Marjorie Main (1890-1975)


"Ma Kettle" in the MA & PA KETTLE Universal comedies which made her a star--she had been a stage and film character actress prior to that. For several years she was under contract to MGM & appeared in a series of movies with Wallace Beery (including JACKASS MAIL & BARNACLE BILL) and such films as ANOTHER THIN MAN, SUSAN & GOD, A WOMAN'S FACE, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, THE HARVEY GIRLS, UNDERCURRENT, SUMMER STOCK & THE LONG LONG TRAILER--as well as non-Paramount films like MURDER HE SAYS, THE WISTFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP & THE EGG & I in which she introduced "MA Kettle and was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress.

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