Doris Marjorie Fielding

Known as Marjorie

Marjorie with her parents and sister Gladys (Marjorie with her father). You can click on the image to see a larger version of it
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Photo of Marjorie taken by Armstrong Jones. You can click on the image to see a larger version of it
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Marjorie in the Quiet Wedding (on the left). You can click on this iamge to see a larger version of it
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Second Daughter of John & Ellen Fielding, she was born on  February 17th 1892 in Gloucester.

She attended Cheltenham Ladies College, where in 1903 she studied the Holy scriptures, History, French, Latin, Geometry, Chemistry, Piano and Elocution.

 

On the 1901 Census she was living at 9 Brunswick Road, Gloucester, age 11 with her family, but 1903 found them living in Spa Road.  By the next Census in 1911 they were living at Sherbourne House, Gloucester, and she was aged  21.

 

After School she studied at the Liverpool Repertory Company and then went on to play in West End productions such as A Quiet Wedding, A Quiet Weekend and Modern  Triangle.

Sadly she died of cancer on December 28th 1956 at St Martin in the Fields.

A memorial service was held at St Martin in the Fields,  on the 18th January 1957, and was attended by some very high profile names.

The Reverend Peter Elliot officiated & the lesson was read by Mr Nicholas Hannen.

Those Present were

 

Mr & Mrs Jack Fielding (brother & sister-in law)

Miss Louie Fielding (sister)

Mrs E R P Berryman (sister)

Mrs I Bourne (sister)

Major R H Neasham

 Roberta Neasham

Mr John Bourne

Miss Philippa Fielding

Mrs Douglas Heyman

Mrs M Waller

Mrs J Berryman

Lord & Lady Tucker

Mrs J Dubuisson

Captain P Berryman

Mr H E Piffle-Phelps

Viscountess Kilmuir

Sir Laurence & Lady Olivier

Sir John Gielgud

Sir Bronson Albery

Mr David Karmel

Mrs S Withers (Playhouse Theatre –Liverpool)

Mrs J Rigby & Mr Ronald Russell (Little Theatre Bristol)

Mr Jack Keats (Royal Theatre –Brighton)

Mr Jack Allen (council of Equity)

Miss Hester-Paton-Brown (Representing Cheltenham Lady’s College)

Her address at that time, in 1956, was 803 Nelson House, Dolphin Square SW1.

Comments about this page

  • Really very sad to read that Marjorie Fielding died in middle age and of cancer. She was a wonderful character actress and, had she lived longer, would have carried on playing more memorable roles in her later years.

    By Kathrine Davies (26/04/2019)
  • I was intrigued by Marjorie after seeing her on the Lavender Hill Mob this morning! It appears she was actually born in 1890, not 1892, as per the FreeBMD and General Register Office birth index.

    By Will (04/01/2019)

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