Marjorie
Encyclopedia
Marjorie is a female given name
derived from Margaret
. It can also be spelled as Margery or Marjory.
Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram
. After the Middle Ages
this name was rare, but it was revived at the end of the 19th century." It is also an Old French
, Middle English
form of Margaret
, which means pearl.
Notable Marjories include:
Nicknames
Marge, Margie, Marj, Jorie, MJ and Maggie are common nicknames of Marjorie.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
derived from Margaret
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites meaning "pearl." It may have originally been derived from the Sanskrit word मञ्यरी mañjarī....
. It can also be spelled as Margery or Marjory.
Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram
Marjoram
Marjoram is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours...
. After the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
this name was rare, but it was revived at the end of the 19th century." It is also an Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
, Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
form of Margaret
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites meaning "pearl." It may have originally been derived from the Sanskrit word मञ्यरी mañjarī....
, which means pearl.
Notable Marjories include:
- Marjorie, Countess of CarrickMarjorie, Countess of CarrickMarjorie of Carrick was countess of Carrick, Scotland, from 1256 to 1292, and is notable as the mother of Robert the Bruce.-Marriages:...
(also Margaret) (1253–1292), the mother of Robert the Bruce - Marjorie AbbattMarjorie AbbattMarjorie Abbatt, née Norah Marjorie Cobb, nee Marjorie Josephine Cobb was an English toy maker and businesswoman....
(1899–1991), an English toy maker and businesswoman - Marjorie AckerMarjorie AckerMarjorie Acker was a Washington, D.C. based artist and the niece of artists Gifford and Reynolds Beal.She grew up in Ossining, New York....
(1894–1985), a Washington, D.C. based artist and the niece of artists Gifford and Reynolds Beal - Marjorie AgosínMarjorie AgosínMarjorie Agosín is an award-winning poet, essayist, fiction writer, activist, and professor. She is a prolific author: her published books, including those she has written as well as those she has edited, number over eighty...
(born 1955), an award-winning poet, essayist, fiction writer, activist, and professor - Marjorie AndersonMarjorie AndersonMarjorie Anderson was a leading BBC radio broadcaster for over thirty years. From 1940 to 1945 she presented Forces Favourites on the World War II BBC Forces Programme and BBC General Forces Programmes and then its peacetime successor Family Favourites on the BBC Light Programme...
(1913–1999), a leading BBC radio broadcaster for over thirty years - Marjorie Ogilvie AndersonMarjorie Ogilvie AndersonMarjorie Ogilvie Anderson was a Scottish historian and paleographer. Born Marjorie Ogilvie Cunningham in St Andrews, she attended St Leonard's School there before studying English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University....
(1909–2002), a Scottish historian and paleographer - Marjorie ArnfieldMarjorie ArnfieldMarjorie Helen Arnfield, MBE was an English artist who specialised in both industrial and rural landscapes, painting in oil, acrylic and watercolour. Her landscapes, particularly her paintings of Provence and Spain, are characterized by vivid colours and an impressionistic style...
(1930–2001), an English artist who specialised in both industrial and rural landscapes - Marjorie BarnardMarjorie BarnardMarjorie Faith Barnard AO was an Australian novelist and short story writer, critic, historian - and librarian. She went to school and university in Sydney, and then trained as a librarian...
AO (1897–1987), an Australian novelist and short story writer, critic, historian and librarian - Marjorie BarrettoMarjorie BarrettoMarjorie Barretto is an actress and politician from the Philippines. She was elected to the city counselor as representative of second district of Caloocan City. Her sisters Claudine Barretto and Gretchen Barretto are also actors.-Filmography:-External links:*...
(born 1974), an actress and politician from the Philippines - Marjorie BatesMarjorie BatesMarjorie Christine Bates R.A. was born in Kings Newton, near Melbourne, Derbyshire. She was a painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and Paris and achieved a moderate living from her paintings.-Biography:...
R.A. (1882–1962), a Derbyshire painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and in Paris - Marjorie BeanMarjorie BeanDame Dr. Marjorie Louise Bean was the first Bermudian woman to be appointed to Bermuda's former Legislative Council. She was a trustee and founding member of the ....
(died 2001), the first Bermudian woman to be appointed to Bermuda's former Legislative Council - Marjorie BennettMarjorie BennettMarjorie Bennett was an Australian television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era.-Career:Bennett was born in York, Western Australia; her sister Enid was also an actress...
(1896–1982), an Australian television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era - Marjorie BestMarjorie BestMarjorie Best was an American Hollywood costume designer best known for her period designs.Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United...
(1903–1997), an American Hollywood costume designer best known for her period designs - Marjorie BlameyMarjorie BlameyMarjorie Blamey OBE is an English painter and illustrator, particularly noted for her botanical illustrations for which she has been described "the finest living botanical illustrator", "the best contemporary botanical illustrator" and "the top illustrator in Europe" in reviews around the world.-...
OBE (born 1919), an English painter and illustrator, particularly noted for her botanical illustrations - Marjorie BlanksteinMarjorie BlanksteinMarjorie B. Blankstein, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is a well-known fundraiser, community activist and volunteer....
, CM (née Rady), Canadian fundraiser, community activist and volunteer - Marjorie BoultonMarjorie BoultonMarjorie Boulton is a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto.Author of Zamenhof: Creator of Esperanto — a biography of L. L...
(born 1924), a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto - Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[ere] Long née Campbell), (1885–1952), a British author
- Marjorie BransfieldMarjorie BransfieldMarjorie Bransfield is an English-speaking former actress, who was married to actor James Belushi , thus becoming his second wife out of three ....
