Marie Blake
Marie Blake
Born Edith Blossom MacDonald, Marie Blake started out as a child performer in vaudeville, singing with her younger sisters Jeanette and Elsie. In 1926, Marie married song-and-dance man Clarence Rock, forming an act that endured into the 1930s. When vaudeville died, Marie and Clarence went "legit" in straight drama. While playing a consumptive prostitute in the Los Angeles company of Dead End, Marie was spotted by an MGM talent agent. Since sister Jeanette was already an established MGM star, the studio decided to avoid accusations of nepotism by changing Marie's last name to Blake. Never a leading lady, Marie remained a reliable member of MGM's featured-player stable for nearly ten years. She played hospital receptionist Sally in 13 of the studio's Dr. Kildare entries, and also showed up in such short subjects as Our Gang's Alfalfa's Aunt (1940). Loaned out to RKO in 1944, she enjoyed one of her meatiest roles as Harold Peary's vis-a-vis in Gildersleeve's Ghost. From 1957 onward, Blake acted under her married name, Blossom Rock (her husband, who'd retired from show business to work as night manager of the Beverly Hilton, died in 1960). Marie Blake/Blossom Rock's last major assignment was as Grandmama in the TV series The Addams Family (1965-66). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Marie Blake:
- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case with Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore , Laraine Day , Shepperd Strudwick , Samuel S. Hinds , Emma Dunn , Nat Pendleton , Walter Kingsford , Alma Kruger , John Eldredge , Nell Craig , George H. Reed , Paul Porcasi , Frank Orth , Margaret Seddon , Fay Helm , Marcia Mae Jones , Horace McMahon
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare with Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore , Lionel Atwill , Nat Pendleton , Laraine Day , Sara Haden , Samuel S. Hinds , Emma Dunn , Walter Kingsford , Grant Mitchell , Alma Kruger , Robert E. Kent , Martha O'Driscoll , Nell Craig , George H. Reed , Frank Orth , Don "Red" Barry , Byron K. Foulger
- They Drive by Night with George Raft , Ann Sheridan , Humphrey Bogart , Ida Lupino , Gale Page , Alan Sr. Hale , Roscoe Karns , John Litel , George Tobias , Eddie Acuff , Eddy Chandler , Joyce Compton , Joe Devlin , Frank Faylen , Eddie Fetherstone , Pat Flaherty , Saul Gorss , William Haade , Charles Halton , Howard C. Hickman , Al Hill , Paul C. Hurst , George H. Lloyd , Wilfred Lucas , Matt McHugh , Jack Mower , Henry O'Neill , John Ridgely , Ralph Sanford , Charles Sherlock , Charles Sullivan , Dorothy Vaughan , Max Wagner , Billy Wayne , Dick Wessel , Frank Wilcox , Norman Willis , Charles Wilson , Michael Lally
- The Major and the Minor with Ginger Rogers , Ray Milland , Diana Lynn , Robert Benchley , Rita Johnson , Norma Varden , Frankie Thomas , Charles B. Smith , Boyd Irwin , Stanley Andrews , Ethel Clayton , Dell Henderson , Milton Kibbee , William 'Billy' Newell , Emory Parnell , Edward Sr. Peil , Archie Twitchell , Guy Wilkerson , Will Wright , Mary Field , Tom Dugan
- The Women with Norma Shearer , Joan Crawford , Rosalind Russell , Mary Boland , Joan Fontaine , Paulette Goddard , Virginia Weidler , Lucile Watson , Esther Dale , Ruth Hussey , Mary Beth Hughes , Virginia Grey , Marjorie Main , Cora Witherspoon , Hedda Hopper , Dorothy Adams , Judith Allen , Gertrude Astor , Betty Blythe , Lillian Bond , Nell Craig , Margaret Dumont , Dot Farley , Flora Finch , Theresa Harris , Grace Hayle , Butterfly McQueen , Natalie Moorhead , Aileen Pringle , Dorothy Sebastian , Josephine Whittell , Charlotte Wynters , Carol Hughes
