Marjorie Wood

Marjorie Wood, in a 1907 publication.

Marjorie Wood (September 5, 1882 – November 9, 1955) was an Irish-born American actress on stage and in film.

Early life

Marjorie Wood was born in Dublin (some sources give London).[1]

Career

Wood's stage career included parts in Strongheart (1907), Mary Jane's Pa (1908),[2] The Call of the North (1908),[3] The Third Party (1914),[4] Yes or No (1918),[5] Madame Pierre (1922),[6] Yellow (1926),[7] The Good Earth (1933),[8] and Chu Chin Chow (1919-1921), "an Oriental extravaganza".[1][9] When she played a telephone operator in The Woman (1912), she was invited to visit a large telephone exchange in Chicago, to meet women who did that job in real life.[10][11]

In films, Wood appeared, usually in small roles, in The Women (1939), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Down in San Diego (1941), Anchors Aweigh (1945), Behind City Lights (1945), Adventure (1945), Boys' Ranch (1946), Adam's Rib (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Caged (1950),[12] A Life of Her Own (1950), The Company She Keeps (1951), and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).[13]

Marjorie Wood was a director of George M. Cohan's Actors' Fidelity League, which was organized in opposition to Actors' Equity Association.[14][15]

Personal life

By 1910 she was married to John J. Gleason.[16] Five years later, Wood explained that she enjoyed the acting life because it made marriage optional: "With the ability to earn money and take care of ourselves, we don't have to stay tied to a husband we detest, just because we need someone to support us."[17]

Marjorie Wood died in California in 1955, aged 73 years.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Obituary notices, Los Angeles Times (November 12, 1955).
  2. ↑ "Quaint Idea in Mary Jane's Pa" New York Times (December 4, 1908): 11.
  3. ↑ "Good Acting in Weak Book-Play" New York Times (August 25, 1908): 7.
  4. ↑ "Theatrical Chatter" Goodwin's Weekly (August 15, 1914): 9.
  5. ↑ Matthew White Jr., "The Stage" Munsey's Magazine (July 1918): 437.
  6. ↑ Thomas S. Hischak, Broadway Plays and Musicals (McFarland 2009): 3266. ISBN 9780786453092
  7. ↑ Donald Deschner, The Films of Spencer Tracy (Citadel Press 1968): 39. ISBN 9780806510385
  8. ↑ David J. Skal, Jessica Rains, Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (University Press of Kentucky 2009): 1932-1933. ISBN 9780813138855
  9. ↑ "Shubert" The Independent (January 8, 1921): 9.
  10. ↑ "Actress Operator Visits Exchange" Bell Telephone News (March 1912): 21.
  11. ↑ "Inter-City Stage 'Phone" New York Times (March 8, 1912): 13.
  12. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States (University of California Press 1999): 347. ISBN 9780520215214
  13. ↑ Peter M. Nichols and A. O. Scott The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (Macmillan 2004): 882. ISBN 9780312326111
  14. ↑ "Some Leading Actors Not Allied with Equity" Literary Digest (September 13, 1919): 31.
  15. ↑ "Fidelity Elects Cohan" New York Times (May 29, 1929): 38.
  16. ↑ "Virginia Harned's Reception" New York Dramatic Mirror (February 12, 1910): 11.
  17. ↑ "Marriage or The Stage?" Green Book Magazine (December 1915): 1130.
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