as Mame Kelsey

1931

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

1930

Her Man as Annie
Min and Bill as Bella Pringle

1926

Syncopating Sue as Marjorie Rambeau

1919

The Common Cause as Columbia (prologue)

1917

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