Marjorie Fielding
Doris Marjorie Fielding (known as Marjorie) (17 February 1892, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire – 28 December 1956, in London) was a British stage and film actress.[1][2]
Marjorie Fielding was the second daughter of John & Ellen Fielding (née Miles). She was born on 17 February 1892 in Gloucester.[3] The family were well to do and her father was a partner in the engineering firm Fielding and Platt.
She attended Cheltenham Ladies College and then obtained a place as an actor in the Liverpool Playhouse as part of the Liverpool Repertory Company. She then went on to play in West End productions such as Quiet Wedding, a Quiet Weekend and Modern Triangle.[2][3] She lived in London during the 1940s and '50s[2] acting in a number of British films. Most of her roles were as elderly women with an aristocratic demeanor.[4]
Marjorie Fielding never married.[2]
She was friends with the young Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud who attended her memorial service.[2][3]
She died of cancer on 28 December 1956 at St Martin in the Fields.
Selected filmography
- Second Thoughts (1938)
- Quiet Wedding (1941)
- Jeannie (1941)
- Easy Money (1948)
- Spring in Park Lane (1948)
- Conspirator (1949)
- The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
- The Mudlark (1950)
- Portrait of Clare (1950)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- The Magic Box (1951)
- The Franchise Affair (1951)
- Mandy (1952)
- The Woman's Angle (1952)
- Laughing in the Sunshine (1956)
References
- ^ "Marjorie Fielding". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ a b c d e "Marjorie Fielding - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ a b c "Doris Marjorie Fielding". Fielding and Platt History. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ "Marjorie Fielding". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
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