Marjorie Main
Rural mother type.
1890
02/24 - Born Mary Tomlinson in ACTON, IN.
1893
Move to INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
1897
Move to GOSHEN and ELKHART, IN.
1900s
Move near FAIRLAND, SHELBY CO., IN.
1905
1905-06 - Franklin College.
1909
Grad Hamilton School of Dramatic Expression, Lexington, KY.
1913
Riverside Park, Indianapolis, IN.
1918
Broadway.
1921
Weds Dr. Stanley L. Krebs.
1931
(12/05) A House Divided.
1932
Hot Saturday.
1933
Take a Chance.
1934
Crime Without Passion. Art Trouble. (12/13) Music in the Air.
1935
Naughty Marietta.
1937
Husband died. Stella Dallas. The Shadow. The Man Who Cried Wolf. City Girl. Love in a Bungalow. Dead End. The Wrong Road.
1938
Under the Big Top. Too Hot to Handle. Romance of the Limberlost. Prison Farm. Girl’s School. Boy of the Streets. King of the Newsboys. Penitentiary. Three Comrades. Little Tough Guy. There Goes My Heart. Test Pilot.
1939
The Women. Two Thoroughbreds. Lucky Night. The Angels Wash Their Faces. I Take This Woman. They Shall Have Music. Another Thin Man.
1940
Women Without Names. Susan and God. Dark Command. The Captain Is a Lady. Wyoming. Turnabout.
1941
A Woman’s Face. The Trail of Mary Dugan. Honky Tonk. The Bugle Sounds. Barnacle Bill. The Wild Man of Borneo. The Shephard of the Hills.
1942
We Were Dancing. Tish. Tennessee Johnson. Jackass Mail. The Affairs of Martha.
1943
Johnny Come Lately. Heaven Can Wait. Mother, Jennie McGaughey Tomlinson, died.
1944
Rationing. Gentle Annie. Meet Me in St. Louis.
1945
Murder, He Says.
1946
The Show-Off. The Harvey Girls. Bad Bascomb. Undercurrent.
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap. The Egg and I *Introducing Ma and Pa Kettle* AN.
1948
Feudin’, Fussin’ and A-Fightin’.
1949
Ma and Pa Kettle.
  • 'Ma Kettle'
  • Carolyn M. Rush's Kettles
  • Big Jack.
    1950
    Summer Stock. Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town.
    1951
    Mr. Imperium. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm. A Letter from a Soldier. The Law and the Lady. It’s a Big Country.
    1952
    Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair. The Belle of New York.
    1953
    Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation. Fast Company.
    1954
    Ricochet Romance. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home. Rose Marie. Long, Long Trailer.
    1955
    Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki.
    1956
    The Kettles in the Ozarks. Friendly Persuasion. (10/15) December Bride ‘Herself’.
    1957
    The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm.
    1958
    Wagon Train "The Cassie Tanner Story" ‘Cassie Tanner’. (06/25) Wagon Train "The Sacramento Story".
    1965
    The World of Abbott and Costello.
    1973
    The Slapstick Queens.
    1975
    04/10 - Died. Grave.
    1978
    03/12 - Indpls Star "The Marj Who Was Ma".
    1989
    06 - Good Old Days "Remembering Marjorie Main".
    1997
    03 - Popular Culture Assoc. meeting "Family Values and a Bridge to the Past: Ma and Pa Kettle Revisited".
    1999
    12 - Traces "Marjorie Main: "Good for a Lot of Laughs"".

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