Mary Tomlinson (February , â€" April , ), known as Marjorie Main, was
an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood
period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the s
and s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies.
Main started her career in vaudeville and theatre and appeared in
films classics, such as Dead End (), The Women (), Dark Command (),
The Shepherd of the Hills (), Meet Me in St. Louis (), and Friendly
Persuasion ().Mary Tomlinson was born on February , , near Acton, in
rural Marion County, Indiana. She was the second daughter of Reverend
Samuel J. Tomlinson, a Disciples of Christ minister, and Jennie L.
(McGaughey) Tomlinson. Mary's maternal grandfather, Doctor Samuel
McGaughey, was the Acton physician who delivered her.At the age of
three, Tomlinson moved with her family to Indianapolis, Indiana, where
her father was pastor of Hillside Christian Church. Four years later
they moved to Goshen and then Elkhart, Indiana. In the early s the
Tomlinson family settled on a farm near Fairland, Indiana.
an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood
period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the s
and s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies.
Main started her career in vaudeville and theatre and appeared in
films classics, such as Dead End (), The Women (), Dark Command (),
The Shepherd of the Hills (), Meet Me in St. Louis (), and Friendly
Persuasion ().Mary Tomlinson was born on February , , near Acton, in
rural Marion County, Indiana. She was the second daughter of Reverend
Samuel J. Tomlinson, a Disciples of Christ minister, and Jennie L.
(McGaughey) Tomlinson. Mary's maternal grandfather, Doctor Samuel
McGaughey, was the Acton physician who delivered her.At the age of
three, Tomlinson moved with her family to Indianapolis, Indiana, where
her father was pastor of Hillside Christian Church. Four years later
they moved to Goshen and then Elkhart, Indiana. In the early s the
Tomlinson family settled on a farm near Fairland, Indiana.
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