- The Snake Pit with Olivia DeHavilland , Mark Stevens , Leo Genn , Celeste Holm , Glenn Langan , Leif Erickson , Beulah Bondi , Lee Patrick , Natalie Schafer , Ruth Donnelly , Frank Conroy , Minna Gombell , June Storey , Damian O'Flynn , Ann Doran , Jacqueline DeWit , Betsy Blair , Queenie Smith , Isabel Jewell , Virginia Brissac , Howard Freeman , Mae Marsh , Barbara Pepper , Sid Saylor , Mary Louise Treen , Minerva Urecal
- From the Terrace with Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Myrna Loy , Ina Balin , Leon Ames , Elizabeth Allen , Felix Aylmer , George Grizzard , Patrick O'Neal , Raymond Greenleaf , Malcolm Atterbury , Raymond Bailey , Ted DeCorsia , Dorothy Adams , Ralph Dunn , Barbara Eden , Mae Marsh , Ottola Nesmith , Stuart Randall
- Du Barry Was a Lady with Red Skelton , Lucille Ball , Gene Kelly , Virginia O'Brien , Zero Mostel , Rags Ragland , Donald Meek , Douglas Dumbrille , George Givot , Louise Beavers , Richard Alexander , Hugh Beaumont , Clara Blandick , Chester Clute , Charles Coleman , Cecil Cunningham , William Forrest , Ava Gardner , Harry Hayden , Dick Haymes , Dell Henderson , Charles Judels , Mitchell Lewis , Marilyn Maxwell , Donald Meek , Paul "Tiny" Newlan , Emory Parnell , Andrew Tombes , Lana Turner , Michael Visaroff , Pierre Watkin
- Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck , Dennis Morgan , Sydney Greenstreet , Reginald Gardiner , Robert Shayne , Una O'Connor , Frank Jenks , Joyce Compton , Dick Elliott , Charles Arnt , Arthur Aylesworth , John Dehner , Jody Gilbert , Olaf Hytten , Fred A. Kelsey , Jack Mower , S.Z. Sakall , Charles Sherlock
- Abbott and Costello in Hollywood with Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , Frances Rafferty , Warner Anderson , Rags Ragland , Mike Mazurki , Richard Alexander , Karin Booth , Chester Clute , Edgar Dearing , Preston S. Foster , Kirby Grant , Donald MacBride , Marion Martin , Robert Emmett O'Connor , William "Bill" Phillips , Frank Scannell , Arthur Space , Harry Tyler , Dick Winslow , Carleton G. Young , King Baggot
Marie Blake Trivia
When was Marie Blake born?
Marie Blake was born on August 21, 1896
Who did Marie Blake portray in Alimony?
Marie Blake was Mrs. Nesbitt in Alimony
Who did Marie Blake play in Sons of New Mexico?
Marie Blake was Hannah Dobbs in Sons of New Mexico
What role did Marie Blake portray in Love Nest?
Marie Blake played Mrs. Quigg in Love Nest
What role did Marie Blake portray in Love Finds Andy Hardy?
Marie Blake played Augusta in Love Finds Andy Hardy
Who did Marie Blake play in Dr. Kildare's Strange Case?
Marie Blake was Sally in Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Who did Marie Blake portray in The Secret of Dr. Kildare?
Marie Blake was Sally in The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Who did Marie Blake portray in They Drive by Night?
Marie Blake was Waitress in They Drive by Night
Who did Marie Blake portray in Mourning Becomes Electra?
Marie Blake was Minnie Ames in Mourning Becomes Electra
Who did Marie Blake play in The Major and the Minor?
Marie Blake was Bertha in The Major and the Minor
Who did Marie Blake play in The Women?
Marie Blake was Stock Room Girl in The Women
What role did Marie Blake play in Snow White and the Three Stooges?
Marie Blake played Servant in Snow White and the Three Stooges
Who did Marie Blake play in From the Terrace?
Marie Blake was Nellie in From the Terrace
Who did Marie Blake portray in Du Barry Was a Lady?
Marie Blake was Woman in Du Barry Was a Lady
Who did Marie Blake portray in Christmas in Connecticut?
Marie Blake was Mrs. Wright in Christmas in Connecticut
Who did Marie Blake portray in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood?
Marie Blake was Secretary in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood
