Marjorie Bennett

Marjorie Bennett

出生 : 1896-01-15, York, Australia

死亡 : 1982-06-14

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Marjorie Bennett (15 January 1896 – 14 June 1982) was an Australian-born television and film actress who worked mainly in Great Britain and the United States. She began her acting career during the silent film era.

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Better Late Than Never
Marjorie Crane
Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms. Davis, in which Harry leads a revolt by the other goated senior citizen residents against the establishment.
The North Avenue Irregulars
Mother Thurber
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Mrs. Martha Hudson
An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Bartender
Oliver is in trouble. He's been caught embezzling money from his father's company, and unless he can pay back the $250,000 he took (which he can't), he will be fired from his job, arrested and probably sent to jail. Meanwhile, his rich wife has not only refused to bail him out of this mess, she's planning to divorce him. Desperate, Oliver thinks up a way out. He takes out an insurance policy on his wife with him as the beneficiary, then hires a hit man to kill her. The only problem is that because the doctor who performed the examination is an incompetent fraud, the insurance policy is invalid. Desperate to call off the hit, Oliver tracks down the hit man, only to find that he's subcontracted the killing to another hit man. Tracking down that killer reveals that he, too, has hired it out to a third person, and so on, and so on. Just how many people are trying to kill Oliver's wife?
エアポート’75
50th Anniversary Celebrant (uncredited)
小型飛行機との衝突によってコックピットが破損し操縦不能に陥ってしまった大型旅客機の恐怖と決死の救出劇を描いた、「大空港」に次ぐ航空パニック・シリーズ第2弾。
Harrad Summer
Motel Desk Clerk
Stanley, Harry, Sheila and Beth, four students from the 'free sex' Harrad College, spend the summer together to meet their families.
突破口!
Mrs. Taft
「ダーティハリー」のドン・シーゲル監督が、名優ウォルター・マッソー主演で描く犯罪アクション。 ニューメキシコの小さな村で農薬散布の仕事をしている、しがない中年男チャーリーが銀行強盗を計画した。彼は若い男を仲間に引き込み、まんまと大金をものにする。だが、その金はマフィアの隠し金だったのだ。警察とマフィアの両方から追われるチャーリーは、巧みに身をかわしていくが、彼の背後には殺し屋モリーが迫っていた。
Stacey
Florence Chambers
The sleazy and dangerous adventures of a gorgeous female private detective.
Getting Away from It All
Madeline Erickson
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would be.
The Love God?
Miss Pickering
Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a reluctant hero and ends up a swinging libertine.
マンハッタン無宿
Mrs. Fowler
大ヒット作「ダーティハリー」を生んだ監督ドン・シーゲル×主演クリント・イーストウッドの名コンビが初めて組んだ作品。 アリゾナの片田舎の保安官補クーガンは、逮捕された凶悪犯の身柄を引き取りに、単身ニューヨークへとやって来る。だが、煩雑な警察組織のやり方になじめずクーガンは、独断で犯人を強引に連行するが、悪党一味の作戦にひっかかり逃がしてしまう。ニューヨーク市警の協力を得られぬまま、怒りが爆発したクーガンの大都会での追跡劇が始まる…。
Creature of Comfort
A series of vignettes are tied together by a story involving a carnivorous entity which masquerades as a bedcover. The creature absorbs evil and greedy people into its body, but leaves the innocent unharmed.
Games
Nora
A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.
The Reluctant Astronaut
Sweetwater Citizen at Mailbox
Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a lay person into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
The Swinger
Elderly Woman (uncredited)
An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Mary Ann Bentley
Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her.
The Family Jewels
Airline Passenger
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
Zebra in the Kitchen
Stout Woman
A young boy lets the animals out of their cages at the Zoo, to set them free, but the animals start taking over the town.
メリー・ポピンズ
Miss Lark - Old Woman in Park
1910年、ロンドン。気難しい銀行家バンクスは、娘ジェーンと息子マイケルの教育のため、新しい家庭教師を探す。わんぱく盛りの子どもたちのせいで、家庭教師が居着かないのだ。そんなある朝、メリー・ポピンズと名乗る家庭教師の女性が傘を差して風に乗ってやって来る。優しくて楽しく、おまけに不思議な力を持ったメリーに子どもたちはたちまち夢中になる。だが、子どもを厳しくしつけたいバンクスはメリーが気に入らなかった。
The Night Walker
Apartment Complex Manager
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
36 Hours
Charwoman
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
マイ・フェア・レディ
Cockney with Pipe (uncredited)
言語学が専門のヒギンズ教授は、同好の士であるピカリング大佐と言葉遣いについて議論した末に、ロンドンのきつい下町なまりで花を売り歩く娘イライザを、自分なら上品なレディに仕立て直してみせると豪語。かくしてその成否をめぐって大佐と賭けをしたヒギンズ教授は、早速イライザを相手に、なまりの矯正や礼儀作法のレッスンを開始。特訓の成果が実り、やがて見事一流のレディに変身した彼女は、社交界の花形となる。
What a Way to Go!
Mrs. Freeman (uncredited)
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
Mrs. Berkeley-Kent
