Marjorie Beebe
{{Short description|American actress (1908–1983)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Marjorie Beebe
| image = Marjorie Beebe Argentinean Magazine AD.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = From an Argentinean Magazine
| birth_name = Marjorie Eileen Beebe
| birth_date = October 9, 1908
| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, United States
| death_date = May 9, 1983
| death_place = Escondido, California,
United States
| othername =
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1920 - 1939 (film)
| spouse = Clinton E. Randall (1934 - 1935, annulled)
}}
Marjorie Eileen Beebe (October 9, 1908 – May 9, 1983) was an American film actress.Drew p.22
Early years
Beebe was born on October 9, 1909. She graduated from Hollywood High School.{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Marjorie Beebe |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/marjorie-beebe-p126166 |website=AllMovie |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611000508/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/marjorie-beebe-p126166 |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}
Career
Beebe tired of working as an assistant in a magician's show, so she went to Hollywood to become an actress. She was rejected by several casting directors before she found work for one day at FBO Pictures Corporation. Three months of additional searching resulted in a job at Universal Pictures, where she stayed nine months, appearing in minor roles. In 1927, she began longer employment at Fox Film.{{cite news |title=Wins Stardom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68589956/marjorie-beebe/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=The Salt Lake Telegram |agency=NEA |date=October 7, 1928 |page=19|via = Newspapers.com}} She was a star in Mack Sennett films.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters |date=November 28, 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2930-8 |page=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5lBDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Marjorie+Beebe%22+actress&pg=PA302 |access-date=October 24, 2022 |language=en}}
Personal life
Beebe married broker Clinton E. Randall in Yuma, Arizona, in May 1934; the marriage was annulled in Los Angeles on July 29, 1935, after Beebe told the judge that she had to sell her automobile for money to support Randall.{{cite news |title=Actress wins annulment |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/101404978 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=July 30, 1935 |page=17|id={{ProQuest|101404978}} |via = Newspapers.com}} She died on May 9, 1983.
Partial filmography
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- Hills of Peril (1927)
- Rich But Honest (1927)
- Very Confidential (1927)
- Ankles Preferred (1928)
- The Farmer's Daughter (1928)
- Homesick (1928)
- A Thief in the Dark (1928)
- Speakeasy (1929)
- Not Quite Decent (1929)
- Honeymoon Zeppelin (1930)
- Match Play (1930)
- Ghost Parade (1931, short)
- Hot News Margie (1931, short)
- Dragnet Patrol (1931)
- Rackety Rax (1932)
- Flames (1932)
- Murder at Dawn (1932)
- Docks of San Francisco (1932)
- Too Many Highballs (1933)
- One Year Later (1933)
- Lost Ranch (1937)
- The Fighting Deputy (1937)
- Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
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References
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Bibliography
- Drew, Bernard A. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge, 2013.
External links
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- {{IMDb name|0066259}}
- {{Find a Grave|171678708}}
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Kansas City, Missouri
Category:American film actresses
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