Doris Marjorie Fielding (known as Marjorie) (17 February 1892, in

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– 28 December 1956, in

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) was a British stage and

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. Marjorie Fielding was the second daughter of John & Ellen Fielding (née Miles). She was born on 17 February 1892 in Gloucester. The family were well to do and her father was a partner in the engineering firm Fielding and Platt. She attended Cheltenham Ladies College and then obtained a place as an actor in the

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as part of the Liverpool Repertory Company. She then went on to play in West End productions such as Quiet Wedding, Quiet Weekend and Modern Triangle. She lived in London during the 1940s and '50s acting in a number of British films. Most of her roles were as elderly women with an aristocratic demeanour. Marjorie Fielding never married. She was friends with the young

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and

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who attended her memorial service. She died of cancer on 28 December 1956 at St Martin in the Fields.

Selected filmography

* '' Second Thoughts'' (1938) * '' Quiet Wedding'' (1941) * '' Jeannie'' (1941) * '' Easy Money'' (1948) * ''

Spring in Park Lane ''Spring in Park Lane'' is a 1948 British romantic comedy film produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding and Tom Walls. It was part of a series of films partnering Neagle and Wilding. It was the top f ...

'' (1948) * '' Conspirator'' (1949) * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) * '' The Mudlark'' (1950) * '' Portrait of Clare'' (1950) * ''

The Lavender Hill Mob ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T. E. B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James and Alfie Bass. The title refers to Lavender Hi ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Magic Box ''The Magic Box'' is a 1951 British Technicolor biographical drama film directed by John Boulting. The film stars Robert Donat as William Friese-Greene, with numerous cameo appearances by performers such as Peter Ustinov and Laurence Ol ...

'' (1951) * '' The Franchise Affair'' (1951) * '' Mandy'' (1952) * ''

The Woman's Angle ''The Woman's Angle'' is 1952 British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Edward Underdown, Cathy O'Donnell and Lois Maxwell. It is based on the novel ''Three Cups of Coffee'' by Ruth Feiner. Premise The film is the story of thr ...

'' (1952) * ''

Laughing in the Sunshine ''Laughing in the Sunshine'' (Swedish: ''Ett kungligt äventyr'') is a 1956 British-Swedish romance film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Jane Hylton, Bengt Logardt and Adolf Jahr. It was Birt's final film. It is sometimes alternatively des ...

'' (1956)

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