Marjorie Main AKA Mary Tomlinson Born: 24-Feb-1890 Birthplace: Acton, IN Died: 10-Apr-1975 Location of death: Los Angeles, CA Cause of death: Cancer - Lung Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1] Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States Executive summary: Ma and Pa Kettle [1] David Wallace, Hollywoodland (2002), page 55: "Some actresses such as the much loved Spring Byington didn't bother covering up their true nature; Byington openly admitted her relationship with the character actress Marjorie Mann, who said of her (Main's) famous character, Ma Kettle: She was the real man in the house." Also, Axel Madsen, Forbidden Lovers: Hollywood's Greatest Secret: Female Stars Who Loved Other Women (1996), page 144: "The forty-seven year-old Byington was an active lesbian who lived with the comic Marjorie Main."
Husband: Stanley LeFevre Krebs (m. 2-Dec-1921, d. 26-Sep-1935) Girlfriend: Spring Byington (actress, cohabited many years)
University: Franklin College, Franklin, IN
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Friendly Persuasion (25-Nov-1956) · The Widow Hudspeth The Kettles in the Ozarks (Apr-1956) Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (Apr-1955) Ricochet Romance (1-Nov-1954) Rose Marie (1-Apr-1954) Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (10-Mar-1954) The Long, Long Trailer (18-Feb-1954) · Mrs. Hittaway Fast Company (22-May-1953) · Ma Parkson Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (20-Apr-1953) · Ma Kettle Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (11-Jul-1952) · Ma Kettle The Belle of New York (22-Feb-1952) · Lettie Hill It's a Big Country (20-Nov-1951) · Mrs. Wrenley The Law and the Lady (15-Aug-1951) · Julia Wortin Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (10-May-1951) · Ma Kettle Mr. Imperium (2-Mar-1951) Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (8-Dec-1950) Summer Stock (31-Aug-1950) · Esmé Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1-Apr-1950) Big Jack (12-Apr-1949) · Flapjack Kate Ma and Pa Kettle (1-Apr-1949) · Ma Kettle The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (8-Oct-1947) The Egg and I (21-Mar-1947) The Show-Off (Dec-1946) · Mrs. Fisher Undercurrent (28-Nov-1946) · Lucy Bad Bascomb (22-May-1946) · Abbey Hanks The Harvey Girls (18-Jan-1946) · Sonora Cassidy Murder, He Says (23-Jun-1945) · Mamie Johnson Gentle Annie (Dec-1944) · Annie Goss Meet Me in St. Louis (28-Nov-1944) · Katie Rationing (24-Mar-1944) Johnny Come Lately (3-Sep-1943) Heaven Can Wait (11-Aug-1943) · Martha's Mother Tennessee Johnson (Dec-1942) · Mrs. Fisher Jackass Mail (1-Jul-1942) The Affairs of Martha (21-Jun-1942) · Mrs. McKissick We Were Dancing (30-Apr-1942) · Judge Sidney Hawkes The Bugle Sounds (14-Jan-1942) · Susie Honky Tonk (1-Oct-1941) · Mrs. Varner The Shepherd of the Hills (18-Jul-1941) · Granny Becky A Woman's Face (15-May-1941) · Emma Kristiansdotter Barnacle Bill (7-Apr-1941) · Marge Cavendish The Trial of Mary Dugan (14-Feb-1941) The Wild Man of Borneo (24-Jan-1941) Wyoming (13-Sep-1940) · Mehitabel The Captain Is a Lady (21-Jun-1940) · Sarah May Willett Susan and God (7-Jun-1940) Turnabout (17-May-1940) Dark Command (4-Apr-1940) I Take This Woman (2-Feb-1940) · Gertie Two Thoroughbreds (8-Dec-1939) Another Thin Man (17-Nov-1939) · Mrs. Dolley The Women (1-Sep-1939) · Lucy The Angels Wash Their Faces (26-Aug-1939) · Mrs. Arkelian They Shall Have Music (26-Jul-1939) · Mrs. Miller Girls' School (30-Sep-1938) Too Hot to Handle (16-Sep-1938) · Miss Wayne Little Tough Guy (22-Jul-1938) Test Pilot (16-Apr-1938) · Landlady Boy of the Streets (8-Dec-1937) · Mary Brennan The Wrong Road (11-Oct-1937) The Man Who Cried Wolf (29-Aug-1937) Dead End (24-Aug-1937) · Mrs. Martin Stella Dallas (5-Aug-1937) · Mrs. Martin Music in the Air (13-Dec-1934)
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