Portrait of Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Rambeau

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.

Born: July 15, 1889

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Filmography

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 Theater

as Aunt Sophronie

1953
General Electric Theater

as Granny Rutledge

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
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
20 Mule Team

as Josie Johnson

1940
Primrose Path

as Mamie Adams

1940
Santa Fe Marshal

as Ma Burton

1939
The Rains Came

as Mrs. Simon

1939
Sudden Money

as Elsie Patterson

1938
Breakdowns of 1938

as Marjorie (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938
Woman Against Woman

as Mrs. Kingsley

1938
Merrily We Live

as Mrs. Harlan

1937
First Lady

as Belle Hardwick

1935
Dizzy Dames

as Lillian Bennett / Lillian Marlowe

1935
Under Pressure

as Amelia 'Amy' Hardcastle

1934
Ready for Love

as Goldie Tate

1934
Grand Canary

as Daisy Hemingway

1934
A Modern Hero

as Mme. Azais

1934
Palooka

as Mayme Palooka

1933
Man's Castle

as Flossie

1933
1933
Strictly Personal

as Annie Gibson

1932
Hell Divers

as Mame Kelsey

1931
Left Over Ladies

as The Duchess

1931
Son of India

as Mrs. Darsay

1931
1931
The Secret Six

as Peaches

1931
1931
A Tailor-Made Man

as Kitty DuPuy

1931
The Easiest Way

as Elfie St. Clair

1931
1930
Min and Bill

as Bella Pringle

1930
Her Man

as Annie

1926
Syncopating Sue

as Marjorie Rambeau

1919
The Common Cause

as Columbia (prologue)

1917
National Red Cross Pageant

as America - Final episode

1917
The Debt

as Countess Ann

1917
Motherhood

as Louise

1917
The Greater Woman

as Auriole Praed