Marian Driscoll Jordan
| Marian Driscoll Jordan | |
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Jordan with her husband Jim Jordan in the roles of Fibber McGee and Molly McGee, 1937.
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| Born |
Marian Irene Driscoll April 15, 1898 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 1961 (aged 62) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Resting place |
Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City, California |
| Occupation | Actress, radio personality |
| Years active | 1924–1961 |
| Notable work | Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Spouse(s) | Jim Jordan (m. 1918; her death 1961) |
| Children | Kathryn Therese Jordan (1920–2007) James Carroll "Jim" Jordan (1923–1998) |
Marian Irene Driscoll Jordan (April 15, 1898 – April 7, 1961) was an American actress and radio personality. She was most remembered for portraying the role of Molly McGee, the patient, common sense, honey-natured wife of Fibber McGee on the NBC radio series Fibber McGee and Molly from 1935–1959. She starred on this series opposite her real-life husband Jim Jordan.
Jordan was born Marian Irene Driscoll on April 15, 1898 in Peoria, Illinois. She was the twelfth of thirteen children born unto parents Daniel P. Driscoll, (January 10, 1858 – March 25, 1916) and Anna Driscoll (née Carroll), (February 28, 1858 – April 28, 1928). Driscoll's paternal great-grandfather, Michael Driscoll, Sr. (1793–1849), immigrated with his wife and children from his hometown of Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland in 1836 to the Boston area and then to Bureau County, Illinois in 1848.
As a teenager and young adult, Driscoll gave music lessons and sang in choir at the church of which she attended. While at choir practice one day, she met a member of the choir named James Edward "Jim" Jordan. The two wed on August 31, 1918. They had two children together; a son and a daughter. The two would endure a long career in showbiz together.
The two earned very little income. Marian settled on becoming a piano teacher and Jim became a mailman. Jim enlisted in the military and was eventually drafted and stationed in France in 1918 during the first world war. Jim contracted a case of influenza during the 1918 flu pandemic but survived. After the war ended, Jim stayed in Europe to do Vaudeville performances for wounded soldiers.
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