Marjorie White
Biography
Marjorie White was a Canadian-born stage and film actress who was born in Winnipeg in 1904 and died in 1935. She entered show business as a child with the Winnipeg Kiddies, a touring troupe, and later performed in vaudeville comedy with Thelma Wolpa. The pair were billed as Wolpa and Guthrie, Little Bits of Everything, and then as The White Sisters in New York City. Between 1926 and 1929 she appeared in several Broadway musicals before moving to Hollywood, where she began with leading parts in Happy Days and Sunny Side Up (both 1929). She appeared with Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931), had an uncredited part in the Charlie Chan film The Black Camel (1931), and was in the Fox features Just Imagine (1930) and New Movietone Follies of 1930. She returned to Broadway for Hot-Cha in 1932 and later appeared in Diplomaniacs (1933). Her last film was the Three Stooges short Woman Haters (1934).
31years old at death
- Born Winnipeg
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: CancerLast day of the sign, on the Leo cusp
- Also credited as Marjorie Ann Guthrie
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 1 year1930 to 1931
Every film, newest first
- 1931PossessedIMDb rating 6.9
- 1931The Black CamelIMDb rating 6.6
- 1930Just ImagineIMDb rating 5.3
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First role
At age 8 or 10, Marjorie White joined the Winnipeg Kiddies, a group of child performers that toured both Canada and the United States.
About the name
White and Thelma Wolpa formed the vaudeville double act "Wolpa and Guthrie, Little Bits of Everything", which later became "The White Sisters" in New York City.
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Worked with
Marjorie White shares two films with Mary Gordon, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mary Gordon's page
Bess Flowers's page
Joan Crawford's page
Clark Gable's page
Bela Lugosi's page
Gino Corrado's page
All films by Clarence Brown
Hamilton MacFaddenDirector, 1 film, 1931
All films by Hamilton MacFadden
All films by David Butler
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