, an English-speaking former actress, who was married to actor James Belushi - Marjorie BrownMarjorie BrownMarjorie Brown was the owner of the Boston Celtics following the death of her husband Walter A. Brown.After the passing of Walter A. Brown, the Celtics' ownership was split 50/50 between minority owner Louis Pieri and Brown's widow Marjorie Brown...
, the owner of the Boston Celtics following the death of her husband Walter A. Brown - Marjorie BrowneMarjorie BrowneMarjorie Browne was a British actor.-Filmography:* Lassie from Lancashire * Laugh It Off * I Didn't Do It -External links:...
(1910–1990), a British actor - Marjorie Lee BrowneMarjorie Lee BrowneMarjorie Lee Browne was a notable mathematics educator, the second African-American woman to receive a doctoral degree in the U.S., and one of the first black women to receive a doctorate in mathematics in the U.S....
(1914–1979), a notable mathematics educator, the second African-American woman to receive a doctoral degree in the U.S. - Marjorie BruceMarjorie BruceMarjorie Bruce or Marjorie de Brus was the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by his first wife, Isabella of Mar, and the founder of the Stewart dynasty. Her marriage to Walter, High Steward of Scotland gave rise to the House of Stewart...
or Marjorie de Brus (1296–1316), the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by his first wife - Marjorie CameronMarjorie CameronMarjorie Cameron Parsons Kimmel was an artist, occultist, actress, and wife of rocket pioneer and occultist Jack Parsons. Cameron played a major role in the 1946 Babalon Working ritual.-Biography:...
(1922–1995), an artist, occultist, actress, and wife of rocket pioneer and occultist Jack Parsons - Marjorie Harris CarrMarjorie Harris CarrMarjorie Harris Carr was an American conservationist.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Harris moved to Lee County in southwest Florida. In 1936, she received a B.S. in zoology from Florida State College for Women; in 1942, she received an M.A. from the University of Florida...
(1915–1998), an American conservationist - Marjorie Constance CaserioMarjorie Constance CaserioMarjorie Constance Caserio is an American chemist. In 1975, she was awarded the Garvan Medal by the American Chemical Society.Caserio was born Marjorie Constance Beckett in Cricklewood, London, England...
(born 1929), an American chemist - Marjorie Sewell CautleyMarjorie Sewell CautleyMarjorie Sewell Cautley was an American landscape architect who played an influential yet often overlooked part in the conception and development of some early, visionary twentieth-century American communities. Her father was William Elbridge Sewell, who later became Governor of Guam...
(1891–1954), an American landscape architect - Marjorie CevallosMarjorie CevallosMarjorie Cevallos Vera , Miss World Ecuador 2008, was chosen on March 13, 2008. Cevallos represented her country in Miss World 2008. She studied social communication and is a professional model in her country.- References :...
(born 1986), Miss World Ecuador 2008, was chosen on March 13, 2008 - Marjorie ChibnallMarjorie ChibnallMarjorie Morgan MacCallum Chibnall is an English historian, medievalist and Latin translator.Born at Atcham in Shropshire in 1915, she is an Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge , and had previously taught at the University of Southampton and the University of Aberdeen as well...
, an English historian, medievalist and Latin translator - Marjorie ClapproodMarjorie ClapproodMarjorie O'Neill Clapprood is a former Massachusetts politician and talk show host who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985-1991....
(born 1949), a former Massachusetts politician and talk show host - Marjorie ClarkMarjorie ClarkMarjorie Rees Clark was a South African former track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics andin the 1932 Summer Olympics....
(born 1909), a South African former track and field athlete - Marjorie ClarkeMarjorie ClarkeMarjorie J. Clarke, Ph.D., is an environmental scientist who specializes in recycling participation, waste prevention methods, waste-to-energy/incinerator emissions controls, environmental impacts of the World Trade Center fires and collapse, and community botanical gardening; her experience also...
, Ph.D., is an environmental scientist - Marjorie CohnMarjorie CohnMarjorie Cohn is a professor of law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, and a former president of the National Lawyers Guild.In 1978 Cohn received a job in the International Association of Democratic Lawyers...
, a Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California - Marjorie Kowalski ColeMarjorie Kowalski ColeMarjorie Kowalski Cole was a writer of poetry, short stories and novels. She won the 2004 Bellwether Prize with her first novel Correcting the Landscape.-History:Born in Boston, she lived in Alaska from 1966...
(1953–2009), a writer of poetry, short stories and novels - Marjorie CottleMarjorie CottleMiss Marjorie Cottle was a leading motorcycle sports rider.Her greatest success was the International Six Days' Trial of 1927, in which the British Ladies' Team won the International Silver Vase...
, a leading motorcycle sports rider - Marjorie CottonMarjorie CottonMarjorie Cotton Isherwood, best known by the name Marjorie Cotton , was the first professionally qualified children's librarian in New South Wales, Australia...
(1913–2003), the first professionally qualified children's librarian in New South Wales, Australia - Marjorie Courtenay-LatimerMarjorie Courtenay-LatimerMarjorie faree Doris Courtenay-Latimer was the South African museum official who in 1938 brought to the attention of the world the existence of the coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for sixty-five million years....
(1907–2004), the South African museum official who in 1938 publicised the existence of the coelacanth - Marjorie Cox CrawfordMarjorie Cox CrawfordMarjorie Cox Crawford was a female tennis player from Australia who reached at least the singles quarterfinals at the Australian Championships seven out of the nine times she played the event...
, a female tennis player from Australia - Marjorie CrittenMarjorie CrittenMarjorie Critten was Miss Missouri in 1958. She competed at the Miss America 1959 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.-References:...
