Actress. Dancer. Born Margery Babena Kane, she was the daughter of Eugene and Etta (Tainter) Kane in Brooklin, Maine. Eugene was a farmer, but for a time, the Kane family worked as packers for a local, sardine factory. Marjorie was also a public school teacher. She eventually moved to California, and was a film actress for 30 years. "Babe" appeared in 77 films and TV shows from 1929 to 1959. She also played herself in "Screen Snapshots Series #9, No. 23 (1930), as a Mack Sennett actress. She worked with Laurel & Hardy, Harry Langdon and W.C. Fields. She had roles in Fields' "The Dentist"(1932) and "The Pharmacist"(1933). She also was a performer on eight soundtracks from 1929 to 1943. Her Three Stooges credits were "How High is Up?" (1940) [a woman on the street], "From Nurse to Worse" (1940) [nurse], "No Census, No Feeling" (1940) [maid] and "Cookoo Cavaliers" (1940) [townswoman]. Archival footage including her was used in "The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special" (2003). Marjorie died on January 8, 1992, at Temple University Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter and Bill Cappello)
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter and Bill Cappello)
Actress. Dancer. Born Margery Babena Kane, she was the daughter of Eugene and Etta (Tainter) Kane in Brooklin, Maine. Eugene was a farmer, but for a time, the Kane family worked as packers for a local, sardine factory. Marjorie was also a public school teacher. She eventually moved to California, and was a film actress for 30 years. "Babe" appeared in 77 films and TV shows from 1929 to 1959. She also played herself in "Screen Snapshots Series #9, No. 23 (1930), as a Mack Sennett actress. She worked with Laurel & Hardy, Harry Langdon and W.C. Fields. She had roles in Fields' "The Dentist"(1932) and "The Pharmacist"(1933). She also was a performer on eight soundtracks from 1929 to 1943. Her Three Stooges credits were "How High is Up?" (1940) [a woman on the street], "From Nurse to Worse" (1940) [nurse], "No Census, No Feeling" (1940) [maid] and "Cookoo Cavaliers" (1940) [townswoman]. Archival footage including her was used in "The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special" (2003). Marjorie died on January 8, 1992, at Temple University Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter and Bill Cappello)
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter and Bill Cappello)
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