Indiana State Museum on Twitter: "Happy birthday, Marjorie Main! 🎉 The Indiana native was born #OnThisDay in 1890. She was best known as Ma Kettle in the Ma and Pa Kettle movies.
The Historic Artcraft Theatre - Did you know ... Marjorie Main debuted her character of Ma Kettle in the 1947 film “The Egg and I” which she received an Academy Award nomination
![Marjorie Main, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Ma & Pa Kettle", Universal Pictures, 1949 Stock Photo - Alamy Marjorie Main, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Ma & Pa Kettle", Universal Pictures, 1949 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/M6TMTG/marjorie-main-publicity-portrait-for-the-film-ma-pa-kettle-universal-M6TMTG.jpg)