, Miss Missouri in 1958 - Marjorie Dannenfelser, President and Chairman of the Board of the Susan B. Anthony List
- Marjorie Daw (actress) (1902–1979), an American film actress of the silent era
- Marjorie de SousaMarjorie de SousaMarjorie Lissette De Sousa Rivas is a Venezuelan model and actress.- Early career :At age 12 Marjorie began doing commercial for television and working of model...
(born 1980), a Venezuelan model and actress - Marjorie DeanMarjorie DeanMarjorie Dean is the protagonist and eponymous character of series of books for girls, written by Josephine Chase under the pen name Pauline Lester. The fourteen books were published by A. L. Burt between 1917 and 1930...
, the protagonist and eponymous character of series of books for girls, written by Josephine Chase - Marjorie DeanneMarjorie DeanneMarjorie Deanne was an American film actress. She appeared in over 25 films between 1938 and 1943.Born Clara Pauline Boughton, modern viewers will recognize Deanne for her appearances in several Three Stooges films such as Violent Is the Word for Curly, Dutiful But Dumb and Matri-Phony.Deanne died...
(1917–1994), an American film actress - Marjorie Housepian DobkinMarjorie Housepian DobkinMarjorie Housepian Dobkin is Professor Emeritus in English at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York. Her books include the novel A Houseful of Love and the history Smyrna 1922 She has been awarded the Anania Shirakatsi prize of the Academy of Sciences of Soviet Armenia and is the...
(born 1922), Professor Emeritus in English at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York - Marjorie DoddMarjorie DoddMarjorie Dodd was an important amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century.At the Cincinnati Masters, Dodd appeared in eight finals. She won singles titles in 1911 & 1912, and was a singles finalist in 1908 & 1913. She won doubles titles in 1908 and 1906 and was a doubles finalist...
, an important amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century - Marjorie Dunn, a British horn player who performed with the Michael Nyman Band from 1991–1994
- Marjorie EstianoMarjorie EstianoMarjorie Estiano is a Brazilian popular actress and singer who rose to prominence in 2004 playing Natasha in the Brazilian teen seriesMalhação.-Biography:...
(born 1982), a Brazilian popular actress and singer who rose to prominence in 2004 - Marjorie EvascoMarjorie EvascoMarjorie Evasco is an award- winning Filipino poet, born in Maribojoc, Bohol on September 21, 1953. She writes in two languages: English and Cebuano-Visayan and is a supporter of women's rights, especially of women writers...
(born 1953), an award-winning Filipino poet - Marjorie EyreMarjorie EyreMarjorie Eyre was an English opera singer, best known for her performances in the soprano and mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company...
(1897–1987), an English opera singer - Marjorie FieldingMarjorie Fielding-Selected filmography:* Quiet Wedding * Spring in Park Lane * Conspirator * The Mudlark * The Lavender Hill Mob * Mandy * The Magic Box...
(1892–1956), a British stage and film actress - Marjorie FlackMarjorie FlackMarjorie Flack was an award-winning artist and writer of children's picture books. Flack was born in Greenport, Long Island, New York in 1897. She was best known for The Story about Ping , popularized by Captain Kangaroo, and for her stories of an insatiably curious Scottish terrier named Angus,...
(1897–1958), an award-winning artist and writer of children's picture books - Marjorie FlemingMarjorie FlemingMarjorie Fleming was a child writer and poet, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. She died of meningitis at the age of 8. Her complete written work is held by the National Library of Scotland...
(1803–1811), a child writer and poet, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland - Marjorie FranklinMarjorie FranklinMarjorie Franklin is a conceptual artist and a Professor of Conceptual Art at University of Minnesota in the U.S.A. She uses digital media in interactive installations...
, a conceptual artist and a Professor of Conceptual Art at University of Minnesota in the U.S.A. - Marjorie GarberMarjorie GarberMarjorie B. Garber is a professor at Harvard University and the author of a wide variety of books, most notably ones about William Shakespeare and aspects of popular culture including sexuality....
(born 1944), a professor at Harvard University and the author of a wide variety of books - Marjorie GatesonMarjorie GatesonMarjorie Augusta Gateson , was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s....
(1891–1977), a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s - Marjorie GestringMarjorie GestringMarjorie Gestring was a competitive springboard diver from the United States who won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany at the age of 13 years, 268 days—the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal.With the cancellation of the...
(1922–1992), a competitive springboard diver from the United States and the youngest ever Olympic gold medallist - Marjorie GordonMarjorie GordonMarjorie Gordon was an English actress and singer.Gordon was born in Southsea as Marjorie Kettlewell. Her professional stage career began in 1915 on tour in the chorus of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. The next season, she was given the roles of the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury and Lady Psyche in...
(1893–1983), an English actress and singer - Marjorie Graves (1884–1961), a British civil servant, Conservative politician and writer
- Marjorie GreneMarjorie GreneMarjorie Glicksman Grene was an American philosopher.She wrote both on existentialism and the philosophy of science, especially the philosophy of biology. She taught at the University of California at Davis from 1965 to 1978. From 1988 until her death she was Honorary University Distinguished...
(1910–2009), an American philosopher - Marjorie GriffinMarjorie GriffinMarjorie Griffin is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1946.-Career:Born in Clare she moved to live in Antrim. She was play-maker from defence on the Antrim 1946 team that defeated Down, Armagh, Cavan and Derry to win the Ulster championship...
, a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1946 - Marjorie GrossMarjorie GrossMarjorie Gross was a television writer and producer. She wrote for such shows as Newhart, The Larry Sanders Show, Square Pegs and Seinfeld.-Biography:...
