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Born in Crossville, Tennessee to John Thomas Weaver and his wife, Ellen (née Martin), she attended the University of Kentucky, and later the Indiana University, with interests in music
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Marjorie Weaver
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Weaver began her acting career as a stage actress in the early 1930s, and also worked as a model during that period, as well as a singer. She received her first film role, uncredited, in 1934. From 1936 through 1945 she would receive steady acting roles.
She began receiving credited roles in larger productions, and starred opposite Ricardo Cortez in the 1937 film The Californian, and that same year she starred opposite Tyrone Power in Second Honeymoon.
From 1938 through 1945 she had twenty seven starring roles in films, some of which were B movies. The most notable film role was her role in, which also starred Henry Fonda and Alice Brady.
Some of her more recognizable roles from that seven-year period included a role in the Michael Shayne mystery series opposite Lloyd Nolan, and her role in Charlie Chan"s Murder Cruise. In 1945, she starred opposite Robert Lowery in Fashion Model, which would be her last role of any consequence.
She had four minor roles in 1952, after which she retired from acting.
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October 1, 1994 (aged 81) -
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United States