Acting
Marjorie Main
- Career
Active from 1929 to 1965, with up to 6 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 35top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Summer Stock86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Psychological3.9, average 5.5
- Violence2.5, average 4.1
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Nostalgic 7
- Historical Setting 6
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Character Study 4
- Nostalgic Charm 3
- Eccentric Characters 3
- Nostalgic Tone 3
- Situational Humor 3
- Nostalgic Americana 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Wholesome Entertainment 3
- Lighthearted 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Percy KilbrideActorThe Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle, Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation, Ma and Pa Kettle at Home, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki, +4 more
Wallace BeeryActorBig Jack, Jackass Mail, Barnacle Bill, Rationing, Bad Bascomb, +1 more
George ClevelandActorThe Show-Off, The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, Boy of the Streets, Johnny Come Lately, Romance of the Limberlost, +1 more
Charles LamontDirectorMa and Pa Kettle, Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation, Ma and Pa Kettle at Home, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, The Kettles in the Ozarks, +1 more
Richard LongActorThe Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Clinton SundbergActorUndercurrent, Big Jack, The Belle of New York, Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Connie GilchristActorA Woman's Face, The Wild Man of Borneo, Barnacle Bill, Rationing
Donald MeekActorA Woman's Face, The Wild Man of Borneo, Barnacle Bill, Rationing
Ray CollinsActorSummer Stock, Rose Marie, Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation, Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm- RRussell F. SchoengarthEditorThe Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
- GGeorge RobinsonCinematographerMa and Pa Kettle on Vacation, The Man Who Cried Wolf, The Kettles in the Ozarks, Ricochet Romance
Chill WillsActorHonky Tonk, The Bugle Sounds, Ricochet Romance
Movies and TV shows
912000s
1 title
as Esme (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960s
1 title · average score 65
GoodWatch score 65as Widow Hawkins in The Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap
1950s
21 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 65as Ma Kettle
GoodWatch score 60as Ma' Kettle
GoodWatch score 63as Mrs. Hittaway
GoodWatch score 68as Ma Kettle
GoodWatch score 59as Mrs Phineas Hill
GoodWatch score 68as Ma Kettle
GoodWatch score 69as Ma Kettle
GoodWatch score 37as Mrs. Cabot
GoodWatch score 66as Ma Kettle
GoodWatch score 68as Harriet O'Malley
GoodWatch score 65as Ma Kettle
GoodWatch score 86as Esmé
1940s
34 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch score 67as Flapjack Kate
GoodWatch score 70as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
GoodWatch score 49as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
GoodWatch score 60as Widow Hawkins
GoodWatch score 60as Lucy
GoodWatch score 48as Mrs. Fisher
GoodWatch score 68as Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
GoodWatch score 86as Katie
GoodWatch score 53as 'Gashouse' Mary
GoodWatch score 80as Mrs. Strabel
GoodWatch score 66as Mrs. McKissick
GoodWatch score 66as Granny Becky
1930s
33 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch score 62as Miss Armstrong
GoodWatch score 58as Mrs. Boylan
as Sara Post
GoodWatch score 66as Landlady
GoodWatch score 58as Mrs. Mary Brennan
GoodWatch score 78as Mrs. Martin
GoodWatch score 78as Mrs. Martin
GoodWatch score 50as Martha Foster
as Hannah Gillespie
as Amelia Bradley
as Arizona Representative
1920s
1 title
as Statler Hotel Beauty