Marjorie Rhodes

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Marjorie Rhodes (born April 9, 1897 in Hull , Yorkshire , † July 4, 1979 in Hove , East Sussex ) was a British actress with character roles in theater, film and television. Her acting career spanned around 50 years. She starred in over 100 roles in British cinema and television productions from the 1930s to the 1970s. Including in films like Duel at the wheel , Lively and lively The daredevil men in their flying boxes , Honey moon 67 or hands full of blood .

life and career

Marjorie Rhodes, born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1897 , established herself as a character actress in film, television and theater in the early 1940s.

She made her screen debut in 1939 in Paul L. Stein's film Poison Pen . In the 1940s Marjorie Rhodes was seen on the screen in character roles, including in films such as the war film Squadron Leader X by Lance Comfort , in Peter Ustinov's war drama Secret Flight in Robert Donat's comedy The Cure for Love . In the mid-1950s she starred in Arthur Lubin's thriller Between Hate and Love , in the adventure film Duel at the wheel of Cy Endfield , in Ken Annakin's epic comedy The Daredevil Men in Their Flying Chests, and in John and Roy Boulting's award-winning film Honey Moon 67 for them has received various awards for Best Supporting Actress, including prestigious awards such as the National Board of Review Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award . Her last role in the cinema was in 1971 in the crime drama Hands Full of Blood, directed by Peter Sasdy .

At the end of the 1930s, Marjorie Rhodes turned to television at an early age and played there in numerous television films and episodes of series. Her appearances in the new medium included roles in Patrol Car (1955), Steptoe and Son (1965), Slim John (1969) and Z Cars (1974).

In the theater she played in the musical Summer Song at the Princes Theater in London together with David Hughes, Sally Ann Howes and Laurence Naismith . On Broadway she was nominated for the Tony Award for All in Good Time for Best Actress in the category (Drama) in 1965.

Marjorie Rhodes died on July 4, 1979 at the age of 82 in Hove , East Sussex .

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

  • 1939: Poison Pen
  • 1943: Squadron Leader X
  • 1946: Secret Flight
  • 1949: The Cure for Love
  • 1953: At the street corner (Street Corner)
  • 1955: Between Hate and Love (Footsteps in the Fog)
  • 1955: Room in the House
  • 1956: It's Great to Be Young!
  • 1956: perpetrator unknown (Lost)
  • 1957: The Passionate Stranger
  • 1957: Duel at the wheel (Hell Drivers)
  • 1958: Chief Inspector Gideon (Gideon's Day)
  • 1959: Alive and Kicking
  • 1965: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 Minutes)
  • 1966: Honigmond 67 (The Family Way)
  • 1970: Herring and Port Wine (Spring and Port Wine)
  • 1971: hands full of blood (Hands of the Ripper)

watch TV

  • 1938: The Ringer (TV movie)
  • 1949: The Luck of the Graces (TV movie)
  • 1955: Patrol Car (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1958–1960: The Army Game (TV series, 8 episodes)
  • 1959: The Flying Doctor (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1960: The Secret Kingdom (TV miniseries, 3 episodes)
  • 1965: Steptoe and Son (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1966–1966: Emergency Ward 10 (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 1969: Slim John (TV series, 9 episodes)
  • 1971: Doctor at Large (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1972: Softly Softly: Task Force (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1974: Z Cars (TV series, 1 episode)

Awards

Tony Award

Kansas City Film Critics Circle

National Board of Review

National Society of Film Critics

literature

  • Marjorie Rhodes. In: Robert Murphy: Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. , Routledge, 2003, p. 19.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Portrait of Marjorie Rhodes
personal data
SURNAME Rhodes, Marjorie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wise, Marjorie Rhodes (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress in theater, film and television
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Hull , Yorkshire , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1979
Place of death Hove , East Sussex , England , United Kingdom