Marjorie Rambeau

Known for

Acting

Born

July 15, 1889

Birthplace

San Francisco, California, USA

Died

July 6, 1970 (aged 80)

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.

Best known work

Tobacco Road

1941

In Old Oklahoma

1943

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957

Merrily We Live

1938

Man's Castle

1933

Min and Bill

1930

The Rains Came

1939

Primrose Path

1940

Torch Song

1953

Her Man

1930

Filmography

1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Gert
1957
Slander
as Mrs. Manley
1955
The View from Pompey's Head
as Lucy Devereaux Wales
1955
A Man Called Peter
as Miss Laura Fowler
1953
Bad for Each Other
as Mrs. Roger Nelson
1953
Forever Female
as Elderly Stage Actress
1953
Torch Song
as Mrs. Stewart
1953
General Electric TheaterTV
as Aunt Sophronie (1 episode), as Granny Rutledge (1 episode)
1949
Abandoned
as Mrs. Donner
1949
Any Number Can Play
as Sarah Calbern
1949
The Lucky Stiff
as Hattie Hatfield
1948
The Walls of Jericho
as Mrs. Dunham
1945
It's Murder She Says...
as Anopheles Annie (voice)
1945
Salome, Where She Danced
as Madam Europe
1945
Army Wives
as Mrs. Shannahan
1944
Oh, What a Night!
as Lil Vanderhoven
1943
In Old Oklahoma
as Bessie Baxter
1942
Broadway
as Lillian Rice
1941
Three Sons o' Guns
as Aunt Lottie
1941
Tobacco Road
as Sister Bessie Rice
1940
East of the River
as Mama Teresa Lorenzo
1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Annie
1940
20 Mule Team
as Josie Johnson
1940
Primrose Path
as Mamie Adams
1940
Santa Fe Marshal
as Ma Burton