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Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Augusta Gateson was an American stage and film actress.

Biography
Gateson was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Augusta and Daniel Gateson. Her maternal grandfather and brother were clergymen; Some sources state her father was one too, She made her Broadway debut at the age of 21 in the chorus of the musical The Dove of Peace on November 4, 1912; the show closed after 12 performances. During the much longer run of her next Broadway play, The Little Cafe (November 12, 1913 – March 14, 1914), she played several of the characters. and found success in 1954 at age 63 playing matriarch Grace Harris Tyrell on the daytime soap The Secret Storm, a role she would play until 1968. Gateson also made numerous other television appearances in the 1950s, including episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame, Robert Montgomery Presents, and United States Steel Hour. Gateson never married and said: "I wanted nothing but to be an actress. I didn't even consider trying both." Gateson suffered a stroke, which ended her acting career, and died several years later in 1977 of pneumonia, at the age of 86 in Manhattan. ==Selected filmography==
Selected filmography
The Beloved Bachelor (1931) - Hortense Cole • The False Madonna (1931) - Rose • Working Girls (1931) - Modiste (uncredited) • ''Husband's Holiday'' (1931) - Loretta (scenes deleted) • Society Girl (1932) - Alice Converse • Street of Women (1932) - Lois Baldwin • Okay, America! (1932) - Mrs. Herbert Wright • Thirteen Women (1932) - Hazel's Travel Companion (uncredited) • Silver Dollar (1932) - Mrs. Adams (uncredited) • ''The King's Vacation'' (1933) - Helen Everhardt • ''Employees' Entrance'' (1933) - Mrs. Hickox • Lilly Turner (1933) - Mrs. Bessie 'Ma' McGill • Cocktail Hour (1933) - Mrs. Pat Lawton • Melody Cruise (1933) - Mrs. Wells • Blind Adventure (1933) - Grace Thorne • Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) - Mrs. Paul • Walls of Gold (1933) - Cassie Street • Fog (1933) • The World Changes (1933) - Mrs. Clinton • Lady Killer (1933) - Mrs. Wilbur Marley • ''Let's Fall in Love'' (1933) - Agatha • Hi, Nellie! (1934) - Mrs. Canfield • Coming Out Party (1934) - Mrs. Ada Stanhope • Operator 13 (1934) - Mrs. Shackleford • Side Streets (1934) - Mrs. Thatcher (scenes deleted) • Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) - Mrs. Geoffrey Colt-Stratton • Chained (1934) - Mrs. Louise Field • Million Dollar Ransom (1934) - Elita Casserly • Big Hearted Herbert (1934) - Amy Goodrich • Happiness Ahead (1934) - Mrs. Bradford • Gentlemen Are Born (1934) - Mrs. Harper • ''Goin' to Town'' (1935) - Mrs. Crane Brittony • His Family Tree (1935) - Margaret 'Maggie' Murfree - aka Murphy • Your Uncle Dudley (1935) - Mabel Dixon • The Milky Way (1936) - Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne • Wife vs. Secretary (1936) - Eve Merritt • The First Baby (1936) - Mrs. Wells • Big Brown Eyes (1936) - Mrs. Cole • Private Number (1936) - Mrs. Winfield • Anthony Adverse (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) • The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936) - Fay Costigan • Three Married Men (1936) - Clara • The Man I Marry (1936) - Eloise Hartley • Arizona Mahoney (1936) - Safroney Jones • We Have Our Moments (1937) - Mrs. Rutherford • Turn Off the Moon (1937) - Myrtle Tweep • ''Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938'' (1937) - Mrs. George Curtis-Lemke • First Lady (1937) - Sophy Prescott • No Time to Marry (1938) - Mrs. Pettensall • Making the Headlines (1938) - Muffin Wilder • Gateway (1938) - Mrs. Arabella McNutt • Stablemates (1938) - Mrs. Shepherd • Spring Madness (1938) - Miss Ritchie • The Duke of West Point (1938) - Mrs. Drew • The Spirit of Culver (1939) - Mrs. Macy, June Mother (uncredited) • ''My Wife's Relatives'' (1939) - Mrs. Ellis • Too Busy to Work (1939) - Mrs. Randolph Russell • Geronimo (1939) - Mrs. Steele • Parole Fixer (1940) - Mrs. Thorton Casserly • '''Til We Meet Again'' (1940) - Mrs. Hester • In Old Missouri (1940) - Mrs. Pittman • Escape to Glory (1940) - Mrs. Winslow • Pop Always Pays (1940) - Mrs. Brewster • Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) - Mrs. Desmond Fowler (uncredited) • Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) - Mrs. Russell (uncredited) • ''I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now'' (1940) - Mrs. Morgan • Back Street (1941) - Mrs. Adams • Here Comes Happiness (1941) - Emily Vance • ''You'll Never Get Rich'' (1941) - Aunt Louise • Passage from Hong Kong (1941) - Aunt Julia • Moonlight in Hawaii (1941) - Aunt Effie Floto • International Lady (1941) - Bertha Grenner • Honolulu Lu (1941) - Mrs. Van Derholt • Obliging Young Lady (1942) - Mira Potter • Rings on Her Fingers (1942) - Mrs. Fenwick • Juke Box Jenny (1942) - Mrs. Horton • Meet the Stewarts (1942) - Mrs. Goodwin • No Time for Love (1943) - Sophie • The Youngest Profession (1943) - Mrs. Drew • Rhythm of the Islands (1943) - Mrs. Holton • ''The Sky's the Limit'' (1943) - Canteen Hostess • I Dood It (1943) - Mrs. Spelvin • Casanova in Burlesque (1944) - Lucille Compton • ''Hi, Good Lookin'!'' (1944) - Mrs. Clara Hardacre • Seven Days Ashore (1944) - Mrs. Elizabeth Arland • Ever Since Venus (1944) - Maude Hackett • One More Tomorrow (1946) - Aunt Edna Collier • The Caddy (1953) - Mrs. Grace Taylor ==References==
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