Marjorie Wood

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

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

Early life

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

Career

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

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
Year Title Role Notes
1917National Red Cross PageantQueen - English episode
1939Made for Each OtherNurseUncredited
1939Never Say DieHotel GuestUncredited
1939They Shall Have MusicBetty's MotherUncredited
1939The WomenSadie - Old Maid in Powder RoomUncredited
1940Pride and PrejudiceLady Lucas
1941Down in San DiegoMrs. BurnetteUncredited
1941Look Who's LaughingMrs. CollinsUncredited
1942Klondike FuryEllen
1942SaboteurFarmer's WifeUncredited
1943The More the MerrierSnippish WomanUncredited
1944Mrs. ParkingtonWomanUncredited
1944The Thin Man Goes HomeMother in MontageUncredited
1945Anchors AweighUSO MotherUncredited
1945AdventureNurseUncredited
1945Behind City Lights
1946Boys' RanchMrs. JohnstoneUncredited
1947Nightmare AlleyMrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode RoomUncredited
1948Joan of ArcTownswomanUncredited
1948That Wonderful UrgeWomanUncredited
1949Adam's RibMrs. MarcassonUncredited
1950Annie Get Your GunConstanceUncredited
1950CagedMatronUncredited
1950A Life of Her OwnDesk ClerkUncredited
1950Two Weeks with LoveMrs. StresemannUncredited
1951The Company She KeepsMrs. Haley
1951Excuse My DustMrs. Cyrus Random Sr.
1951Show BoatLandladyUncredited
1951Texas CarnivalMrs. Gaytes
1953I Love MelvinMrs. WermbacherUncredited
1953Sweethearts on ParadeWardrobe Woman
1953Give a Girl a BreakMme. CeretteUncredited
1954Seven Brides for Seven BrothersMrs. Bixby
1955Many Rivers to CrossMrs. EmmettUncredited, (final film role)

References
  1. "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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