An out of work Method actor is hired by a male model, an ecdysiast, and a car salesman who live together to save money. They want the actor to listen to their problems and go see a psychiatrist so they can get counseling for cheap. The psychiatrist is intrigued by the split personalities indicated by the three separate sets of problems presented by the actor, and soon producers are climbing out of the woodwork trying to buy the rights to the film, while the actor is having trouble keeping his act together.
4 for Texas
Miss Emmaline
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya Carlson and Jarret with Maxine Richter. But Matson is still on the loose, and a scheming banker threatens both Thomas and Jarrett.
The Man from Galveston
Mrs. Warren
Circuit-riding Texas lawyer Timothy Higgins defends a former girlfriend against a murder charge stemming from an extortionist's threat to reveal her shady past. Through adroit courtroom work, Higgins is able to acquit her and reveal who actually shot the fatal bullet.
何がジェーンに起ったか?
Dehlia Flagg
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Saintly Sinners
Mrs. Madigan
Directed by Jean Yarbrough Ex-con Joseph Braden (Ron Hagerthy) has his car temporarily stolen by a pair of bank robbers who hide their loot in the vehicle's spare tire. After the car is repossessed, it's sold to the kindly Rev. Daniel Sheridan (Don Beddoe), who immediately sets out on a fishing trip. Not knowing that his new automobile was recently used in a heist, Father Dan gets the surprise of his life when he's suddenly stopped by a police officer.
Sail A Crooked Ship
Mrs. Chowder
A bungling burglar, determined to go down in the annals of crime as a genius, steals a ship in New York in order to rob a bank in Boston.
Summer and Smoke
Saleslady (uncredited)
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
A Thunder of Drums
Mrs. Yates
Captain Maddocks will never be promoted beyond Captain because of a mistake that he made in the past. Lt. McQuade is a green rookie who is now under the command of the tough Captain and he does not seem to be able to do anything right. Lt. McQuade also has trouble with Tracey, but it will be the renegade Indians that will test him and teach him the importance of following orders.
101匹わんちゃん
Duchess (voice)
ロンドンに住む作曲家ロジャーと飼い犬のダルメシアン、ポンゴ。二人はとても仲良し。ある日、二人は公園でアニータという女性と彼女の愛犬、雌ダルメシアンのパディータと出会います。 彼らは互いに仲良くなり、ロジャーとアニータは結婚することになりました。もちろん、ポンゴとパディータも。 ロジャーとアニータよりも先に、ポンゴとパディータの間に15匹の子犬が生まれました。愛情を込めて子犬たちを育てていた彼らのもとに、クルエラという悪女がやって来ました。 彼女は犬の毛皮が大好きで、子犬たちを誘拐してしまいました。このままでは、子犬たちが毛皮にされてしまいます。 かわいい子どもたちを失う訳にはいかないポンゴとパディータは仲間の犬達に協力を求め、クルエラのアジトを特定することに成功します。 いざ子犬救出のためにアジトに乗り込むと、なんとそこには99匹の子犬が!全員引き連れての脱出劇が幕を開ける。
オーシャンと十一人の仲間
Mrs. Allenby (uncredited)
 元空挺部隊員オーシャンは、一攫千金を夢見て、カジノの襲撃を計画した。彼はかつての仲間を集め、大晦日の午前0時、いよいよ大作戦を展開する……。エキスパートたちが華麗な連係プレーを見せる、シナトラ一家の犯罪アクション。
The Rat Race
Edie Kerry
An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
Career
Fan Magazine Columnist
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. In this simplistic, backroom show-business-success saga, Anthony Franciosa plays Sam, a struggling young actor who will forsake his family and take any type of menial job in order to become a Broadway star. Dean Martin is on hand as Maury, an aspiring director also trying to claw his way up the ladder of success. When Maury gets his big break, Sam wants a part in his show, but when Maury, who is unwilling to cast Sam in the production, turns down Sam's request, Sam seduces and marries Maury's girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine). In spite of everything, Maury wants his girl back, and Sam agrees to a divorce on the stipulation that Maury cast him as the star in his next show. Once again, Maury reneges and, before Sam can exact his revenge, Uncle Sam comes to the rescue and he is drafted into the army.
Holiday for Lovers
Elvira
Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American family vacationing in South America. Directed by Henry Levin, the film also features Jane Wyman, Jill St. John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby, Henny Backus, Wally Brown, Gardner McKay and Jose Greco.
Home Before Dark
Hazel Evans
A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.
The Fountain of Youth
journalist
A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short story “Youth from Vienna”.
Man of a Thousand Faces
Vera (uncredited)
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Townswoman (uncredited)
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.
The Iron Sheriff
Nettie Holcomb
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie. Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.
Strange Intruder
Jodie, Carmichaels' Maid
