Marjorie Wood (5 September 1882 – 9 November 1955) was a British-born American actress on stage and in film.
Early life Marjorie Wood was born in Dublin (some sources give her birthplace as London ) on 5 September 1882.
Career Wood's stage career included parts in Strongheart (1904), Mary Jane's Pa (1908),"Quaint Idea in Mary Jane's Pa" New York Times (December 4, 1908): 11. The Call of the North (1908),"Good Acting in Weak Book-Play" New York Times (August 25, 1908): 7. The Third Party (1914),"Theatrical Chatter" Goodwin's Weekly (August 15, 1914): 9. Yes or No (1918),Matthew White Jr., "The Stage" Munsey's Magazine (July 1918): 437. Madame Pierre (1922),Thomas S. Hischak, Broadway Plays and Musicals (McFarland 2009): 3266. Yellow (1926),Donald Deschner, The Films of Spencer Tracy (Citadel Press 1968): 39. The Good Earth (1933),David J. Skal, Jessica Rains, Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (University Press of Kentucky 2009): 1932-1933. and Chu Chin Chow (1919-1921), "an Oriental extravaganza"."Shubert" The Independent (January 8, 1921): 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."Actress Operator Visits Exchange" Bell Telephone News (March 1912): 21."Inter-City Stage 'Phone" New York Times (March 8, 1912): 13.
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),The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States (University of California Press 1999): 347. A Life of Her Own (1950), The Company She Keeps (1951), and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).Peter M. Nichols and A. O. Scott The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (Macmillan 2004): 882.
Marjorie Wood was a director of George M. Cohan's Actors' Fidelity League, which was organized in opposition to Actors' Equity Association."Some Leading Actors Not Allied with Equity" Literary Digest (September 13, 1919): 31."Fidelity Elects Cohan" New York Times (May 29, 1929): 38.
Personal life By 1910 she was married to John J. Gleason."Virginia Harned's Reception" New York Dramatic Mirror (February 12, 1910): 11. 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.""Marriage or The Stage?" Green Book Magazine (December 1915): 1130.
Marjorie Wood died in California in 1955, aged 73 years.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1917 National Red Cross Pageant Queen - English episode 1939 Made for Each Other Nurse Uncredited1939 Never Say Die Hotel Guest Uncredited1939 They Shall Have Music Betty's Mother Uncredited1939 The Women Sadie - Old Maid in Powder Room Uncredited1940 Pride and Prejudice Lady Lucas 1941 Down in San Diego Mrs. Burnette Uncredited1941 Look Who's Laughing Mrs. Collins Uncredited1942 Klondike Fury Ellen 1942 Saboteur Farmer's Wife Uncredited 1943 The More the Merrier Snippish Woman Uncredited1944 Mrs. Parkington Woman Uncredited1944 The Thin Man Goes Home Mother in Montage Uncredited1945 Anchors Aweigh USO Mother Uncredited1945 Adventure Nurse Uncredited1945 Behind City Lights 1946 Boys' Ranch Mrs. Johnstone Uncredited1947 Nightmare Alley Mrs. Prescott / Mrs. S.P. at Spode Room Uncredited1948 Joan of Arc Townswoman Uncredited1948 That Wonderful Urge Woman Uncredited1949 Adam's Rib Mrs. Marcasson Uncredited1950 Annie Get Your Gun Constance Uncredited1950 Caged Matron Uncredited1950 A Life of Her Own Desk Clerk Uncredited1950 Two Weeks with Love Mrs. Stresemann Uncredited1951 The Company She Keeps Mrs. Haley 1951 Excuse My Dust Mrs. Cyrus Random Sr. 1951 Show Boat Landlady Uncredited1951 Texas Carnival Mrs. Gaytes 1953 I Love Melvin Mrs. Wermbacher Uncredited1953 Sweethearts on Parade Wardrobe Woman 1953 Give a Girl a Break Mme. Cerette Uncredited1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Mrs. Bixby 1955 Many Rivers to Cross Mrs. Emmett Uncredited, (final film role)
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