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Marjorie Rambeau (15 July 1889 - 6 July 1970 was
an United States|American actress.  Born in San
Francisco, California, she began performing on the
stage at the age of 12.  In her youth she was a
Broadway leading lady, but her few silent film
roles, such as Mary Moreland, The Dazzling Miss
Davison, The Mirror (1917 film)|The Mirror, The
Debt, Motherhood (film)|Motherhood and The Greater
Woman (all in 1917) went nowhere.

By the time talkies came along, she was in her
late forties, and her beauty had faded.  Instead,
she was cast in character actor roles in such
movies as Palooka, Min and Bill and Primrose Path,
for which she was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1940 Rambeau took the title role in Tugboat
Annie Sails Again.  Other films included Tobacco
Road, A Man Called Peter, A View from Pompey's
Head and Slander (film)|Slander.  In 1953, she was
again nominated for an Academy Award|Oscar, this
time for Torch Song (film)|Torch Song.

Rambeau has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
at 6336 Hollywood Blvd.