Marjorie Weaver ( born Marjorie Weaver ; March 2, 1913, Crosville, Tennessee, USA - October 1, 1994, Austin, Texas, USA) is an American film and theater actress, popular in the 30-50s of the 20th century.
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 Portrait from Photoplay Magazine, August 1938 | |
| Date of Birth | March 2, 1913 |
| Place of Birth | Crosville , Tennessee , USA |
| Date of death | October 1, 1994 (81 years old) |
| Place of death | Austin , Texas , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Profession | actress singer |
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Biography
Born March 2, 1913 in the family of John Thomas Weaver and his wife Ellen (née Martin) [1] . From childhood she was musically gifted. In 1923-1924, she went on the Broadway stage in the famous musical Siegfeld's Madness. Studied at the Universities of Kentucky and Indiana [2] . She studied music and won beauty contests in both educational institutions. [one]
Weaver began her acting career on the stage in the early 1930s, and also worked as a model and singer. She got her first movie role in 1934, but her name was not even indicated in the credits. From 1936 to 1945, Weaver starred a lot, and her most successful works were the roles in the films: “In California” (1937) with Ricardo Cortes , “The Second Honeymoon” (1937) with Tyrone Power and Loretta Young and “ Young Mr. Lincoln ” ( 1940) with Henry Fonda . She also played a major female role in two films about the adventures of detective Michael Shane, where her partner was Lloyd Nolan .
In 1945, the actress starred along with Robert Lowry (a total of 11 collaborations) in the crime comedy Supermodel. This was her last major role. In the early 50s, she played three small roles in cinema and on TV, after which she finally left the profession.
Personal life
October 22, 1937 in the city of Goshen, Indiana, she married a naval officer Kenneth George Shacht [3] . They divorced in 1941, after seeing each other for only 16 days during their four-year marriage [4] . During the war, Mine was captured by the Japanese and died. [5]
In 1943, Marjorie married businessman Don Briggs, they had a son Joel and a daughter Lee. Together with her husband, they had a very successful liquor business.
She died of a heart attack on October 1, 1994, at the age of 81.
Marjorie Weaver About Me
I had a fantastic career for a girl without any talents. I didn’t know how to sing, I didn’t know how to dance, but I did both. It was wonderful - no pressure, no rush, only pleasure.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 A Campus Beauty Queen Makes Good , The San Bernardino County Sun (January 23, 1938), P. 21. Date of treatment August 31, 2016.
- ↑ Katz, Ephraim (1979). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume . Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-50601-2 . P. 1215.
- ↑ Marjorie Weaver of Films Seeks Divorce , The San Bernardino County Sun (August 10, 1941), S. 1.
- ↑ Actress Might Rewed Schacht , Spokane Daily Chronicle (September 24, 1941), p. 10. Date of access August 15, 2016.
- ↑ War Veteran, Back From Dead, Ex-Wife Wed , Belvidere Daily Republican (October 23, 1945), p. 1.
Links
- Weaver, Marjorie on the Internet Movie Database