Marjorie Eileen Beebe (October 9, 1908 – May 9, 1983) was an American

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Early years

Beebe was born on October 9, 1909. She graduated from Hollywood High School.

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

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. Three months of additional searching resulted in a job at

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, where she stayed nine months, appearing in minor roles. In 1927, she began longer employment at

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. She was a star in

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films.

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. She died on May 9, 1983.

Partial filmography

* ''

Hills of Peril ''Hills of Peril'' is a lost 1927 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones and Georgia Hale. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Cast * Buck Jones - Laramie * Georgia Hale - Ellen ...

'' (1927) * ''

Rich But Honest ''Rich But Honest'' is a 1927 American silent comedy-drama film, written by Randall H. Faye and directed by Albert Ray and Horace Hough. The film was released on May 22, 1927 by Fox Film Corporation, starring Nancy Nash, John Holland, Charles ...

'' (1927) * '' Very Confidential'' (1927) * ''

Ankles Preferred ''Ankles Preferred'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by James Shelley Hamilton. The film stars Madge Bellamy, Lawrence Gray, Barry Norton, Allan Forrest, Marjorie Beebe and Joyce Compton. The film ...

'' (1928) * '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928) * '' Homesick'' (1928) * ''

A Thief in the Dark ''A Thief in the Dark'' is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by Albert Ray, written by C. Graham Baker and William Kernell (based on a plot idea from director Ray), and starring George Meeker, Doris Hill, Gwen Lee, Marjorie Beebe, Mic ...

'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

Not Quite Decent ''Not Quite Decent'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound film or part-talkie, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Irving Cummings, and starring June Collyer and Louise Dresser. Cast *June Collyer as Linda Cunningha ...

'' (1929) * ''Honeymoon Zeppelin'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

Ghost Parade ''Ghost Parade'' is a 1931 American short subject film directed by Mack Sennett. Plot summary A disparate group of characters are menaced in a haunted house by mice playing a xylophone, a talking dog, a gorilla, and each other. Cast * Harry G ...

'' (1931,

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) * ''Hot News Margie'' (1931, short) * ''

Dragnet Patrol ''Dragnet Patrol'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcem ...

'' (1931) * ''

Rackety Rax ''Rackety Rax'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy action film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Greta Nissen and Nell O'Day. Plot Always looking for an angle, "Knucks" McGloin purchases the mortgage on Canarsie Colle ...

'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

Murder at Dawn ''Murder at Dawn'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is also known as ''The Death Ray'' in the United Kingdom. Cast *Jack Mulhall as Danny *Josephine Dunn as Doris Farrington *Eddie Boland as Freddie *Marjor ...

'' (1932) * ''

Docks of San Francisco ''Docks of San Francisco'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Mary Nolan, Jason Robards Sr. and Marjorie Beebe. It was originally released by Mayfair Pictures, and later re-released by Commonwealt ...

'' (1932) * ''Too Many Highballs'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

Lost Ranch ''Lost Ranch'' is a 1937 American Western film produced and directed by Sam Katzman starring Tom Tyler. Plot summary Rancher John Carroll disappears and the Cattlemen's Protective Association sends agents Tom Wade and Happy Baldwin to look i ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Fighting Deputy ''The Fighting Deputy'' is a 1937 American western directed by Sam Newfield and produced by Jed Buell for Spectrum Pictures. Plot Sheriff Dan Bentley (Frank LaRue) and Deputy Tom Bentley ( Fred Scott) are after Scar Adams / Jim Denton ( Charles ...

'' (1937) * ''

Hollywood Cavalcade ''Hollywood Cavalcade'' is a 1939 American film featuring Alice Faye as a young performer making her way in the early days of Hollywood, from slapstick silent pictures through the transition from silent to sound. Production In the wake of Alic ...

'' (1939)

References

Bibliography

* Drew, Bernard A. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* * 1908 births 1983 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Kansas City, Missouri American film actresses {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub