Marjorie Nelson

{{short description|American actress}}

{{Distinguish|Marjorie Jackson-Nelson|Midge Nelson}}

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| name = Marjorie Nelson

| birth_date = November 2, 1923

| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|2|12|1923|11|2|mf=y}}

| death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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| occupation = Actress

| years active = 1965–2004

| spouse = Howard Da Silva (1949–1960)
Victor Steinbrueck

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Marjorie Nelson (November 2, 1923 – February 12, 2010) was an American actress.{{cite news |last=Berson |first=Misha |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/obituary-marjorie-nelson-lit-up-many-stages-in-seattle/ |title=Obituary / Marjorie Nelson lit up many stages in Seattle |work=Seattle Times |date=2010-02-16 |accessdate=2017-11-27 }}

Born in Seattle,{{cite news |last1=Richards |first1=Jack |title=Marjorie Talks About Brecht |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88778822/marjorie-nelson/ |access-date=November 12, 2021 |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=November 12, 1965 |page=A 7 |via =Newspapers.com}} Nelson appeared in more than eight films from 1965 to 2004 and acted on stage at the Seattle Repertory Theatre beginning in 1940.{{cite news |title=Marjorie Nelson Seen In 'Bernarda Alba' Play |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88779388/marjorie-nelson/ |access-date=November 12, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=November 16, 1947 |page=19 |via = Newspapers.com}} She acted on stage in New York for 12 years.

Nelson's support of international human rights and her opposition to nuclear proliferation led to her being one of the actors blacklisted in the 1950s as a result of the House Un-American Activities Committee.{{cite web |title=We Remember Marjorie Nelson |url=http://www.aftra.org/4B98D9022CA648E8BAD418DB41A0E813.html |website=American Federation of Television and Radio Artists |access-date=November 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112034001/http://www.aftra.org/4B98D9022CA648E8BAD418DB41A0E813.html |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |date=February 19, 2010}}

In the 1960s, Nelson taught at the Cornish School of Allied Arts in Seattle.

Nelson was married to actor Howard Da Silva from 1949 to 1960.{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LH_GCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA305|date=9 May 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4175-4|pages=305–306}} They had two daughters. She married Seattle architect Victor Steinbrueck, and they founded the Port Townsend Festival Theatre, for which she served as the executive director.{{cite news|last1=Simpson|first1=Jerry|date=August 8, 1965|title=PT...Observations|work=Port Angeles Evening News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62808910/port-angeles-evening-news/|accessdate=8 November 2020}}

On February 12, 2010, Nelson died, aged 86.