Who Is Marjorie?

Marjorie Mystery ... Solved?

2008-05-28T13:17:00.000-04:00

So according to NBC's Season 4 Premiere Live Chat, Greg Daniels has in fact addressed Marjorie's presence:

Who is that lady in the background sometimes?
Her name is Luanne, she is a background player. I go back and forth about her. Sometimes I think that it was more realistic to have some people you didn't know about in the office, but as the seasons progressed and we learned so much about everyone, it got increasingly weird to see this nice woman wandering through scenes.

Dave: What's the explanation then for her disappearing?

Greg: What?

Dave: I mean, in the continuity of the show...

Greg: Oh, look, another question just came in.

This only adds fuel to the ever burning fire that flames the Marjorie conspiracy. At least we can rule out the theory that she's a ghost on the Office set. For now.

Thanks to AgusLucas for pointing this out to us.

Dwight's Speech

2008-05-28T10:22:00.003-04:00

Maybe she's the one who suggested that Jim should run away to Australia.

The Secret

2008-05-13T22:55:00.003-04:00

New Marjorie Spotting!

Let it never be said that we are not true Office fans, for we even watch the reruns on TBS, (Season 2 is the best season) and I noticed Marjorie lingering and eavesdropping when Jim's confessing his crush to Pam.

BOO YAH! Marjorie, we understand why you've been M.I.A. season four, it's disappointed us too. Come back for season five!

Hot Girl (Not Katy)

2007-11-16T12:28:00.000-05:00

Look beyond the blinds to catch a glimpse of the mysterious maiden in this one. Maybe she works as Katy's partner in the purse selling business.

So the lady beihind the blinds was the one that we initially caught, but vailfiregirl and her awesome Office screencaps from Such-A-Dork pointed out some more blatant screen shots of mysterious ladies: a possible Marjorie and a lady from the pilot.

Maybe they bought purses from Katy.

A Sea Swimming with Non-Marjories

2007-11-13T21:11:00.000-05:00

Perhaps there was some excessive downsizing that occurred behind the cameras.

Why is Marjorie?

2007-11-12T19:49:00.000-05:00

Welcome to a safe haven for those afflicted with Who-The-Heck-Is-That-Spooky-Old-Gray-Haired-Lady-On-The-Office syndrome. We Office fans are plagued with the following: who Marjorie is, where she can be found, how she got on the office, why she's there, what her job is in the office, and when we'll see her again in season four.

Who is this lady? Why does she haunt Scranton's Dunder Mifflin offices, as well as us Office-holics? Will the beloved Office writers ever reveal the shrouded mystery of her presence? Check out the episodes in which we've caught her, along with some other nameless, speechless Office folks looming in the backgrounds, and oftentimes in the foregrounds of our favorite show, The Office.

If you find any Marjorie sightings we've neglected, let us know at whoismarjorie [at] yahoo [dot] com
Thanks!

The Fight

2007-11-12T19:29:00.001-05:00

Even though Marjorie didn't bother going to the dojo for the epic fight, she left at the end of the day feeling totally amused by the tomfoolery and horseplay between Michael and Dwight.

Marjorie hopes that Pam appreciates Jim's French Onion Chips. Those silly kids need to get it together.

Kelly is not amused by Marjorie's perm.

The Merger

2007-11-12T19:01:00.000-05:00

Look closer:

Marjorie's dopple ganger from Stamford, Manjorie.

Michael doesn't even let him sit on the table.

Grief Counseling

2007-11-12T19:00:00.000-05:00

Right before Michael tries to comfort a "grieving" Kelly, we catch a glimpse of a non-plussed Marjorie, totally void of any mourning. Marjorie didn't even care enough to attend the bird funeral.

A Benihana Christmas

2007-11-12T18:57:00.000-05:00

Marjorie's just chilling in the back, completely oblivious to any sort of holiday shenanigans and committee politics.

Did Marjorie get a Dunder Mifflin robe, too?

