MARJORIE REYNOLDS
Name: Marjorie Reynolds
Born: 12 August 1917
Died: 1 February 1997
Marjorie Reynolds (b. August 12, 1917, Buhl, Idaho -February 1, 1997, Manhattan
Beach, California) 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).
Due to the premature death of her mentor, Mark Sandrich, her career never
realized its full potential. Her films include Holiday Inn (1942), Fritz Lang's
Ministry of Fear (1944), Up in Mabel's Room (1944) and the NBC version of the
television series The Life of Riley (1953-1958). She has a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
In Holiday Inn, she showed her great ability to dance. Although she is most
famously remembered for her duet with Bing Crosby singing the Irving Berlin
classic "White Christmas", her singing was dubbed (by Martha Mears, whose voice
so matched hers that it has always been thought that Miss Reynolds did her own
singing). The studio kept it that way but when asked later in life, Miss
Reynolds was always quite open about crediting Miss Mears.
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.
Name: Marjorie Reynolds
Born: 12 August 1917
Died: 1 February 1997
Marjorie Reynolds (b. August 12, 1917, Buhl, Idaho -February 1, 1997, Manhattan
Beach, California) 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).
Due to the premature death of her mentor, Mark Sandrich, her career never
realized its full potential. Her films include Holiday Inn (1942), Fritz Lang's
Ministry of Fear (1944), Up in Mabel's Room (1944) and the NBC version of the
television series The Life of Riley (1953-1958). She has a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
In Holiday Inn, she showed her great ability to dance. Although she is most
famously remembered for her duet with Bing Crosby singing the Irving Berlin
classic "White Christmas", her singing was dubbed (by Martha Mears, whose voice
so matched hers that it has always been thought that Miss Reynolds did her own
singing). The studio kept it that way but when asked later in life, Miss
Reynolds was always quite open about crediting Miss Mears.
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.