Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in

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. One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in

Bill Naughton William John Francis Naughton (12 June 1910 – 9 January 1992) was an Irish-born British playwright and author, best known for his play '' Alfie''. Early life Born into relative poverty in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland, he moved to Bo ...

's play '' All in Good Time''. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a

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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

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in the

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1968 film ''

Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" is a popular song written by British actor, screenwriter and songwriter Trevor Peacock. It was originally sung by actor Tom Courtenay in ''The Lads'', a British TV play of 1963, and released as a singl ...

''. Her television appearances included '' The Army Game'' (as Edith Snudge), ''

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'' episode "The Boy Slaves" (1958), '' Dixon of Dock Green'' (1961–1962), the episode " For the Girl Who Has Everything" of ''

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'' (1969), '' Doctor at Large'' (1971) and ''

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'' (1974).

Selected filmography

* '' Poison Pen'' (1939) - Mrs. Scaife * ''

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'' (1940) - Cook (uncredited) * ''

Love on the Dole ''Love on the Dole'' is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working-class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and a film. The novel Walter Greenwood's novel (1933) was written during the early 1930s as a respons ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (1944) - Mrs. Pickering * '' It Happened One Sunday'' (1944) - Mrs. Buckland * '' Great Day'' (1945) - Mrs. Nora Mumford * '' School for Secrets'' (1946) - Mrs. Arnold * ''

Uncle Silas ''Uncle Silas'', subtitled "A Tale of Bartram Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work ...

'' (1947) - Mrs. Rusk * ''

This Was a Woman ''This Was a Woman'' is a 1948 British crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Sonia Dresdel, Walter Fitzgerald and Emrys Jones. It was made at the Riverside Studios with sets designed by the art directors Ivan King and Andrew Mazzei ...

'' (1948) - Mrs. Holmes * ''

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'' (1948) - Mrs. Pinkem * '' Enchantment'' (1948) - Mrs. Sampson * '' Private Angelo'' (1949) - Countess * '' The Cure for Love'' (1949) - Mrs. Sarah Hardacre * ''

Time Gentlemen, Please! ''Time Gentlemen, Please!'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Eddie Byrne, Jane Barrett and Raymond Lovell. It was produced by Group 3 Films with funding from the NFFC and distributed by ABPC. It was shot ...

'' (1952) - Miss Mouncey * ''

Decameron Nights ''Decameron Nights'' is a 1953 anthology Technicolor film based on three tales from ''The Decameron'' by Giovanni Boccaccio, specifically the ninth and tenth tales of the second day and the ninth tale of the third. It stars Joan Fontaine and, a ...

'' (1953) - Signora Bucca * ''

Those People Next Door ''Those People Next Door'' is a 1953 British second feature comedy film directed by John Harlow and starring Jack Warner, Charles Victor and Marjorie Rhodes. Plot In Second World War era Britain, working-class Sam Twigg (Jack Warner) and hi ...

'' (1953) - Mary Twigg * '' The Yellow Balloon'' (1953) - Mrs. Stokes * ''

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'' (1953) - Mrs. Foster * ''

The Girl on the Pier ''The Girl on the Pier'' is a 1953 British crime film produced by John Temple-Smith, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell, Brian Roper, Campbell Singer and Anthony Valentine. Plot Inspector Chubb (Charles Victo ...

'' (1953) - Mrs. Chubb * ''

The Weak and the Wicked ''The Weak and the Wicked'' (called ''Young and Willing'' in the United States) is a 1954 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson based on the autobiographical novel '' Who Lie in Gaol'' by his wife, Joan Henry, starring Glynis Johns an ...

'' (1953) - Suzie, bigamist inmate * '' To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) - Landlady * '' Children Galore'' (1955) - Ada Jones * ''

Footsteps in the Fog ''Footsteps in the Fog'' is a 1955 British Technicolor film noir crime film starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons, with a screenplay co-written by Lenore Coffee and Dorothy Davenport, and released by Columbia Pictures. The film is based o ...

'' (1955) - Mrs. Park * ''

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'' (1955) - Betsy Richards * '' It's a Great Day'' (1955) - Landlady * ''

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'' (1956) - Mrs. Jeffries * '' Now and Forever'' (1956) - Farmer's wife Aggie * ''

Yield to the Night ''Yield to the Night'' (also titled ''Blonde Sinner'' in the US) is a 1956 British crime drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Diana Dors. The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Joan Henry. The storyline bears ...

'' (1956) - Matron Brandon * '' It's Great to Be Young'' (1956) - Landlady * ''

The Passionate Stranger ''The Passionate Stranger'' (U.S. ''A Novel Affair'') is a 1957 British drama film, directed by Muriel Box and starring Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson. It uses the film within a film device, with the "real" part of the plot shot in bl ...

'' (1957) - Mrs. Poldy * '' There's Always a Thursday'' (1957) - Marjorie Potter * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (1957) - Lady on Phone (uncredited) * ''

Gideon's Day ''Gideon's Day'' is the first in a series of police procedural novels by John Creasey writing as J.J. Marric. Published in 1955, it features a day in the professional life of Detective Superintendent George Gideon of the C.I.D., Scotland Y ...

'' (1958) - Mrs. Saparelli * '' Alive and Kicking'' (1959) - Old Woman * '' Watch it, Sailor!'' (1961) - Emma Hornett * ''

Over the Odds ''Over the Odds'' is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Michael Forlong and starring Marjorie Rhodes, Glenn Melvyn, Cyril Smith, Esma Cannon and Thora Hird and Wilfrid Lawson. The screenplay concerns a bookmaker who struggles to cope wi ...

'' (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 "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" is a popular song written by British actor, screenwriter and songwriter Trevor Peacock. It was originally sung by actor Tom Courtenay in ''The Lads'', a British TV play of 1963, and released as a singl ...

'' (1968) - Grandma Gloria Tulley * ''

Spring and Port Wine ''Spring and Port Wine'' is a stage play by Bill Naughton and a 1970 British kitchen sink drama film based on it. The drama is set in Bolton and concerns the Crompton family, especially Rafe, the father, and his attempts to assert his authori ...

'' (1970) - Mrs. Gasket * '' Hands of the Ripper'' (1971) - Mrs. Bryant

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodes, Marjorie 1897 births 1979 deaths English film actresses English television actresses Actresses from Kingston upon Hull 20th-century English actresses