(1956–1996), a television writer and producer - Marjorie GubelmannMarjorie GubelmannMarjorie Gubelmann Marjorie Barton Gubelmann is the owner and CEO of Vie Luxe International.-Personal life:Gubelmann was born in New York City to Susan McCammon Gubelmann and William S. Gubelmann, and has one younger brother, Wyeth S. Gubelmann. Gubelmann’s great-grandfather was the inventor...
(born 1969), owner and CEO of Vie Luxe International - Marjorie GuthrieMarjorie GuthrieMarjorie Mazia Guthrie was for a time the wife of folk musician Woody Guthrie, and was the mother of folk musician Arlo Guthrie and Woody Guthrie archivist Nora Guthrie....
(1917–1983), for a time the wife of folk musician Woody Guthrie - Marjorie HalpinMarjorie HalpinMarjorie Halpin was a U.S.-Canadian anthropologist best known for her work on Northwest Coast art and culture, especially the Tsimshian and Gitksan peoples.She earned an M.A. from George Washington University in 1963...
(1937–2000), a U.S.-Canadian anthropologist - Marjorie HarrisMarjorie HarrisMarjorie Harris BA is a Canadian non-fiction writer who has published numerous books on gardening....
BA (born 1937), a Canadian non-fiction writer - Marjorie Hall HarrisonMarjorie Hall HarrisonMarjorie Hall Harrison was born in Nottingham, England. In 1947, she authored one of the first scientific books, a dissertation while at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, with the word "model" in the title...
(born 1915), British astronomer - Marjorie HeinsMarjorie HeinsMarjorie Heins is an activist, writer, and founder of the Free Expression Policy Project , a U.S. based organization dedicated to exploring challenges to free expression from censorship, media regulation, and intellectual property laws...
, an activist, writer, and founder of the Free Expression Policy Project - Marjorie HenzellMarjorie HenzellMarjorie Madeline Henzell, , Australian politician.Henzell was elected to represent the Division of Capricornia in the Australian House of Representatives, and served as the member from 13 March 1993 until 2 March 1996. Henzell was the first woman elected to represent this electorate, and held the...
, (born 1948), Australian politician - Marjorie HillMarjorie HillMarjorie Hill was one of the original nine of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's twenty founders at Howard University. Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first sorority to be founded by African American women...
(died 1909), one of the original nine of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's twenty founders at Howard University - Marjorie HoltMarjorie HoltMarjorie Sewell Holt , a Republican, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented Maryland's 4th congressional district from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1987. She was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Maryland....
(born 1920), a Republican, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented Maryland's 4th congressional district - Marjorie HughesMarjorie HughesMarjorie Hughes was a singer in the Frankie Carle Orchestra. She was also Frankie Carle's daughter. After singers Betty Bonney and Phyllis Lynne had come and gone, Carle was auditioning new female singers - some in person, and some by means of demo records. Carle's wife sneaked in a demo of...
, a singer in the Frankie Carle Orchrestra - Marjorie HumeMarjorie HumeMarjorie Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955.She was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and died in Oxshott, Surrey.-Selected filmography:* Lady Tetley's Decree...
(1900–1976), an English film actress - Marjorie HustedMarjorie HustedMarjorie Child Husted was a home economist who helped develop the brand character Betty Crocker.Born in Minneapolis, Marjorie Child, she was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and an initiated member of Alpha Delta Pi.In 1924, the daytime radio broadcast Betty Crocker Cooking School of the...
(1892–1986), a home economist who helped develop the brand character Betty Crocker - Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE (born 1931), a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete
- Marjorie JohnsonMarjorie JohnsonMarjorie Johnson, the "Blue Ribbon Baker", is a popular baker from Robbinsdale, Minnesota. First made famous through her guest appearances on KSTP radio's Garage Logic, she has since appeared on numerous talk shows including the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Rosie O'Donnell Show, and The View...
, the "Blue Ribbon Baker", is a popular baker from Robbinsdale, Minnesota - Marjorie JoynerMarjorie JoynerMarjorie Stewart Joyner was born in 1896, in Monterey, Virginia. She was the granddaughter of a slave owner and a slave. In 1912, she moved to Chicago and began studying cosmetology. She graduated A.B. Molar Beauty School in Chicago in 1916, the first African American to achieve this. There...
(1896–1994), African American inventor and businesswoman - Marjorie KaneMarjorie KaneMarjorie Kane was an American film actress. She appeared in 68 films between 1929 and 1951. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.-Selected filmography:* The Great Gabbo * Be Yourself...
(1909–1992), an American film actress - Marjorie KellerMarjorie KellerMarjorie Keller was an experimental filmmaker, author, activist, film scholar, and wife of P. Adams Sitney, the American avant-garde cinema historian. J. Hoberman called her "an unselfish champion of the avant-garde."-Early life and education:...
(1950–1994), an experimental filmmaker, author, activist, film scholar, wife of P. Adams Sitney - Marjorie B. KelloggMarjorie B. KelloggMarjorie B. Kellogg is an author of, among other books, her Dragon Quartet, which includes:#The Book of Earth#The Book of Water#The Book of Fire#The Book of Air-External links:...
, American writer, author of Dragon Quartet - Marjorie KelloggMarjorie KelloggMarjorie Kellogg was an American author born in Santa Barbara, California.Kellogg attended the University of California, Berkeley where she later dropped out and left for San Francisco to pursue a career in writing...
(1922–2005), an American author born in Santa Barbara, California - Marjorie LaneMarjorie LaneMarjorie Lane was an American singer and Broadway performer of the 1920s and 1930s. Beginning her career in the 1910s on Broadway, her performances included roles in 1913's the Honeymoon Express and 1928's Billie...
