Marjorie Rhodes

Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Career
One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965. She reprised the role in the 1966 film version, titled The Family Way. She was featured singing a track "The World Is for the Young" with Stanley Holloway in the Herman's Hermits 1968 film Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter.
Her television appearances included The Army Game (as Edith Snudge), The Adventures of William Tell episode "The Boy Slaves" (1958), Dixon of Dock Green (1961–1962), the episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything" of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969), Doctor at Large (1971) and Z-Cars (1974).
Selected filmography
Poison Pen (1939) – Mrs. Scaife
Just William (1940) – Cook (uncredited)
Love on the Dole (1941) – Mrs. Bull
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) – Nurse (uncredited)
Squadron Leader X (1943) – Mrs. Agnew
When We Are Married (1943) – Mrs. Northrup
Old Mother Riley Detective (1943) – Cook
Theatre Royal (1943) – Agnes
Escape to Danger (1943) – Mrs. Pickles
The Butler's Dilemma (1943) – Mrs. Plumb
On Approval (1944) – Cook
Tawny Pipit (1944) – Mrs. Pickering
It Happened One Sunday (1944) – Mrs. Buckland
Great Day (1945) – Mrs. Nora Mumford
School for Secrets (1946) – Mrs. Arnold
Uncle Silas (1947) – Mrs. Rusk
This Was a Woman (1948) – Mrs. Holmes
Escape (1948) – Mrs. Pinkem
Enchantment (1948) – Mrs. Sampson
Private Angelo (1949) – Countess
The Cure for Love (1949) – Mrs. Sarah Hardacre
Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952) – Miss Mouncey
Decameron Nights (1953) – Signora Bucca
Those People Next Door (1953) – Mary Twigg
The Yellow Balloon (1953) – Mrs. Stokes
Street Corner (1953) – Mrs. Foster
The Girl on the Pier (1953) – Mrs. Chubb
The Weak and the Wicked (1953) – Suzie, bigamist inmate
To Dorothy a Son (1954) – Landlady
Children Galore (1955) – Ada Jones
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) – Mrs. Park
Room in the House (1955) – Betsy Richards
It's a Great Day (1955) – Landlady
Lost (1956) – Mrs. Jeffries
Now and Forever (1956) – Farmer's wife Aggie
Yield to the Night (1956) – Matron Brandon
It's Great to Be Young (1956) – Landlady
The Passionate Stranger (1957) – Mrs. Poldy
There's Always a Thursday (1957) – Marjorie Potter
The Good Companions (1957) – Mrs. Mounder
Hell Drivers (1957) – Ma West
No Time for Tears (1957) – Ethel
After the Ball (1957) – Bessie
Just My Luck (1957) – Mrs. Hackett
The Naked Truth (1957) – Lady on Phone (uncredited)
Gideon's Day (1958) – Mrs. Saparelli
Alive and Kicking (1959) – Old Woman
Watch it, Sailor! (1961) – Emma Hornett
Over the Odds (1961) – Bridget Stone
I've Gotta Horse (1965) – Mrs. Bartholemew
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) – Waitress
The Family Way (1966) – Lucy Fitton
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) – Grandma Gloria Tulley
Spring and Port Wine (1970) – Mrs. Gasket
Hands of the Ripper (1971) – Mrs. Bryant
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1897 births
1979 deaths
English film actresses
English television actresses
Actresses from Kingston upon Hull
20th-century English actresses