Marjorie Bennett

Marjorie Bennett

Nascimento : 1896-01-15, York, Australia

Morte : 1982-06-14

História

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.

Perfil

Marjorie Bennett

Filmes

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.
As Malucas da Avenida
Mother Thurber
Quando trapaceiros estabelecem operações em uma cidade tradicional, um ministro e um grupo de senhoras da igreja estão dispostos a fazer qualquer coisa, não importa o quão maluco, para tirá-los.
Sherlock Holmes em Nova 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?
Aeroporto 75
50th Anniversary Celebrant (uncredited)
Um pequeno avião particular se choca com um 747 e acaba matando ou incapacitando a tripulação. Uma aeromoça, seguindo instruções de rádio, assume o comando da aeronave. É então elaborado um plano quase suicida em que, através de um buraco na cabine de comando, um piloto é enviado para resgatar o avião.
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.
O Homem que Burlou a Máfia
Mrs. Taft
Charley Varrick rouba um banco numa cidade pequena com os seus amigos. Em vez de roubar uma pequena quantia de dinheiro eles descobrem que roubaram uma quantidade muito grande, e o dinheiro pertencente à máfia. Agora Charley agora deve pensar num plano não apenas para fugir a polícia mas também da máfia. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
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.
Meu Nome é Coogan
Mrs. Fowler
Um assistente de xerife do Arizona (Clint Eastwood) vai a Nova York para levar ao seu estado um homem suspeito de assassinato (Don Stroud). Mas, quando o prisioneiro escapa, o policial começa a persegui-lo, com métodos muito pessoais.
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.
O Terceiro Tiro
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.
A Falsa Libertina
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
Graças a sua imortalidade, Dracula desta vez, está na época mágica do velho oeste americano, onde apronta das suas, sugando o sangue de suas vítimas, indígenas ou brancos e, somente um homem, tem a coragem de enfrenta-lo. Filme de terror estrelado por John Carradine, no papel de vampiro, perdido numa pequena cidade do oeste.
A Família Fuleira
Airline Passenger
Donna Peyton (Donna Butterworth), uma órfã de nove anos, herda uma fortuna de 30 milhões de dólares, mas precisa escolher um "pai" entre seus seis tios para poder tomar posse da herança.
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.
Mary Poppins
Miss Lark - Old Woman in Park
Na Londres de 1910, o banqueiro Mr. Banks, um homem frio que trata com rigidez Jane e Michael, seus filhos sapecas, não consegue contratar uma babá, pois elas desistem facilmente do emprego. Em uma noite, enquanto redige com sua esposa um anúncio de jornal procurando uma babá, sua filha Jane aparece com uma carta mostrando como seria uma babá perfeita. Esta carta acaba chegando nas mãos de Mary Poppins, que é tudo aquilo que está descrito na carta. Mary Poppins possui poderes mágicos e, com seu amigo faz-tudo Bert, transforma a vida daquela família, com muita música, magia e diversão.
Quando Descem as Sombras
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 Horas
Charwoman
Neste drama psicológico de guerra, um major do Exército é capturado pelos alemães durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Os alemães tentam fazer uma lavagem cerebral nele para que acredite que a guerra acabou e que ele está seguro em um hospital dos Aliados, de modo que ele possa falar abertamente dos planos da invasão dos Aliados no Dia D.
Minha Bela Dama
Cockney with Pipe (uncredited)
Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), um intelectual e professor de fonética, aposta que conseguirá, no período máximo de seis meses, transformar Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), uma simples florista de rua que não sabe falar direito, em uma dama. Mas a tarefa se mostra muito mais difícil do que tinha sido imaginada originalmente.
A Senhora e Seus Maridos
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.
Os Quatro Heróis do Texas
Miss Emmaline
Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) e Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin) são dois comerciantes rivais, que lutam pelo melhor cassino da cidade e pela atenção de duas belas donzelas.
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.
O Que Terá Acontecido a Baby Jane?
Dehlia Flagg
A história do diretor Robert Aldrich é um thriller sobre uma veterana atriz de teatro que conheceu a fama na infância e agora inicia um reinado psicótico de terror sobre sua irmã, ex-rainha do cinema nos anos 30 e hoje presa a uma cadeira de rodas.
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.
O Anjo de Pedra
Saleslady (uncredited)
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
Estrondo de Tambores
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.
Os 101 Dálmatas
Duchess (voice)
Os 101 Dálmatas, encantou diferentes gerações com as suas irresistíveis estrelas caninas, uma história adorável, numa maravilhosa mistura de humor e aventura. Cruela de Vil, a mais escandalosa e exuberante vilã da Disney, desencadeia a ação quando decide raptar todos os cachorros dálmatas da cidade de Londres - incluindo 15 cachorros da família de Pongo e Perdita. Através do poder do Latido ao Luar, Pongo reúne e lidera um heroico elenco de animais para uma dramática operação de resgate dos cachorrinhos, numa história que vai deliciar toda a família.
