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Marjorie Wood

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Marjorie Wood
Wood in 1912
Born(1882-09-05)5 September 1882
London, England, UK
Died9 November 1955(1955-11-09) (aged 73)
OccupationActress
Years active1907–1954
Spouse
John J. Gleason
(m. 1910)

Marjorie Wood (5 September 1882 – 9 November 1955) was a British-born American actress on stage and in film.

Early life

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Marjorie Wood was born in Dublin[1] (some sources give her birthplace as London[citation needed] ) on 5 September 1882.[citation needed]

Career

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Wood's stage career included parts in Strongheart (1907), Mary Jane's Pa (1908),[2] The Call of the North (1908),[3] The Third Party (1914),[4] Yes or No (1918),[5] Madame Pierre (1922),[6] Yellow (1926),[7] The Good Earth (1933),[8] and Chu Chin Chow (1919-1921), "an Oriental extravaganza".[1][9] When she played a telephone operator in The Woman (1912), she was invited to visit a large telephone exchange in Chicago, to meet women who did that job in real life.[10][11]

In films, Wood appeared, usually in small roles, in The Women (1939), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Down in San Diego (1941), Anchors Aweigh (1945), Behind City Lights (1945), Adventure (1945), Boys' Ranch (1946), Adam's Rib (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Caged (1950),[12] A Life of Her Own (1950), The Company She Keeps (1951), and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).[13]

Marjorie Wood was a director of George M. Cohan's Actors' Fidelity League, which was organized in opposition to Actors' Equity Association.[14][15]

Personal life

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By 1910 she was married to John J. Gleason.[16] Five years later, Wood explained that she enjoyed the acting life because it made marriage optional: "With the ability to earn money and take care of ourselves, we don't have to stay tied to a husband we detest, just because we need someone to support us."[17]

Marjorie Wood died in California in 1955, aged 73 years.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1917 National Red Cross Pageant Queen - English episode
1939 Made for Each Other Nurse Uncredited
1939 Never Say Die Hotel Guest Uncredited
1939 They Shall Have Music Betty's Mother Uncredited
1939 The Women Sadie - Old Maid in Powder Room Uncredited
1940 Pride and Prejudice Lady Lucas
1941 Down in San Diego Mrs. Burnette Uncredited
1941 Look Who's Laughing Mrs. Collins Uncredited
1942 Klondike Fury Ellen
1942 Saboteur Farmer's Wife Uncredited
1943 The More the Merrier Snippish Woman Uncredited
1944 Mrs. Parkington Woman Uncredited
1944 The Thin Man Goes Home Mother in Montage Uncredited
1945 Anchors Aweigh USO Mother Uncredited
1945 Adventure Nurse Uncredited
1945 Behind City Lights
1946 Boys' Ranch Mrs. Johnstone Uncredited
1947 Nightmare Alley Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room Uncredited
1948 Joan of Arc Townswoman Uncredited
1948 That Wonderful Urge Woman Uncredited
1949 Adam's Rib Mrs. Marcasson Uncredited
1950 Annie Get Your Gun Constance Uncredited
1950 Caged Matron Uncredited
1950 A Life of Her Own Desk Clerk Uncredited
1950 Two Weeks with Love Mrs. Stresemann Uncredited
1951 The Company She Keeps Mrs. Haley
1951 Excuse My Dust Mrs. Cyrus Random Sr.
1951 Show Boat Landlady Uncredited
1951 Texas Carnival Mrs. Gaytes
1953 I Love Melvin Mrs. Wermbacher Uncredited
1953 Sweethearts on Parade Wardrobe Woman
1953 Give a Girl a Break Mme. Cerette Uncredited
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Mrs. Bixby
1955 Many Rivers to Cross Mrs. Emmett Uncredited, (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Miss Marjorie Wood". Los Angeles Times. 12 November 1955. p. 26. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Quaint Idea in Mary Jane's Pa" New York Times (December 4, 1908): 11.
  3. ^ "Good Acting in Weak Book-Play" New York Times (August 25, 1908): 7.
  4. ^ "Theatrical Chatter" Goodwin's Weekly (August 15, 1914): 9.
  5. ^ Matthew White Jr., "The Stage" Munsey's Magazine (July 1918): 437.
  6. ^ Thomas S. Hischak, Broadway Plays and Musicals (McFarland 2009): 3266. ISBN 9780786453092
  7. ^ Donald Deschner, The Films of Spencer Tracy (Citadel Press 1968): 39. ISBN 9780806510385
  8. ^ David J. Skal, Jessica Rains, Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (University Press of Kentucky 2009): 1932-1933. ISBN 9780813138855
  9. ^ "Shubert" The Independent (January 8, 1921): 9.
  10. ^ "Actress Operator Visits Exchange" Bell Telephone News (March 1912): 21.
  11. ^ "Inter-City Stage 'Phone" New York Times (March 8, 1912): 13.
  12. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States (University of California Press 1999): 347. ISBN 9780520215214
  13. ^ Peter M. Nichols and A. O. Scott The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (Macmillan 2004): 882. ISBN 9780312326111
  14. ^ "Some Leading Actors Not Allied with Equity" Literary Digest (September 13, 1919): 31.
  15. ^ "Fidelity Elects Cohan" New York Times (May 29, 1929): 38.
  16. ^ "Virginia Harned's Reception" New York Dramatic Mirror (February 12, 1910): 11.
  17. ^ "Marriage or The Stage?" Green Book Magazine (December 1915): 1130.
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