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Marjorie Reynolds

 
Actor: Marjorie Reynolds
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  • Born: Aug 12, 1917 in Buhl, Idaho
  • Died: Feb 01, 1997 in Manhattan Beach, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Western
  • Career Highlights: Holiday Inn, Robin Hood of the Pecos, Bad Men of Tombstone
  • First Major Screen Credit: Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)

Biography

As a child actress, Marjorie Goodspeed was featured in such silent films as Scaramouche (1923). As a preteen, she acted and danced under the name Marjorie Moore in musicals like Collegiate (1935). Billed as Marjorie Reynolds from 1937 onward, she played bits in A-pictures like Gone With the Wind (1939) and co-starred in several bread-and-butter epics produced by such minor studios as Monogram and Republic. Her first leading role of consequence was as the dauntless girl reporter in Monogram's Mr. Wong series. Lightening her hair to blonde, Reynolds was signed by Paramount in 1942, getting off to a good start in Holiday Inn as the girl to whom Bing Crosby sings "White Christmas." She was also shown to good advantage in the Fritz Lang thriller Ministry of Fear (1944) before Paramount dropped her option in 1946. Her oddest assignment in her immediate post-Paramount years was as a Revolutionary-era ghost in Abbott and Costello's The Time of Their Lives (1946). In 1953, she replaced Rosemary DeCamp in the role of Mrs. Riley in the popular sitcom The Life of Riley, remaining with the series until its cancellation in 1958. After this lengthy engagement, Marjorie Reynolds was seen in character parts in such TV series as Leave It to Beaver and Our Man Higgins. Reynolds died of congestive heart failure in Manhattan Beach, CA, at the age of 76. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Marjorie Reynolds

in Ministry of Fear (1944)
Born Marjorie Goodspeed
August 12, 1917(1917-08-12)
Buhl, Idaho, U.S.
Died February 1, 1997 (aged 79)
Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1923–1924;1933–1978
Spouse(s) Jack Reynolds (1936–1952)
John Whitney (1953–1985)

Marjorie Reynolds (August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films.

Born Marjorie Goodspeed, in Buhl, Idaho, as her parents made the cross-country trip from Maine to settle in California, she was featured as a child actress in silent films such as Scaramouche (1923). Her first speaking role was in Murder in Greenwich Village (1937). She also appeared in bit parts in many A-pictures including Gone with the Wind (1939).

Her films include Holiday Inn (1942), Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear (1944) and Up in Mabel's Room (1944). Her career progression was hindered by the premature death of her mentor, Mark Sandrich.

Often featured in dramatic roles, in Holiday Inn, she showed her ability to dance, and she performed "White Christmas" as a duet with Bing Crosby, although her singing was dubbed by Martha Mears.

She later appeared in the NBC version of the television series The Life of Riley (1953-1958).

On February 1, 1997, having suffered from congestive heart disease, she collapsed and died in Manhattan Beach, California, while walking her dog. She was 79 years old.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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