, an American singer and Broadway performer of the 1920s and 1930s - Marjorie LawrenceMarjorie LawrenceMarjorie Florence Lawrence CBE was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. She was afflicted by polio from 1941...
CBE (1907–1979), an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas - Marjorie LewtyMarjorie LewtyMarjorie Lewty, née Lobb was a British writer of short stories and over 45 romance novels from 1958 to 1999 to Mills & Boon.- Biography :...
(1906–2002), a popular writer of over 45 romance novels from 1958 to 1999 - Marjorie LintonMarjorie LintonMarjorie Linton was a Canadian backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 she was eliminated in the first round of the 100 m backstroke event as well as of the 100 m freestyle competition....
(born 1917), a Canadian backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics - Marjorie LiuMarjorie LiuMarjorie M. Liu is a New York Times best-selling author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels and comic books. Her novels include the 2005 paranormal romance Tiger Eye. Her comics work includes a number Marvel Comics series related to the X-Men and Wolverine, including NYX, X-23 and Dark...
, a New York Times best-selling author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels and comic books - Marjorie LordMarjorie LordMarjorie Lord is an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" Williams opposite Danny Thomas on Make Room for Daddy and later Make Room for Granddaddy.-Early life and career:...
(born 1918), an American television and film actress - Marjorie Oludhe MacgoyeMarjorie Oludhe MacgoyeMarjorie Oludhe Macgoye is an English/Kenyan novelist, essayist and poet.-Biography:Macgoye was born in 1928 in Southampton, England. She moved to Kenya in 1954 and married a Kenyan man in 1960. In 1971 an anthology entitled Poems from East Africa which included the acclaimed poem "A Freedom Song"...
(born 1928), an English/Kenyan novelist, essayist and poet - Marjorie MainMarjorie MainMarjorie Main was an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies.-Early life and career:...
(1890–1975), an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle - Marjorie Margolies-MezvinskyMarjorie Margolies-MezvinskyMarjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and a women's right activist. She is a former journalist and a former politician for the Democratic Party. From 1993 to 1995 she was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing...
(born 1942), an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and a women's right activist - Marjorie MatthewsMarjorie MatthewsMarjorie Swank Matthews was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church. She was born 11 July 1916 in Onaway, Michigan....
(1916–1986), an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Marjorie MaxseMarjorie MaxseDame Sarah Algeria Marjorie Maxse, DBE, better known as Marjorie Maxse was a political organiser and the first female chief organization officer of the Conservative Party....
(1891–1975), a political organiser and the first female chief organization officer of the Conservative Party - Yvonne Marjorie Hal McDonaldYvonne Marjorie Hal McDonaldYvonne M. Smith Hall-McDonald was a community activist in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, United States....
(born 1951), a community activist in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, United States - Marjorie Batchelder McPharlinMarjorie Batchelder McPharlinMarjorie Batchelder McPharlin was an important American puppeteer and authority on the puppet theater. Her two best known puppetry productions were Aristophanes' The Birds and Maeterlinck's The Death of Tintagiles...
(1903–1997), an important American puppeteer and authority on the puppet theater - Marjorie MerrymanMarjorie MerrymanMarjorie Merryman is an American composer, author, and music educator. Currently, she is Dean of Academic Affairs at the Manhattan School of Music, where she is also a member of the composition faculty...
(born 1951), an American composer, author, and music educator - Marjorie MikasenMarjorie MikasenMarjorie Mikasen is an abstract, geometric, hard-edge acrylic painter working in Lincoln, Nebraska. She has a degree in studio arts from The University of Minnesota. She is co-author with Mark Griep of the nonfiction book ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies.-Artist:Mikasen is an abstract,...
(born 1959), an abstract, geometric, hard-edge acrylic painter working in Lincoln, Nebraska - Marjorie MonaghanMarjorie MonaghanMarjorie Monaghan is an American actress born in California but raised in Ohio. She is best known for her portrayal in 1997 and 1998 of 'Number One', leader of the Mars Resistance, in the television series Babylon 5....
, an American actress born in California but raised in Ohio - Marjorie MontgomeryMarjorie MontgomeryMarjorie Montgomery was a child dancer and actress. She appeared in vaudeville and later in a motion picture. Montgomery is from Sikeston, Missouri. As an adult she became a noted designer of women's clothes.-Actress:...
(born 1912), a child dancer and actress - Marjorie MorganMarjorie Morgan-Marie Ann:Her sole work of note, Marie Ann , became one of the first feature films produced in Alberta, Canada....
(1915–2007), a Canadian writer and author - Marjorie Hope NicolsonMarjorie Hope NicolsonMarjorie Hope Nicolson , was born February 18, 1894 in Yonkers, New York, USA, the daughter of Charles Butler Nicolson, editor-in-chief of the Detroit Free Press during World War I and later that paper's correspondent in Washington, DC, and Lissie Hope Morris.She graduated from the University of...
(1894–1981), daughter of Charles Butler Nicolson, editor-in-chief of the Detroit Free Press during World War I - Marjorie NoëlMarjorie NoëlMarjorie Noël was a French pop singer who had a brief career in the mid 1960s, and is best known for her participation on behalf of Monaco in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.Noël's first recordings were released in 1964, and the following year she was invited to represent Monaco in the...
(1945–2000), a French pop singer, represented Monaco in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest - Marjorie OelrichsMarjorie OelrichsMarjorie Oelrichs Duchin , nicknamed "Bubbles", was an American socialite. The daughter of Charles and Marjorie Oelrichs, she became the wife of dance bandleader Eddy Duchin after the two met at the Waldorf, and wed on June 5, 1935...
