Person Biography:
Marjorie Weaver was born on March 2, 1913, in Tennessee, to John Thomas Weaver and Ellen Martin, both non-professionals. She grew up attending private and high schools, and later attended the University of Kentucky and the University of Indiana.
Weaver's early life showed signs of a musical talent, and she used her beauty and singing capabilities to find a place for herself in the entertainment business. She paid her dues as a band singer, model, and stage performer, and made her film debut in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) in an uncredited bit part.
She signed with 20th Century Fox in 1936 and initially played bit parts as chorus girls and secretary/receptionist types. However, she moved up the credits ladder and found lead and second lead femme roles coming her way, typically essaying the resourceful but wholesome daughter, paramour or "girl Friday" type opposite a number of virile and handsome leading men.
Some of her notable films include The Californian (1937),Second Honeymoon (1937),I'll Give a Million (1938),Hold That Co-ed (1938),The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939),Sally, Irene and Mary (1938),Life Begins in College (1937),Kentucky Moonshine (1938),Young Mr. Lincoln (1939),Murder Among Friends (1941),and Man at Large (1941).
Marjorie left Fox in 1942 by choice and free-lanced, appearing in a few more films, including The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944),Fashion Model (1945),and Leave It to Blondie (1945). She retired from the business in 1945 and, save for an unbilled part in We're Not Married! (1952),that was all she wrote.
Marjorie married Don Briggs in 1943 and had a son and daughter, Joel and Leigh. She and her husband owned and operated a classy liquor establishment in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. Marjorie Weaver died following a stroke in 1994.
