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\outl0\strokewidth0 \strokec2 Marjorie Gordon\
Marjorie Gordon\'a0(12 November 1893 \'96 14 October 1983) was an English actress and singer.\
Gordon was born in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southsea"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Southsea}},\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Portsmouth}},\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Hampshire}}\'a0as\'a0Marjorie Kettlewell. Her professional stage career began in 1915 on tour in the chorus of the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company}}. The next season, she was given the roles of the Plaintiff in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_Jury"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Trial by Jury}}\'a0and Lady Psyche in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Ida"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Princess Ida}}. She also understudied and occasionally played the title role in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_(opera)"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Patience}}\'a0and Yum-Yum in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 The Mikado}}. She left D'Oyly Carte in June 1916 to understudy the role of Sylvia Dale at the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphi_Theatre"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Adelphi Theatre}}\'a0in London in the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Friml"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Rudolf Friml}}\'a0musical\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Jinks_(musical)"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 High Jinks}}, sometimes appearing in the role until July 1917 and touring in the role later that year.{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Gordon#cite_note-Stone-1"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \super \strokec4 [1]}}\
Gordon starred in the title role in the romantic comic opera\'a0Valentine\'a0at the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James%27s_Theatre"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 St. James's Theatre}}\'a0from January to April 1918. She next starred as Grace in the hit musical\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Up_(musical)"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Going Up}}\'a0(1918\'961919) at London's\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiety_Theatre,_London"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Gaiety Theatre}}. She then appeared in the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Novello"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Ivor Novello}}musical\'a0Who's Hooper?\'a0at the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphi_Theatre"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Adelphi Theatre}}\'a0(1919\'961920). Next, she appeared in\'a0My Nieces\'a0at the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldwych_Theatre"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Aldwych Theatre}}, London, in 1921. She also recorded songs from\'a0Going Up\'a0and\'a0Who's Hooper?. For the next two decades, she appeared in both musicals and plays.{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Gordon#cite_note-Stone-1"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \super \strokec4 [1]}}\'a0These included\'a0Stop Flirting\'a0(1923). She later appeared in a few films, playing Ruth Hopkins in\'a0Danger Trails\'a0(1935), Matron in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Way_to_Paris"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 All the Way to Paris}}\'a0(1967) and Passenger in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rendezvous"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Golden Rendezvous}}\'a0(1977).\
Later stage roles included Midge in\'a0Tulip Time\'a0in 1935 at the\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra_Theatre"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Alhambra Theatre}}.{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Gordon#cite_note-2"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \super \strokec4 [2]}}\'a0Her last appearance on stage in London was in the "revusical promenade"\'a0Let's All Go Down the Strand\'a0at the Adelphi in 1939.{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Gordon#cite_note-Stone-1"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \super \strokec4 [1]}}\
She died one month shy of her 90th birthday in\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Eastbourne}},\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 \strokec4 Sussex}}.\
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