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Marjorie Rambeau

Acting Born Jul 15, 1889 San Francisco, California, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

General Electric Theater

as Aunt Sophronie

General Electric Theater

as Granny Rutledge
Film

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Gert
Film

Slander

as Mrs. Manley

Full filmography

  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Aunt Sophronie
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Granny Rutledge
  • In Old Oklahoma (1943) as Bessie Baxter
  • Min and Bill (1930) as Bella Pringle
  • Tobacco Road (1941) as Sister Bessie Rice
  • Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) as Gert
  • Slander (1957) as Mrs. Manley
  • Her Man (1930) as Annie
  • Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) as Marjorie (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Rains Came (1939) as Mrs. Simon
  • Man's Castle (1933) as Flossie
  • The View from Pompey's Head (1955) as Lucy Devereaux Wales
  • The Secret Six (1931) as Peaches
  • Army Wives (1945) as Mrs. Shannahan
  • The Walls of Jericho (1948) as Mrs. Dunham
  • Sudden Money (1939) as Elsie Patterson
  • Merrily We Live (1938) as Mrs. Harlan
  • Son of India (1931) as Mrs. Darsay
  • Torch Song (1953) as Mrs. Stewart
  • Any Number Can Play (1949) as Sarah Calbern
  • Salome, Where She Danced (1945) as Madam Europe
  • Grand Canary (1934) as Daisy Hemingway
  • National Red Cross Pageant (1917) as America - Final episode
  • Santa Fe Marshal (1940) as Ma Burton