[1] David Wallace, Hollywoodland (2002), page 55: "Some actresses such as the much loved Spring Byington didn't bother covering up their true nature; Byington openly admitted her relationship with the character actress Marjorie Mann, who said of her (Main's) famous character, Ma Kettle: She was the real man in the house." Also, Axel Madsen, Forbidden Lovers: Hollywood's Greatest Secret: Female Stars Who Loved Other Women (1996), page 144: "The forty-seven year-old Byington was an active lesbian who lived with the comic Marjorie Main."
Husband: Stanley LeFevre Krebs (m. 2-Dec-1921, d. 26-Sep-1935)
Girlfriend: Spring Byington (actress, cohabited many years)
University: Franklin College, Franklin, IN
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Friendly Persuasion (25-Nov-1956) · The Widow Hudspeth
The Kettles in the Ozarks (Apr-1956)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (Apr-1955)
Ricochet Romance (1-Nov-1954)
Rose Marie (1-Apr-1954)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (10-Mar-1954)
The Long, Long Trailer (18-Feb-1954) · Mrs. Hittaway
Fast Company (22-May-1953) · Ma Parkson
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (20-Apr-1953) · Ma Kettle
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (11-Jul-1952) · Ma Kettle
The Belle of New York (22-Feb-1952) · Lettie Hill
It's a Big Country (20-Nov-1951) · Mrs. Wrenley
The Law and the Lady (15-Aug-1951) · Julia Wortin
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (10-May-1951) · Ma Kettle
Mr. Imperium (2-Mar-1951)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (8-Dec-1950)
Summer Stock (31-Aug-1950) · Esmé
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1-Apr-1950)
Big Jack (12-Apr-1949) · Flapjack Kate
Ma and Pa Kettle (1-Apr-1949) · Ma Kettle
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (8-Oct-1947)
The Egg and I (21-Mar-1947)
The Show-Off (Dec-1946) · Mrs. Fisher
Undercurrent (28-Nov-1946) · Lucy
Bad Bascomb (22-May-1946) · Abbey Hanks
The Harvey Girls (18-Jan-1946) · Sonora Cassidy
Murder, He Says (23-Jun-1945) · Mamie Johnson
Gentle Annie (Dec-1944) · Annie Goss
Meet Me in St. Louis (28-Nov-1944) · Katie
Rationing (24-Mar-1944)
Johnny Come Lately (3-Sep-1943)
Heaven Can Wait (11-Aug-1943) · Martha's Mother
Tennessee Johnson (Dec-1942) · Mrs. Fisher
Jackass Mail (1-Jul-1942)
The Affairs of Martha (21-Jun-1942) · Mrs. McKissick
We Were Dancing (30-Apr-1942) · Judge Sidney Hawkes
The Bugle Sounds (14-Jan-1942) · Susie
Honky Tonk (1-Oct-1941) · Mrs. Varner
The Shepherd of the Hills (18-Jul-1941) · Granny Becky
A Woman's Face (15-May-1941) · Emma Kristiansdotter
Barnacle Bill (7-Apr-1941) · Marge Cavendish
The Trial of Mary Dugan (14-Feb-1941)
The Wild Man of Borneo (24-Jan-1941)
Wyoming (13-Sep-1940) · Mehitabel
The Captain Is a Lady (21-Jun-1940) · Sarah May Willett
Susan and God (7-Jun-1940)
Turnabout (17-May-1940)
Dark Command (4-Apr-1940)
I Take This Woman (2-Feb-1940) · Gertie
Two Thoroughbreds (8-Dec-1939)
Another Thin Man (17-Nov-1939) · Mrs. Dolley
The Women (1-Sep-1939) · Lucy
The Angels Wash Their Faces (26-Aug-1939) · Mrs. Arkelian
They Shall Have Music (26-Jul-1939) · Mrs. Miller
Girls' School (30-Sep-1938)
Too Hot to Handle (16-Sep-1938) · Miss Wayne
Little Tough Guy (22-Jul-1938)
Test Pilot (16-Apr-1938) · Landlady
Boy of the Streets (8-Dec-1937) · Mary Brennan
The Wrong Road (11-Oct-1937)
The Man Who Cried Wolf (29-Aug-1937)
Dead End (24-Aug-1937) · Mrs. Martin
Stella Dallas (5-Aug-1937) · Mrs. Martin
Music in the Air (13-Dec-1934)
AKA Mary Tomlinson