Marjorie Burnet Rambue is an American theater and film actress. The beginning of her career falls on the heyday of a little cinematography. In 1930, she starred in her first sound film directed by Tay Garnett, Her Man.
The actress was twice nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Supporting Actress": in 1941, starring in the film "The Way of Pleasure", and in 1954 for her work in the film "Sad Song".
short biography
Marjorie was born in the summer of 1889 in San Francisco in the family of Marcel Rambue and Lillian Garlinda Kindelberger. The parents divorced when the girl was still very young. Together with her mother, she moved to Alaska, where she spent her childhood.
In her youth, she and her mother performed in the music hall and saloons, played the banjo and sang. Mom insisted that her daughter dress like a boy, so as not to attract the attention of not too sober men.
The creative biography of the performer began at the age of 12, when she first appeared on the stage. Gradually, gaining experience, she was able to get to Broadway. In 1913, Rambue made her debut in the play by W. Mack "Blow".
Marjorie came to the cinema in 1917. She made her debut in Frank Powell's drama "The Greater Woman".
Unfortunately, most of the silent films in which Rambu was filmed have not survived. With the advent of sound in cinema, the performer continued her career in cinema and soon became widely known. Real fame came to her only in the 1940s, when the actress was 50 years old.
In the 1920s, the actress increasingly began to abuse alcohol, she even had to interrupt her career for a while. Her friend F. Langbourne gave Ramby another chance to return to work, inviting the actress to one of the roles in his new performance.
Alcohol played a sad role in Marjorie's life. She was involved in serious car accidents several times, received many injuries and eventually became practically disabled.
In her youth, Marjorie was one of the leading performers on the Broadway stage and starred in popular plays. The famous American poet, writer, satirist and critic Dorothy Parker dedicated several of her poems to the actress.
For her contribution to the development of cinema, Marjorie was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Rambue's last public appearance was in 1968 at a party hosted in her honor at the El Miradore Hotel.
Film career
Since 1917, the actress starred in many silent films, mainly in the lead roles. The modern viewer will not be able to see most of the paintings. Copies of the films have been lost.
The first film in the career of the actress was the drama directed by Frank Powell "The Great Woman". She was released in 1917. Powell directed 5 more films in which Rambue starred: "Motherhood", "Duty", "Mirror", "Dazzling Miss Davison", "Mary Moreland".
In 1919, the actress appeared on the screen as Columbia in JS Blackton's silent comedy "Common Cause" ("Common Cause"). The script is based on the well-known play Gathered Together. Although a copy of the film was lost, the plot was described in one of the American newsreels.
The main character, Helen, receives attention from an unknown man, because of this, discord occurs in her family. During the First World War, Helen becomes an activist and begins to persuade men to join the army. Her husband goes abroad, and the girl's new boyfriend disappears after him. After a while, she travels to France, where she begins to do charity work and help the sick and disadvantaged. At this time, German troops appear in the city, one of the officers wants to kill Helen. But, fortunately, the American army also entered the city, in the ranks of which the husband of the main character serves. He saves the girl and a reconciliation takes place between them.
Marjorie starred in several more silent films in the late 1920s: "On Her Honor", "The Fortune Teller", "Syncopating Sue".
With the advent of sound to the cinema, the performer was able to continue her creative career and soon received well-deserved recognition and fame.
Rambu performed her first sound role in the drama "Her Man", which was released in 1930.
In 1941, Rambue was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Gregory La Cava's The Way of Pleasure.
In the center of the plot is the story of Ellie Mae Adams. She lives in an infamous neighborhood. Together with her, her mother lives in the apartment, working as a prostitute, a drunkard father, sister and grandmother. Once the main character meets a young man named Ed Wallace and falls in love with him. The romantic relationship ends with a wedding, but soon Ed learns the truth about his wife and their union is threatened.
In 1954, Marjorie received another Oscar nomination for her performance in Charles Walters' melodrama Sad Song.
In the career of the actress there were roles in the films: "Min and Beal", "Great Day", "Inspiration", "Trader Horn", "The Simplest Way", "Strangers Can Kiss", "The Secret Six", "Laughing Sinners", " Son of India "," Silence "," This modern age "," Fortress of man "," Paluka "," Modern hero "," Ready for love "," At gunpoint "," First lady "," We live merrily ", Woman vs. Woman, The Rains Came, The Sky with Barbed Wire Fence, East of the River, Tobacco Road, Broadway, In Old Oklahoma, The Salome She Danced, Big Bet "," Abandoned "," Ford Television Theater "," Sad Song "," Forever a Woman "," Bad for Each Other "," A Man Called Peter "," Slander ".
The last time on the screen, Rambue appeared in 1957 in the biographical drama directed by J. Piveney "The Man with a Thousand Faces." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Personal life
Marjorie married three times. Willard Mack became the first husband in 1912. They lived together for 5 years, but divorced in 1917.
The second chosen one in 1919 was Hugh Dillman. This marriage was also short-lived. In 1923, the couple separated.
The last time the actress married in 1931, Francis Asbury Gadger, with whom she lived until the end of her days.
Rambue passed away in 1970. She was 80 years old. The actress was buried in California at the Desert Memorial Park cemetery.