(1908–1937), nicknamed "Bubbles", was an American socialite - Marjorie OkellMarjorie OkellMarjorie Francis Okell, later Harris was an international track and field athlete from Great Britain. Her main event was the high jump in which she placed 6th at the 1934 Empire Games. She was also British Athletics Champion in high jump in 1929 and 1931. Her personal best was in 1931...
(1908–2009), an international track and field athlete from Great Britain - Marjorie OzanneMarjorie OzanneMarjorie Ozanne wrote stories in Guernesiais, published in the Guernsey Evening Press between 1949 and 1965. Some earlier pieces can be found in La Gazette de Guernesey in the 1920s....
(1897–1973), wrote stories in Guernesiais, published in the Guernsey Evening Press between 1949 and 1965 - Marjorie ParkerMarjorie ParkerMarjorie Parker Smith was an American figure skater who competed in ice dancing, pair skating , single skating, and fours in the latter part of the 1930s....
, DBE (died 1991), an Australian civic and political activist, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1977 - Marjorie PerloffMarjorie PerloffMarjorie Perloff is an Austrian-born U.S. poetry critic.Perloff was born Gabriele Mintz into a secularized Jewish family in Vienna. Faced with Nazi terror, her family emigrated in 1938 when she was six-and-a-half, going first to Zürich and then to the United States, settling in Riverdale, New York...
(born 1931), an Austrian-born U.S. poetry critic - Marjorie PickthallMarjorie PickthallMarjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall , was a Canadian writer who was born in England but lived in Canada from the time she was seven...
(1883–1922), a Canadian writer who was born in England but lived in Canada from the time she was seven - Marjorie PizerMarjorie PizerMarjorie Pizer is an Australian poet.Marjorie was born in Melbourne, and studied literature at the University of Melbourne from 1939 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.Pizer began her working life as a clerk in the public service...
(born 1920), an Australian poet - Marjorie Merriweather PostMarjorie Merriweather Post-External links:******...
(1887–1973), a leading American socialite and the founder of General Foods, Inc. - Marjorie Pratt, Countess of Brecknock DBE, JP (died 1989), a British peeress
- Marjorie PricemanMarjorie PricemanMarjorie A. Priceman is the author and/or illustrator of over 30 picture books for children - including two Caldecott Honor books. Her first book, Friend or Frog, was published in 1989, soon after her graduation from the Rhode Island School of Design. Priceman's books are known for their bright...
(born 1958), the author and/or illustrator of over 30 picture books for children - Marjorie ProopsMarjorie ProopsRebecca Marjorie Proops , born Rebecca Marjorie Israel, was probably best known as an agony aunt in the United Kingdom, writing the column Dear Marje for the Daily Mirror newspaper....
(1911–1996), an agony aunt in the United Kingdom, writing the column Dear Marje for the Daily Mirror newspaper - Marjorie QuennellMarjorie QuennellMarjorie Quennell was a British historian, illustrator and museum curator.Her husband was architect Charles Henry Bourne Quennell . They met at the Junior Art Workers Guild...
(1884–1972), a British historian, illustrator and museum curator - Marjorie RambeauMarjorie RambeauMarjorie Rambeau was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Rambeau was born in San Francisco, California to Marcel Rambeau and Lilian Garlinda Kindelberger. Her parents split up when she was a girl. She and her mother went to Nome, Alaska where young Marjorie dressed as a boy, sang and...
(1889–1970), an American film and stage actress - Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsMarjorie Kinnan RawlingsMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. Her best known work, The Yearling, about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn, won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939 and was later made into a movie, also known as The...
(1896–1953), an American author who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings - Robert and Marjorie RawlinsRobert and Marjorie RawlinsRobert Ernest Rawlins and Marjorie Townsley Rawlins were American philanthropists and patrons of the arts, particularly music....
, American philanthropists and patrons of the arts, particularly music - Marjorie RendellMarjorie RendellMarjorie Osterlund Rendell is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania. In 2003, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women".- Personal background :Rendell was born in...
(born 1947), a federal judge and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania - Marjorie ReynoldsMarjorie ReynoldsMarjorie Reynolds was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films.Born Marjorie Goodspeed, in Buhl, Idaho, as her parents made the cross-country trip from Maine to settle in California, she was featured as a child actressin silent films such as Scaramouche...
(1917–1997), an American film actress - Marjorie RhodesMarjorie RhodesMarjorie Rhodes was a British actress.One of her best-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother of Bill Naughton's northern comedy All in Good Time. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965...
(1897–1979), a British actress - Marjorie RiceMarjorie RiceMarjorie Rice is an American homemaker most famous for her discoveries in geometry. She lives in San Diego....
(born 1923), an American homemaker most famous for her discoveries in geometry - Marjorie Newell RobbMarjorie Newell RobbMarjorie Newell Robb was one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was the last remaining survivor who was a first class passenger.-Biography:...
(1889–1992), one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic - Marjorie ScardinoMarjorie ScardinoDame Marjorie Morris Scardino, DBE, FRSA is the CEO of Pearson PLC. She became the first female Chief Executive of a FTSE 100 company when she was appointed CEO of Pearson in 1997...
, DBE, FRSA (born 1947), the CEO of Pearson PLC. - Marjorie SchwarzerMarjorie SchwarzerMarjorie Schwarzer is an American museum writer and educator who serves as executive editor of the Museums and Social Issues Journal, published by the Department of Museology at the University of Washington in Seattle. She serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Museum...
(born 1957), an American museum writer and educator - Marjorie W. SharmatMarjorie W. SharmatMarjorie Weinman Sharmat is an American children's writer.Sharmat has authored more than 130 books for children and teens...
