A magazine pin-up girl during WWII, she actively worked on war bond tours.
Discovered as a teen by husband-and-wife actors Clyde Fillmore and Lea Penman while Marjorie was a student at a school they were teaching acting.
Ex-husband John Archer's last name was really Ralph Bowman. Shortly after their first child was born, he legally changed it to John Archer. Therefore, their son was born Gregg Bowman and their daughter was born Anne Archer.
Grandmother of Tom Davis.
In July 2006, she was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Russ Tamblyn, Coleen Gray, Ben Murphy, Roger Davis, Mark Goddard, Ronnie Schell, Steve Kanaly, Tom Reese and Cheryl Rogers.
Marjorie took the last name of her grandmother for her stage name.
Mother-in-law of Terry Jastrow.
Was up for a leading role as the tragic wannabe actress in the Katharine Hepburn/Ginger Rogers movie Stage Door (1937). She lost the part to Andrea Leeds, who won an Oscar nomination for her work. Marjorie also lost the Laraine Day's nurse part in the "Doctor Kildare" film series.