Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Rambeau (15 July 1889 - 6 July 1970) was an American actress. Born in San Francisco, California, she began performing on the stage at the age of 12. In her youth she was a Broadway leading lady, but her few silent film roles such as Mary Moreland, The Dazzling Miss Davison, The Mirror, The Debt, Motherhood and The Greater Woman (all in 1917) were not major successes.

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15 July - 1889 - 6 July - 1970 - American - San Francisco, California - Broadway - Silent film - Mary Moreland - The Dazzling Miss Davison - The Mirror - The Debt - Motherhood - The Greater Woman - 1917

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By the time talkies came along she was in her late forties and she began to take on character roles in films such as Palooka, Min and Bill and Primrose Path, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Talkie - Character - Palooka - Min and Bill - Primrose Path - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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In 1940 Rambeau had the title role in Tugboat Annie Sails Again. Other films included Tobacco Road, A Man Called Peter, A View from Pompey's Head and Slander. In 1953, she was again nominated for an Oscar, this time for Torch Song.

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1940 - Tugboat Annie Sails Again - Tobacco Road - A Man Called Peter - A View from Pompey's Head - Slander - 1953 - Oscar - Torch Song

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She was married three times, the first in 1913 to Canadian writer, actor, and director Willard Mack. They divorced in 1917 and she married another actor Hugh Dillman in 1919. Following their 1923 divorce, second husband Hugh Dillman married Anna Thompson-Dodge, widow of automobile magnate Horace Elgin Dodge and one of the wealthiest women in the world. Rambeau's last marriage was to Francis Gudger in 1931 with whom she remained until his death in 1967.

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Canadian - Willard Mack - Horace Elgin Dodge

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For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Marjorie Rambeau has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6336 Hollywood Blvd.

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