Background
Marjorie Redmond was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924 and was raised in Lakewood by J.V. Redmond, a fire chief, and his wife, Margaret.
Marjorie Redmond was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924 and was raised in Lakewood by J.V. Redmond, a fire chief, and his wife, Margaret.
After graduation, she worked in a bank as a typist and a mail page. Redmond may be best known as Sister Jacqueline in The Flying Nun, which aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1967-1970. She made guest appearances on television programs ranging from Ben Casey (1962) through Law & Order (1997).
She made a guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1965 as Henrietta Hull in "The Case of the Mischievous Doll".
Other credits include a recurring role as Mistress McCardle in Matlock, two appearances (as different characters) on The Munsters, and one time appearances on Barnaby Jones, Quincy Mechanical Engineering, The Cosby Show, The Sandy Duncan Show, Ryan"s Hope, The Donna Reed Show, The Rockford Files (The Battle X and the Exploding Cigar), Murphy Brown, and Mama"s Family, among others
She played sage innkeeper Sarah Tucker in a series of television commercials for Cool Whip dessert topping during the 1970s. Films in which Redmond appeared include The Trouble with Angels (1966), Billy Wilder"s The Fortune Cookie (1966), Alfred Hitchcock"s Family Plot (1976) and Woody Allen"s Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993).
Redmond"s first professional work in acting was with musicals performed by stock companies in the Cleveland area.
Beyond that, her theatrical experience ranges from appearing with Nancy Walker in the 1955 revue Phoenix "55 to understudying both Angela Lansbury in the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim"s Sweeney Todd and Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing. Coincidentally, she parodied Lansbury"s Jessica Fletcher character on a 1988 episode of Hunter, entitled "Murder, He Wrote". She played a supporting role in the 1981 Broadway production of Ronald Harwood"s The Dresser, which starred Tom Courtenay.
In 1999, Redmond appeared Office-Broadway in playwright Joan Vail Thorne"s comedy The Exact Center of the Universe.
The Village Voice noted Redmond"s presence among the "old pros" in the cast, calling Redmond"s performance "solid and funny".
She first ventured into acting as a member of her high school"s drama group, Barnstormers.