Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

February 22, 1890

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marjorie Main (born Mary Tomlinson, February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975) was an American actress, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player and for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Main worked in vaudeville on the Orph…

Known For

21 titles
1
Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 · 1h 53m · Movie

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

7.5
2
Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1943 · 1h 52m · Movie

An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.

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3
Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas

1937 · 1h 46m · Movie

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

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The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer

1954 · 1h 36m · Movie

Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer.

7.0
5
The Egg and I

The Egg and I

1947 · 1h 48m · Movie

On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.

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6
Dark Command

Dark Command

1940 · 1h 34m · Movie

In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.

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7
Test Pilot

Test Pilot

1938 · 1h 59m · Movie

Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

6.8
8
The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941 · 1h 38m · Movie

A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.

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9
Three Comrades

Three Comrades

1938 · 1h 38m · Movie

The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.

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10
Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says

1945 · 1h 31m · Movie

Professional pollster Pete Marshall gets more than he bargained for when he heads deep into the Ozarks to investigate the disappearances of several of his colleagues.

6.9
11
Ma and Pa Kettle

Ma and Pa Kettle

1949 · 1h 16m · Movie

On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan by a jealous local woman.

6.7
12
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1941 · 1h 45m · Movie

Fast-talking con man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

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13
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950 · 1h 19m · Movie

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.

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14
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

1951 · 1h 20m · Movie

The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygienically".

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15
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1954 · 1h 20m · Movie

Ma and Pa Kettle get the farm in order to help their son Elwin win a scholarship.

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16
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952 · 1h 18m · Movie

Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.

6.7
17
The Law and the Lady

The Law and the Lady

1951 · 1h 44m · Movie

A beguiling international jewel thief loses her heart.

6.5
18
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

1955 · 1h 19m · Movie

Ma, Pa, and their daughter Rosie go off to Hawai'i to answer ailing Cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.

6.4
19
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

1952 · 1h 16m · Movie

The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez ...

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20
The Kettles in the Ozarks

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956 · 1h 21m · Movie

Ma and the kids head back to the Ozarks for a visit with Pa's brother Uncle Sedge. He's working his way through a twenty years long relationship with Miss Bedelia Baines.

6.4
21
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957 · 1h 21m · Movie

Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.

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