16 Facts About Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Burnet Rambeau was an American film and stage actress.

Marjorie Rambeau began her stage career at age 12, and appeared in several silent films before debuting in her first sound film, Her Man.

Marjorie Rambeau was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Primrose Path and Torch Song, and received the 1955 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in A Man Called Peter and The View from Pompey's Head.

Marjorie Rambeau's mother insisted she dress as a boy to thwart amorous attention from drunken grown men in such a wild and woolly outpost as Nome.

Marjorie Rambeau began performing on the stage at the age of 12.

Marjorie Rambeau attained theatrical experience in a rambling early life as a strolling player.

Marjorie Rambeau played a supporting role in Min and Bill with Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery.

Marjorie Rambeau replaced Dressler after her death as Tugboat Annie in the sequel Tugboat Annie Sails Again, starring Alan Hale Sr.

Marjorie Rambeau appeared in A Man Called Peter with Richard Todd and Jean Peters in 1955.

Marjorie Rambeau appeared in a supporting role in Man of a Thousand Faces, a biographical film about the life of Lon Chaney Sr.

Marjorie Rambeau plays a role in one of the origin stories of the Reuben sandwich.

Marjorie Rambeau was descended from colonial immigrant Peter Gunnarsson Rambo, who immigrated in the 1600s from Sweden to New Sweden and served as a justice of the Governor's Council.

Marjorie Rambeau was the longest living of the original settlers and became known as the "Father of New Sweden".

Marjorie Rambeau was first married in 1913 to Canadian writer, actor, and director Willard Mack.

Marjorie Rambeau then married actor Hugh Dillman McGaughey in 1919, a marriage which ended in divorce in 1923.

Marjorie Rambeau died in 1970 at her home in Palm Springs, California, and was buried at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City.