Apparently, Angela didn't want Marjorie in the Party Planning Committee. Marjorie must have declined to join the Committee To Plan Parties, also. She hates holidays. And committees.

The Coup

2007-11-12T18:56:00.000-05:00

This is from one of The Coup's deleted scenes, when Dwight is sent to go look for Angela in the break room. Look at how Marjorie doesn't even participate in Movie Mondays. She must be working pretty hard. What does she even do for Dunder Mifflin that requires such diligence?

Drug Testing

2007-11-12T18:49:00.001-05:00

Drug Testing has some pretty clear shots of Marjorie, working at her desk behind the urine testing lady. Perhaps she is not as concerned with the substantive content of her urine as others in the office.

Maybe Marjorie was the chick with the lip ring that gave Michael the "clove cigarette"

Marjorie is a hopeless romantic at heart. She drank all the cokes so that Jim and Pam could have their silent saccharine tango of flirtation.

She didn't realize that meant having to listen to Kelly yammer all day long. Marjorie sympathizes with Toby, in that regard.

Office Olympics

2007-11-12T18:06:00.000-05:00

This is the Marjorie gold mine. She may not have been seen as an Office Olympian participant, but she's totally spotted cheering people on, holding a blue yogurt lid medal, and at the closing ceremonies.

We catch a glimpse of her coming back from the elevator event here:

Marjorie must have won an unseen Office Olympic event 'cause she's totally holding a medal here, as she watches Toby and Oscar race around with coffee mugs. She stands next to the soon to be fired Devon.

So once Michael and Dwight come back, everyone disperses and goes back to their desks:
Look closer:Seriously, why is she so creepifying?

It's okay, she slinks on back for the closing ceremonies.

Marjorie's Not Here (The Fire)

2007-11-12T15:31:00.000-05:00

The reason we've been able to name the mysterious gray haired lady is due to one of the only on screen, dialogued mentions of her presence by Dwight K. Schrute.

In the episode The Fire, Dwight says about Ryan, regarding the workers counting off during the fire drill:

"He can have #14, Marjorie's not here today."

And after close repeated scrutiny of this episode, we've decided that she's nowhere to be seen standing around outside. So unless Marjorie actually tampered with the toaster oven, and was the true originator of the fire, and hid from the authorities and her fellow workers ... she was indeed absent on that particular day.

Where's Marjorie? (Season One)

2007-11-12T15:04:00.001-05:00

Okay, it's probably fair to recognize that The Office didn't quite settle into the permanent background cast until the second season. We disregarded all the tertiary characters in the pilot episode altogether. However, there are some interesting appearances in some other episodes during the first season.

It's kinda like playing Where's Waldo. Come join in on the fun.

The Alliance

We're not even sure that this lady is Marjorie, but she is equally peculiar and her presence is the only Office worker unaccounted for in this episode. We like to call this woman Marjorie's sister, Gingerie.

Who Is Marjorie?

2007-11-09T22:24:00.000-05:00

The most recent excuse to rewatch old Office episodes is to document the baffling appearances by our resident Office ghost, Marjorie.

Who is Marjorie? We're glad you asked. She's the phantom worker who seems to appear sporadically in the background of multiple episodes across multiple seasons of our favorite show. Does she work with corporate? Is she HR? Did she sleep with Todd Packer? Is she Michael's mother, watching over his antics? Is she the third Osbourne sibling? Is she Phyllis' one night stand? Is she a mole for the camera crew? Is she a German woman also known as Urkel Grue?

She's been seen most often sitting in the back of the office, near Toby. Perhaps she likes to play Dunderball with him. Gossip with Kelly. Eavesdrop on breakroom conversations. Someday we may have an answer to her inexplicable presence.

In addition to our silver haired spinster, we noticed a few other unknown Office workers with somewhat less flimsy explanations for their presences. There are a few in Season One, including one redhead that may or may not be Marjorie's twin, Gingerie. There's also a potential transfer from Stamford in The Merger, whom we have deemed Manjorie.

We encourage you to email/comment us with any Marjorie or other anonymous worker appearances that we may have missed.