Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Augusta Gateson , was a stage and film actress.

She was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Augusta and Daniel Gateson. Her maternal grandfather and brother were clergymen Some sources state her father was one too, but Axel Nissen in his book Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids TwentyFive Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood writes that he was a contractor. She attended the Packer Collegiate Institute and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, the latter being where her mother taught elocution. She believed her mother had an inner longing for the stage, which she passed on to Marjorie, along with diction and poise.

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