Marie Blake
Acting
Biography
Marie Blake (born Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald) was an American stage, film and television actress. Her younger sister was singing screen star Jeanette MacDonald.
Born: August 21, 1895
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
The Addams Family
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
The Life of Riley
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
The Star
Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.
Gallant Sons
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Hilda Crane
After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.
The Best Man
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
The Snake Pit
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
The Women
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A.
Fun on a Weekend
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
Filmography
as Grandmama (archive footage)
as Trong (uncredited)
as Grandmama
as Cleaning Woman (as Blossom Rock)
as Mrs. Vera Collins
as Nellie (uncredited)
as Mrs. Lattimer
as Hannah, the housekeeper
as Ms Thatcher
as Clara
as Self
as Mrs. Ashton
as Marie (uncredited)
as Customer
as The Stones' Maid Annie (uncredited)
as Bertram's Mother
as Slum Landlady
as Mrs. Quigg (Uncredited)
as Prunella, Humphrey's Sister (uncredited)
as Wax Operator
as Hannah Dobbs
as Hospital Nurse
as Mrs. Nesbitt
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
as Hilda
as Committeewoman (uncredited)
as House Mistress (uncredited)
as Minnie Ames
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Sally
as Mr. Prigee's Secretary (Uncredited)
as Maid
as Royce's Secretary (uncredited)
as Mrs. Wright (uncredited)
as WAC Supply Corporal (uncredited)
as Sally
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Ruby
as Woman Jerry Mistakes for Susan
as Harriet Morgan
as Sally Lukens, Boarder
as Susie Smith - Hartman's secretary
as Miss Ryan
as Sally
as Sally
as Purity Sykes (uncredited)
as Bertha (uncredited)
as Sally
as Desk Clerk at Florence Garden Apartments
as Frieda
as Sally
as Ethel
as Miss Cartwright
as Castor Oil Nurse (uncredited)
as Sally
as Clara
as Beauty Shop Operator
as Sally, Hospital Receptionist
as Woman Helping to Look for Ring (uncredited)
as Miss Lulubell
as Waitress (uncredited)
as Sally
as Waitress (uncredited)
as Beauty Operator
as Sally, Hospital Switchboard Operator
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Augusta McBride
as Ethel - Reception Nurse (uncredited)
as Singing Telegram Operator
as Sally - Telephone Operator
as Stockroom Girl (uncredited)
as Harriet
as Sally
as Effie Lane (uncredited)
as Mrs. Doakes
as Aunt Penelope
as Annette
as Miss Sally Green (uncredited)
as Second Woman Getting Autograph (uncredited)
as Nagging Wife (uncredited)
as Mrs. Gussler
as Augusta
as Miss Van Horn - Ellen's New Nursemaid
as Mrs. Streetwood (uncredited)
as Mrs. Schwartz (Uncredited)
as Hillier's Secretary (uncredited)