(born 1928), an American children's writer - Marjorie ShostakMarjorie ShostakMarjorie Shostak was an American anthropologist. Though she never received a formal degree in anthropology, she conducted extensive fieldwork among the !Kung San people of the Kalahari desert in south-western Africa and was widely known for her descriptions of the lives of women in this...
(1945–1996), an American anthropologist - Marjorie Sinclair, Baroness PentlandMarjorie Sinclair, Baroness PentlandMarjorie Adeline Gordon Sinclair, Baroness Pentland was the daughter of Sir John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair....
(1880–1970), the daughter of Sir John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon - Marjorie Parker Smith (1917–2009), an American champion ice skater in dance and figure skating competitions
- Marjorie SpockMarjorie SpockMarjorie Spock was an environmentalist, author and poet, best known for her influence on Rachel Carson when the latter was writing Silent Spring...
(1904–2008), an environmentalist, author and poet who influenced Rachel Carson's writing of Silent Spring - Marjorie StriderMarjorie StriderMarjorie Strider is an American painter, sculptor and performance artist best known for her three-dimensional paintings and site-specific soft sculpture installations.-Biography:...
(born 1934), an American painter, sculptor and performance artist - Marjorie Hewitt SuchockiMarjorie Hewitt SuchockiMarjorie Hewitt Suchocki is an author and United Methodist professor emerita of theology at Claremont School of Theology. She is also co-director of the at Claremont....
(born 1933), an author and United Methodist professor emerita of theology at Claremont School of Theology - Marjorie SweetingMarjorie SweetingMarjorie Mary Sweeting was a geomorphologist specialising in karst phenomena. Born 28, February 1920, she was a Research Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge, between 1948–51, a Fellow and Tutor at St Hugh's College 1954-87 , and Lecturer and Reader at Oxford University 1954-87. She died in Oxford...
, a geomorphologist specialising in karst phenomena - Marjorie Lynette SigleyMarjorie Lynette SigleyMarjorie Lynette Sigley , also known as Sigi, was a British artist, writer, actress, teacher, choreographer, theatre director and television producer...
(1928–1997), a British artist, writer, actress, teacher, choreographer, theatre director and television producer - Marjorie TallchiefMarjorie TallchiefMarjorie Louise Tallchief was a ballerina of the Osage Nation.-Career:Tallchief was the first American Indian to be "première danseuse étoile" of the Paris Opera Ballet and performed with the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas. During her career she also performed for politicians such as John F....
(born 1927), a ballerina of the Osage Nation - Marjorie ThomasMarjorie ThomasMarjorie Gwendolen Thomas was an English opera and oratorio singer for almost three decades.Thomas sang at the Royal Opera House and was a regular performer at the Promenade Concerts and the Three Choirs Festivals and, for many years, a professor of singing at London's Royal Academy of Music...
(1923–2008), an English opera and oratorio singer for almost three decades - Marjorie ThompsonMarjorie ThompsonMarjorie Thompson was vice-chair and chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament between 1983 and 1993.-References:Marjorie Thompson was vice-chair and chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament between 1983 and 1993....
, vice-chair and chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament between 1983 and 1993 - Marjorie TippingMarjorie TippingMarjorie Tipping MBE was an Australian historian and patron of community services.Tipping's works focus on the history of art and colonial Australia, and include Eugene von Guerard's Australian Landscapes Ludwig Becker: Artist & Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition , Melbourne on the...
MBE (1917–2009), an Australian historian and patron of community services - Marjorie TorreyMarjorie TorreyMarjorie Torrey was an illustrator and winner of two Caldecott Honor books in 1946 and 1947.-Books:* Our First Murder...
(born 1899), an illustrator and winner of two Caldecott Honor books in 1946 and 1947 - Marjorie TuiteMarjorie TuiteSister Marjorie Tuite, O.P., was a New York City-born and reared Dominican Sister, a progressive activist on issues related to the Church and the larger world, such as poverty, war and the ordination of women...
(1922–1986), a New York City-born and reared Dominican nun - Marjorie R. TurnbullMarjorie R. TurnbullMarjorie R. Turnbull previously served as a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. She is the daughter of the former University of Florida President J. Wayne Reitz...
(born 1940), served as a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida - Marjorie van VlietMarjorie van VlietMarjorie van Vliet was a teacher from Warwick, Rhode Island in the United States, who, aged 55, learned to fly and decided to undertake projects to promote world peace and related causes through her flying.- Touring for peace :...
(1923–1990), a teacher from Warwick, Rhode Island in the United States - Marjorie Vincent, a former journalist and beauty contestant who was crowned Miss America 1991
- Marjorie WallaceMarjorie WallaceMarjorie Wallace is an American model, actress, beauty queen and television presenter. In 1973, Wallace made history as the first American to be crowned Miss World. But just 104 days later, pageant officials stunned the UK when they announced Wallace would be the first Miss World to have her title...
(born 1954), a former United States model later turned television presenter - Marjorie Wallace (SANE)Marjorie Wallace (SANE)Marjorie Shiona Wallace CBE is a British writer, broadcaster and investigative journalist and is the chief executive of SANE, a mental health charity in the UK established in 1986.-Early career:...
CBE (Countess Skarbek) (born 1945), a British writer, broadcaster and investigative journalist, chief executive of SANE - Marjorie WeaverMarjorie WeaverMarjorie Weaver was an American film actress of the 1930s through the early 1950s.-Early life, entrance into acting:...
