Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Career One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965. She reprised the role in the 1966 film version, titled The Family Way. Steptoe and Son,"A Box In Town" 1963. She was featured singing a track "The World Is for the Young" with Stanley Holloway in the Herman's Hermits 1968 film Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter.
Her television appearances included The Army Game (as Edith Snudge), The Adventures of William Tell episode "The Boy Slaves" (1958), Dixon of Dock Green (1961–1962), the episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything" of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969), Doctor at Large (1971) and Z-Cars (1974).
Selected filmography
Poison Pen (1939) – Mrs. Scaife Just William (1940) – Cook (uncredited) Love on the Dole (1941) – Mrs. Bull The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) – Nurse (uncredited) Squadron Leader X (1943) – Mrs. Agnew When We Are Married (1943) – Mrs. Northrup Old Mother Riley Detective (1943) – Cook Theatre Royal (1943) – Agnes Escape to Danger (1943) – Mrs. Pickles The Butler's Dilemma (1943) – Mrs. Plumb On Approval (1944) – Cook Tawny Pipit (1944) – Mrs. Pickering It Happened One Sunday (1944) – Mrs. Buckland Great Day (1945) – Mrs. Nora Mumford School for Secrets (1946) – Mrs. Arnold Uncle Silas (1947) – Mrs. Rusk This Was a Woman (1948) – Mrs. Holmes Escape (1948) – Mrs. Pinkem Enchantment (1948) – Mrs. Sampson Private Angelo (1949) – Countess The Cure for Love (1949) – Mrs. Sarah Hardacre Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952) – Miss Mouncey Decameron Nights (1953) – Signora Bucca Those People Next Door (1953) – Mary Twigg The Yellow Balloon (1953) – Mrs. Stokes Street Corner (1953) – Mrs. Foster The Girl on the Pier (1953) – Mrs. Chubb The Weak and the Wicked (1953) – Suzie, bigamist inmate To Dorothy a Son (1954) – Landlady Children Galore (1955) – Ada Jones Footsteps in the Fog (1955) – Mrs. Park Room in the House (1955) – Betsy Richards It's a Great Day (1955) – Landlady Lost (1956) – Mrs. Jeffries Now and Forever (1956) – Farmer's wife Aggie Yield to the Night (1956) – Matron Brandon It's Great to Be Young (1956) – Landlady The Passionate Stranger (1957) – Mrs. Poldy There's Always a Thursday (1957) – Marjorie Potter The Good Companions (1957) – Mrs. Mounder Hell Drivers (1957) – Ma West No Time for Tears (1957) – Ethel After the Ball (1957) – Bessie Just My Luck (1957) – Mrs. Hackett The Naked Truth (1957) – Lady on Phone (uncredited) Gideon's Day (1958) – Mrs. Saparelli Alive and Kicking (1959) – Old Woman Watch It, Sailor! (1961) – Emma Hornett Over the Odds (1961) – Bridget Stone I've Gotta Horse (1965) – Mrs. Bartholemew Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) – Waitress The Family Way (1966) – Lucy Fitton Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) – Grandma Gloria Tulley Spring and Port Wine (1970) – Mrs. Gasket Hands of the Ripper (1971) – Mrs. Bryant
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