Onze Homens e Um Segredo
Mrs. Allenby (uncredited)
Em Las Vegas, onze homens tomam parte de um fantástico plano de assaltar cinco cassinos ao mesmo tempo, durante a virada do ano. Tudo parece perfeito, mas algo acaba saindo errado.
A Taberna das Ilusões Perdidas
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.
Calvário da Glória
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”.
O Homem das Mil Caras
Vera (uncredited)
A turbulenta vida e carreira profissional do ator de vaudeville e estrela do cinema mudo de horror Lon Chaney (1883-1930), o homem das mil caras; homem de muitos infortúnios pessoais que nem mesmo seu grande sucesso conseguiu mitigar. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
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.
Folhas Mortas
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).
Frenesi de Paixões
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.
Paixões Sem Freios
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.
A Morte num Beijo
Manager
Quando uma bela loira é brutalmente assassinada, um detetive reage de forma violenta. Durante as investigações, descobre uma misteriosa caixa preta que contém a solução do caso. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
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.
Corações Enamorados
Mrs. Ridgefield (uncredited)
As vidas e os romances de três irmãs em uma família musical; a vida da filha mais nova é complicada com a chegada de um compositor encantador e depois a chegada de um arranjador de música cínico. Quando Alex Burke (Gig Young) entra na vida da família musical Tuttle, cada uma das três filhas se apaixona por ele. Ele é encantador, bonito e charmoso. Laurie Tuttle (Doris Day) e Alex parecem feitos um para o outro e começam a namorar. Quando Barney Sloan (Frank Sinatra) entra em cena para ajudar Alex com alguns arranjos musicais as coisas ficam complicadas. Ele é visto como um desafio por Laurie, que não pode acreditar que alguém pudesse ser tão cínico. - traduzido de Ron Kerrigan
Os Casamenteiros
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.
Sabrina
Margaret
Sabrina é a jovem filha do motorista da família Larrabee, que foi apaixonado por David Larrabee a vida toda. David é muito mimado e louco por mulheres, e ignorou a Sabrina durante anos. Sabrina vai para Paris por alguns anos e quando ela retorna é uma mulher muito atraente e sofisticada, e David fica rapidamente atraído por ela. Linus, o irmão de David, vê isso e teme que o casamento iminente de Davi com uma mulher muito rica pode estar ameaçado. Se o casamento for cancelado um grande negócio corporativo com a família da noiva também será cancelado. Então, Linus tenta manter Sabrina fora da vista de seu irmão, e a melhor maneira de fazer isso é ele mesmo cortejar Sabrina.
Abbott e Costello Enfrentando o Médico e o Monstro
Militant woman
Os policiais Slim e Tubby vão para Londres e conhecem um médico que apresenta uma personalidade diabólica.
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.
Luzes da Ribalta
Mrs. Alsop
Deprimida com a sua carreira de dançarina, Terry tenta se suicidar, mas é salva por Calvero, um homem pobre que era um famoso palhaço. Calvero ajuda Terry e, no processo, também recupera sua autoestima. Quando Terry propõe casamento, Calvero acha que a diferença de idade é grande demais e vai embora para se tornar um palhaço de rua. Terry então começa um relacionamento com um compositor jovem e promissor.
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.
Por Uma Mulher Má
Muriel Quimby
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Entre Dois Juramentos
No outono de 1864, remanescentes de um regimento confederado de cavalaria da Geórgia são prisioneiros da União em um campo em Rock Island, Illinois. Sob o comando do coronel Clay Tucker, muitos estão doentes e feridos. Percebem uma chance de escapar quando o capitão da União Mark Bradford lhes propõe liberdade em troca deles ajudarem as tropas da União a combaterem os Apaches no remoto Novo México. O major comandante do Forte Thorn, local aonde os confederados são levados, suspeita que os recem-chegados planejam escapar e os hostiliza. Quando tudo estava pronto para a deserção e fuga, o coronel (agora tenente) Tucker recebe ordens de agentes confederados para esperar, havendo informações sobre um plano para apoiarem a criação de uma nova frente da Guerra Civil no Oeste.
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.
Duas Almas, Dois Destinos
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.
Frente a Frente com Assassinos
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).
Um Passo em Falso
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.
Noiva da Primavera
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.
Monsieur Verdoux
Marie's Maid
Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin) é um assassino em série golpista. Ele casa com senhoras ricas e logo depois as mata para ficar com toda a herança. Esse dinheiro ele usa para sustentar sua verdadeira família, que se encontra em dificuldades financeiras desde que Verdoux se deu mal nos negócios.
Melodia Fatal
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