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Marjorie Bennett Born 15 January 1896
York, Western AustraliaDied 14 June 1982 (aged 86)
Hollywood, Los AngelesOther names Margery Bennett
Marjorie E. BennettOccupation Actress Years active 1917–80 Marjorie Bennett (15 January 1896 – 14 June 1982) was an Australian television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era.
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Career
Born in York, Western Australia, Bennett's sister Enid was also an actress.[1] Bennett began acting in films 1917, and later made the transition to talking pictures with bit roles in Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) and Washington Story (1952). In 1952, she appeared as Charlie Chaplin's landlady in the film Limelight,[2] and later had guest roles on The Great Gildersleeve, Four Star Playhouse, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, I Love Lucy, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, and December Bride. From 1959 to 1961, she had a reoccurring role on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
During the 1970s, Bennett continued appearing in television with roles on Mission: Impossible, Adam-12, Night Gallery, McMillan & Wife, and Phyllis. She also had a role opposite Richard Widmark in the 1973 television film Brock's Last Case. In the 1973 film Charley Varrick, starring Walter Matthau, Bennett portrayed Mrs. Taft, an elderly gardener living in a trailer park who is convinced that every man she meets wants to seduce her. She made her last onscreen appearance in 1980.
Death
Bennett died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on 14 June 1982[3], and her ashes were interred in the Great Mausoleum's Columbarium of Dawn, at Glendale Forest Lawn Cemetery, in Glendale California.
Selected filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes 1917 The Girl, Glory Sally Barton Credited as Margery Bennett 1918 Naughty, Naughty! Prudence Sampson 1946 Dressed to Kill Antique shop assistant Uncredited 1948 June Bride Mrs. Nellie Brinker 1949 Undertow Wife at bar in Vegas Uncredited 1950 The Man Who Cheated Himself Mrs. Muriel Quimby 1951 Lightning Strikes Twice Drug Store Customer Uncredited 1952 The Steel Trap Cleaning Woman Uncredited 1953 So Big Housekeeper Uncredited 1954 Ricochet Romance Mrs. Harvey 1955 Female on the Beach Mrs. Murchison 1956 Our Miss Brooks Mrs. J. Boynton Uncredited 1956 Autumn Leaves Waitress 1957 Man of a Thousand Faces Vera, Housekeeper Uncredited 1958 Home Before Dark Hazel Evans 1959 Career Fan Magazine Columnist 1960 The Rat Race Mrs. Edie Kerry 1961 A Thunder of Drums Mrs. Yates 1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Dehlia Flagg 1963 Promises! Promises! Mrs. Snavely 1964 What a Way to Go! Mrs. Freeman Uncredited 1965 36 Hours Charwoman 1966 Billy the Kid versus Dracula Mary Ann Bentley 1967 Games Nora 1968 Coogan's Bluff Mrs. Fowler, Little Old Lady 1969 The Love God? Miss Pickering 1971 Calliope Snoopy lady Alternative title: Love Is Catching 1973 Charley Varrick Mrs. Taft Alternative title: Kill Charley Varrick 1974 Airport 1975 50th Anniversary Celebrant – Passenger 1979 The North Avenue Irregulars Mother Thurber Alternative title: Hill's Angels Television Year Title Role Notes 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Widow 1 episode 1952 Racket Squad Mrs. Fogarty 1 episode 1953 The Pride of the Family Mrs. Mallory 1 episode 1954 My Little Margie Miss Flannigan/The Old Lady Robber 1 episode 1954–1957 Lassie Birdie Brockway 5 episodes 1955 I Married Joan Ruth 1 episode 1955–1958 The Bob Cummings Show Mrs. Neimeyer 4 episodes 1956 Cheyenne Mrs. Smallwood 1 episode 1957 The Ford Television Theatre Mrs. Morris 1 episode 1958 Trackdown Hetty Lake 1 episode 1958–1959 The Thin Man Mrs. Blascombe 3 episodes 1958–1961 The Real McCoys Amanda Comstock 3 episodes 1959 Buckskin Mrs. Newcombe 1 episode 1960 Adventures in Paradise Agnes Higgins 1 episode 1961 Hong Kong Matron 1 episode 1962 Thriller Mercedes 1 episode 1963 The Joey Bishop Show Mrs. Fenton 1 episode 1964 The Beverly Hillbillies Mrs. Langwell 1 episode 1965 Petticoat Junction Miss Hogan 1 episode 1966 Hey, Landlord Mrs. Fritzell 1 episode 1967 Ironside Hotel Clerk 1 episode 1968 The Virginian Soapie 1 episode 1970 The Mod Squad Mrs. MacCready 1 episode 1971 Nanny and the Professor Aunt Agatha 1 episode 1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury Agnes Howett 1 episode 1973 The Rookies Mrs. Gleason 1 episode 1974 Rhoda Mrs. Fosner 1 episode 1975 Happy Days Lady 1 episode 1976 Sherlock Holmes in New York Mrs. Martha Hudson Television film 1977–1978 CHiPs Mrs. Downey 3 episodes 1979 Better Late Than Never Marjorie Crane Television film 1980 Barney Miller Miss Stratton 1 episode References
- ^ Katz, Ephraim (1994). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume (2 ed.). HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 112. ISBN 0-062-73089-4.
- ^ "Chaplin Is Almost Himself Again". The Sunday Herald: p. 4. 9 December 1951. http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18486979?searchTerm=marjorie%20bennett. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Marjorie Bennett Dead at 87; Acted in Chaplin's 'Limelight'". The New York Times. 1982-06-22. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/22/obituaries/marjorie-bennett-dead-at-87-acted-in-chaplin-s-limelight.html. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
External links
- Marjorie Bennett at the Internet Movie Database
- Marjorie Bennett at AllRovi
- Marjorie Bennett at Find a Grave
Categories:- 1896 births
- 1982 deaths
- Australian expatriate actors in the United States
- Australian film actors
- Australian silent film actors
- Australian television actors
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
- People from York, Western Australia
- Australian actor stubs
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