(1913–1994), an American film actress of the 1930s through the early 1950s - Marjorie WelishMarjorie WelishMarjorie Welish is an American poet, artist, and art critic.Welish is a graduate of Columbia University and received her M.F.A. degree from Vermont College and Norwich University...
(born 1944), an American poet, artist, and art critic - Marjorie WestburyMarjorie WestburyMarjorie Westbury was an English radio actress and singer. Her career lasted over fifty years.Born in Oldbury, Worcestershire, she studied Voice at the Royal College of Music in London between 1927 and 1930. During the 1930s she made many radio broadcasts as a soprano from the BBC studios at...
(1905–1989), an English radio actress and singer - Marjorie Wheeler-BarclayMarjorie Wheeler-BarclayMarjorie Wheeler-Barclay is an American historian and university professor who is currently the Charles A. Dana Professor of History at Randolph College. She specializes in medieval and modern European history, with a particular emphasis on the history of Britain...
, an American historian and university professor at Randolph College - Marjorie WhitakerMarjorie WhitakerMarjorie Olive Whitaker, née Taylor , better known under her pseudonym Malachi Whitaker, was an English writer, noted for her short stories and an autobiography. She wrote nearly 100 stories published in four collections by Jonathan Cape in the 1920s and 1930s...
(1895–1976), (pseudonym Malachi Whitaker), an English writer noted for her short stories and an autobiography - Marjorie WhiteMarjorie WhiteMarjorie White was a Canadian-born actress of stage and film.-Career:Born Marjorie Ann Guthrie in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, she was the first-born child of a grain merchant born in Simcoe, Ontario...
(1904–1935), a Canadian-born actress of stage and film - Marjorie WilliamsMarjorie WilliamsMarjorie Williams was a writer, reporter, and columnist for Vanity Fair and The Washington Post, writing about American society and profiling the American "political elite."...
(1958–2005), a writer, reporter, and columnist for Vanity Fair and The Washington Post - Marjorie WilliamsonMarjorie WilliamsonDame Elsie Marjorie Williamson, DBE was a British academic, educator, physicist and university administrator.-Education:...
(1913–2002), a British academic, educator, physicist and university administrator - Marjorie WillisonMarjorie WillisonMarjorie Willison is an author of books on gardening and a radio personality who answers gardeners' questions during regular appearances on "Maritime Noon", a show broadcast in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on CBC Radio One....
, an author of books on gardening and a radio personality who answers gardeners' questions - Marjorie Muir WorthingtonMarjorie Muir WorthingtonMarjorie Muir Worthington was an American authoress of novels and short stories.She was born in 1900 in New York City. She was inspired by the arts as a child, yet she studied at New York University School of Journalism. It appears that while in New York she met and married her first husband...
(1900–1976), an American authoress of novels and short stories - Marjorie YangMarjorie YangMarjorie Yang Mun-tak is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong.She is Chairwoman of the Esquel Group, the world's biggest cotton shirt-maker, which was founded by her father in 1978, as well as independent non-executive director of HSBC, Swire Pacific and Novartis AG...
(born 1952), a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong - Marjorie YatesMarjorie YatesMarjorie Yates is a British actress most famous for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama Shameless.Yates was born in Birmingham, England, and studied at the Bournville College of Art...
(born 1941), a British actress most famous for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama Shameless
Nicknames
Marge, Margie, Marj, Jorie, MJ and Maggie are common nicknames of Marjorie.
See also
- Marjory
- 4064 Marjorie4064 Marjorie4064 Marjorie is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
(2126 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1960, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 - Marjorie Barrick MuseumMarjorie Barrick MuseumThe Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History is a museum located on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas , established in 1967. The museum was originally instituted as a natural history museum with a focus on the natural history and environment of Nevada and the broader...
, a museum on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Marjorie Cook Education CenterMarjorie Cook Education CenterMarjorie Cook Education Center is an educational school based in San Diego, California- Programs :* Elementary Program* Adolescent Program* Community Living Program* Young Person's Annex...
, an educational school based in San Diego, California - Marjorie Daw (short story)Marjorie Daw (short story)"Marjorie Daw" is a short story by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. One of Aldrich's first short stories, and his most famous, it was first published in 1869 and remains in print to this day....
, a short story by Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Marjorie FairMarjorie FairMarjorie Fair is an indie rock/shoegaze American band formed in New Jersey by musician Evan Slamka, and based in Los Angeles, California. Their sound is somewhat reminiscent of The Doves or The Beatles, however, with a more psychedelic rock sound...
, an indie rock/shoegaze American band formed in New Jersey - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State ParkMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State ParkMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park is a Florida State Park and historic site located on the former homestead of Florida author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It is located in Cross Creek, Florida, between Ocala and Gainesville at 18700 South County Road 325.The homestead is listed on the...
, a Florida State Park and historic site on the former homestead of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - Marjorie Morningstar (film)Marjorie Morningstar (film)Marjorie Morningstar is a 1958 melodrama film based on the 1955 novel of the same name. The film, released by Warner Bros. and directed by Irving Rapper tells a fictional coming of age story about a young Jewish girl in New York City in the 1950s...
, a 1958 melodrama film based on the 1955 novel of the same name - Marjorie Morningstar (novel)Marjorie Morningstar (novel)Marjorie Morningstar is a 1955 novel by Herman Wouk, about a woman who wants to become an actress. In 1958, the book was made into a Hollywood feature movie starring Natalie Wood, also titled Marjorie Morningstar.-Plot:...
, a 1955 novel by Herman Wouk, about a woman who wants to become an actress - Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund AwardMarjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund AwardThe Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award is presented annually by the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations to one ship in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and one in the U.S. Pacific Fleet...
, presented annually by the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations