Marjorie Mars

Marjorie Mars

Born: January 31, 1903
Died: December 22, 1991
in Kilburn, London, England, UK
She started her career as a stage actress, mainly on the west end stage in London. Her first role was as a student in The Winter Garden in Camden on the 18 September 1920. One of her last stage roles was as Vera Kurton in The Third Visitor at the Granville Theatre in Walham Green in Jan 1946. After this she mainly appeared on television and radio until her retirement in the late 1950's.

She acted in a number of small budget UK films in the 1930s and 1940s. Her biggest part being Mary Norton in Brief Enounter.

She was married to Graeme Muir.

Movies for Marjorie Mars...

Take My Life
Title: Take My Life
Character: Joan Newcombe
Released: May 30, 1947
Type: Movie
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
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Brief Encounter
Title: Brief Encounter
Character: Mary Norton
Released: November 24, 1945
Type: Movie
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
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The Miser
Title: The Miser
Character: Elise - Harpagon's daughter, in love with Valere
Released: March 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Television broadcast of L'avare by Molière.
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The Crouching Beast
Title: The Crouching Beast
Character: Ottillie
Released: August 29, 1935
Type: Movie
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist.
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Maid Happy
Title: Maid Happy
Character: Mary Loo
Released: June 16, 1933
Type: Movie
'Switzerland. Schoolgirl poses as socialite to win diplomat.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Cupboard Love
Title: Cupboard Love
Character: Linda
Released: March 21, 1931
Type: Movie
A young woman locks an intruding blackmailer in her bedroom closet overnight, in order to prove her innocence in the morning.
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Yellow Stockings
Title: Yellow Stockings
Character: Iris Selton
Released: October 1, 1928
Type: Movie
'A destitute girl inherits a fortune from her grandmother, and has to fight off fortune hunters. She is eventually reunited with the man who first gave her shelter.' (British Film Institute)