
Bright, vivacious Marjorie Reynolds (née Marjorie Goodspeed) was born in Idaho on August 12, 1917 to a doctor and homemaker, and raised in Los Angeles. Making her film debut at age 6, she "retired" after only a few years in favor of a normal education. She returned in the mid-30s, as a teenager this time, and began the typical assembly-line route of extra and bit roles for various mega studios, this time billed as Marjorie Moore. Her first speaking role was in Columbia Studio's programmer Murder in Greenwich Village (1937), this time billed as Marjorie Reynolds (her first husband's last name), a moniker she kept for the duration of her career. The blonde (originally brunette) actress then went through a rather unchallenging prairie flower phase opposite Hollywood's top western stars such as Tex Ritter, Buck Jones, Roy Rogers and Tim Holt. It all paid off, however, when she won the top female role opposite Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire in the seasonal film classic Holiday Inn (1942), a role originally designed for Mary Martin. It remains Marjorie's most popular and cherished role on film, but it did not help her make a permanent transition into 'A' quality fare. She continued as a dependable "B" co-lead in such films as Up in Mabel's Room (1944), Meet Me on Broadway (1946), and Heaven Only Knows (1947), with an exciting movie offer such as Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear (1944) coming her way on a rare occasion. Along with maturity and a new entertainment medium (television) in the 50s came a return to her natural hair color. As William Bendix's patient, resourc...more
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Movie | Models Inc. | Peggy Howard | 1952-05-19 |
Movie | No Holds Barred | Rhonda Nelson | 1952-11-23 |
Movie | Home Town Story | Janice Hunt | 1951-05-18 |
Movie | His Kind of Woman | Helen Cardigan | 1951-08-15 |
Movie | The Great Jewel Robber | Martha Rollins | 1950-07-15 |
Movie | Customs Agent | Lucille Gerrard | 1950-05-18 |
Movie | Bad Men of Tombstone | Julie | 1949-01-21 |
Movie | That Midnight Kiss | Mary | 1949-09-22 |
Movie | Heaven Only Knows | Ginger 'The Copper Queen' | 1947-09-12 |
Movie | The Time of Their Lives | Melody Allen | 1946-08-13 |
Movie | Meet Me on Broadway | Ann Stallings | 1946-01-26 |
Movie | Monsieur Beaucaire | Princess Maria of Spain | 1946-09-04 |
Movie | Bring on the Girls | Sue Thomas | 1945-03-30 |
Movie | Duffy's Tavern | Peggy O'Malley | 1945-09-28 |
Movie | Ministry of Fear | Carla Hilfe | 1944-05-19 |
Movie | 3 Is a Family | Kitty Mitchell | 1944-11-23 |
Movie | Up in Mabel's Room | Geraldine Ainsworth | 1944-09-12 |
Movie | Dixie | Jean Mason | 1943-06-23 |
Movie | Holiday Inn | Linda Mason | 1942-01-01 |
Movie | Star Spangled Rhythm | Marjorie Reynolds | 1942-03-05 |
Movie | Secret Evidence | Linda Wilson | 1941-01-31 |
Movie | Robin Hood of the Pecos | Ambrose Ballard | 1941-01-14 |
Movie | Cyclone on Horseback | Mary Corbin | 1941-06-13 |
Movie | Top Sergeant Mulligan | Gail Nash | 1941-10-16 |
Movie | Tillie the Toiler | Bubbles | 1941-08-07 |
Movie | Law of the Timber | 'Perry' Lorimer | 1941-12-19 |
Movie | Dude Cowboy | Barbara Adams | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | Chasing Trouble | Susie Carey | 1940-01-30 |
Movie | Midnight Limited | Joan Marshall | 1940-03-20 |
Movie | The Fatal Hour | Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan | 1940-01-15 |
Movie | Up in the Air | Anne Mason | 1940-09-09 |
Movie | Doomed to Die | Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan | 1940-08-12 |
Movie | Enemy Agent | Peggy O'Reilly | 1940-04-18 |
Movie | Streets of New York | Anne Carroll | 1939-04-12 |
Movie | Mystery Plane | Betty Lou Barnes | 1939-03-08 |
Movie | The Phantom Stage | Mary Ellen | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Timber Stampede | Anne Carr | 1939-06-29 |
Movie | Stunt Pilot | Betty Lou Barnes | 1939-06-30 |
Movie | Gone with the Wind | Guest at Twelve Oaks (uncredited) | 1939-12-15 |
Movie | Danger Flight | Betty Lou | 1939-11-01 |
Movie | Sky Patrol | Betty Lou Barnes | 1939-09-11 |
Movie | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan | 1939-08-01 |
Movie | Six Shootin' Sheriff | Molly Morgan | 1938-05-20 |
Movie | Rebellious Daughters | Claire Elliott | 1938-07-01 |
Movie | Man's Country | Madge Crane | 1938-07-06 |
Movie | Delinquent Parents | Edith Ellis, as a youth | 1938-07-15 |
Movie | Top of the Town | Dancer | 1937-04-17 |
Movie | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1937-08-20 |
Movie | Murder in Greenwich Village | Molly Murphy | 1937-11-03 |
Movie | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Norma Willis | 1937-11-26 |
Movie | Dancing Pirate | Dancer (uncredited) | 1936-05-22 |
Movie | College Holiday | Dancer | 1936-12-19 |
Movie | The Big Broadcast of 1937 | Dancer (uncredited) | 1936-10-05 |
Movie | College Humor | Student | 1933-07-05 |
Movie | Revelation | Child | 1924-06-23 |
Movie | Scaramouche | Child (uncredited) | 1923-09-15 |
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