A Korean War veteran must find his buddy's widow and children to keep a bizarre promise.
Autumn Leaves
Waitress
A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.
Our Miss Brooks
Mrs. Boynton
The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher Philip Boynton (Robert Rockwell).
Female on the Beach
Mrs. Murchison
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.
Lay That Rifle Down
Mrs. Speckleton
Director Charles Lamont's 1955 comedy, about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life, stars Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jacqueline de Wit, Richard Deacon, Robert Burton, James Bell, Marjorie Bennett, Leon Tyler, William Fawcett and Mimi Gibson.
The Cobweb
Sadie
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.
Kiss Me Deadly
Manager
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
Young at Heart
Mrs. Ridgefield (uncredited)
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.
Ricochet Romance
Mrs. Harvey
Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring some life back into the place. She also sets her sights on old layabout Chill Wills, scheming to rope the critter into marriage. Veteran comedy director Charles W. Lamont moves the proceedings along with style, never missing an opportunity for a low-comedy slapstick turn. The most surprising aspect of Ricochet Romance is that it is not an entry in Marjorie Main's Ma and Pa Kettle series.
The Human Jungle
Mrs. Lee
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
麗しのサブリナ
Margaret
オードリー・ヘプバーンによるロマンチックコメディー。名匠ビリー・ワイルダーがサミュエル・テイラーの戯曲「サブリナ・フェア」を映画化した。大富豪の兄弟と、美しく変身したお抱え運転手の娘との恋を描く。 大富豪ララビー家のお抱え運転手の娘サブリナ(オードリー・ヘプバーン)が、主の次男デイヴィッド(ウィリアム・ホールデン)に恋心を抱くも、彼女の父は身分違いの恋を忘れさせるため娘をパリへ送り出す。2年後、洗練された淑女に変身した彼女が帰国すると、デイヴィッドはすっかり夢中に。婚約中の弟を案じる長男ライナス(ハンフリー・ボガート)は、やがて自分はサブリナが好きなことに気付き……。
凸凹ジキルとハイド
Militant woman
Abbott and Costello, two bumbling American cops on exchange in London, hunt for Mr. Hyde—the monster that has been terrorizing the city.
Never Wave at a WAC
Mrs. Martha Pratt
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
The Steel Trap
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
Widow Noonan
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
ライムライト
Mrs. Alsop
数々の名セリフも印象的なチャップリン映画の集大成的作品。脚の故障に絶望したバレリーナと老コメディアンの愛と献身を描く。無声映画時代の喜劇王キートンが主人公の相棒として特別出演。
Washington Story
Woman with pass
A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is all a facade and sets out to uncover the truth.
Lightning Strikes Twice
Drug Store Customer
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Muriel Quimby
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Two Flags West
A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.
Peggy
Flossie the Maid
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.
Perfect Strangers
Mrs. Moore
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.
凸凹殺人ホテル
Second Maid (uncredited)
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
Take One False Step
Waitress (uncredited)
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
June Bride
Nellie Brinker
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...
To the Victor
Pablo's Model (uncredited)
An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.
Silver River
Large Woman (uncredited)
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most powerful silver magnates in the west. His empire begins to fall apart as the other mining combines rise against him and his stubbornness loses him the support of his wife and old friends.
殺人狂時代
Marie's Maid
大恐慌のために失業した銀行員ヴェルドゥの新事業とは? 結婚詐欺と連続殺人をブラック・ユーモアで描く異色のチャップリン喜劇。黒い笑いの中に込められているのは大量殺人に対する怒り……。
Dressed to Kill
Antique Shop Assistant
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.
Hugon, the Mighty
Hugon, a Canadian backwoodsman who is respected for his strength both of limb and of character, falls in love with Marie even though she has another sweetheart, a young man named Gabriel. Realizing that Marie favors Gabriel, Hugon good-naturedly offers to help the boy develop muscles and stamina but soon abandons the hopeless task. Meanwhile, Roque and his group of crooked surveyors have made plans to swindle the woodsman out of his property.
The Midnight Patrol
Minnie
Officer Terence Shannon is the head man of the Los Angeles Flying Squadron. In this capacity, Shannon does battles with ruthless opium smugglers in LA's Chinatown
The Girl, Glory
Sally Barton (as Margery Bennett)
Glory Wharton is the granddaughter of civil war veteran Jed Wharton. Jed entertains everyone with his war stories, but has a serious drinking problem. Glory is determined to help him overcome this. -from IMDB.com