- Born Name: Marjorie Goodspeed
- Birthday: 1917-08-12 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Jack Reynolds (1936–1952) John Whitney (1953–1985)
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- Medium: Actress
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Marjorie Reynolds, Marjorie Reynolds (August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films.Born Marjorie Goodspeed, in Buhl, Idaho, as her parents made the cross-country trip from Maine to settle in California, she was featured as a child actress in silent films such as Scaramouche (1923). Her first speaking role was in Murder in Greenwich Village (1937). She also appeared in bit parts in many A-pictures including Gone with the Wind (1939).A stand-out role for Reynolds was as the waitress and loyal girlfriend opposite wrongly-accused Richard Cromwell in Universal Picturess anti-Nazi action drama entitled, Enemy Agent (1940). That same year, in The Fatal Hour, Reynolds appeared for Monogram Pictures as a reporter on the trail of Boris Karloffs detective James Lee Wong, and opposite Grant Withers as a cop . Her later films included Holiday Inn (1942), Fritz Langs Ministry of Fear (1944) and Up in Mabels Room (1944). She starred opposite Abbott and Costello in The Time of Their Lives (1946). Her career progression was hindered by the premature death of her mentor, Mark Sandrich.Often featured in dramatic roles, in Holiday Inn, she showed her ability to dance, and she performed White Christmas as a duet with Bing Crosby, although her singing was dubbed by Martha Mears.She later appeared in the NBC version of the television series The Life of Riley (1953–1958) and appeared on 3 episodes of the television series Leave it to Beaver (1960–1963).On February 1, 1997, having suffered from congestive heart disease, she collapsed and died in Manhattan Beach, California, while walking her dog. She was 79 years old.She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[edit] External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to: Marjorie ReynoldsMarjorie Reynolds at the Internet Movie DatabaseMarjorie Reynolds at Find a GravePersondataNameReynolds, MarjorieAlternative namesGoodspeed, MarjorieShort descriptionactressDate of birthAugust 12, 1917Place of birthBuhl, Idaho, Buhl, U.S.Date of deathFebruary 1, 1997Place of deathManhattan Beach, California, U.S.This article about a United States film actor or actress born in the 1910s is a stub. 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