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Staph

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1. FYI - she was born Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Aug 15, 2022, 02:34 PM

Aug 2022

older sister of singer/actress Jeanette MacDonald. She later changed her name to Marie Blake and played character parts in MGM films. After her MGM contract ended, she changed her name to Blossom Rock (she had married Clarence Rock in 1926) and ended up freelancing and eventually became Grandmama Addams.

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Blossom Rock had a bit part in "The Best Man" (1964) before she was Grandmama on "Addams Family." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 OP

FYI - she was born Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald, Staph Aug 2022 #1

Actress Blossom Rock was born on August 21, 1895. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #2