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Mary Alden
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Alden in Milestones (1920)
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Mary Maguire Alden
June 18, 1883 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
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| Died | July 2, 1946 (aged 63) |
| Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1913–1937 |
Mary Alden (born June 18, 1883 – died July 2, 1946) was an American actress. She acted in both movies and on stage. Mary Alden was one of the first actresses from Broadway to work in Hollywood.
Life and Career
Mary Alden was born in New York City on June 18, 1883. She started her acting career on Broadway. She appeared in plays like Personal in 1907. She also performed in The Rule of Three in 1914.
Early in her career, Mary Alden worked for film companies. These included the Biograph Company and Pathé Exchange. She became very famous for her role in the movie The Birth of a Nation. This film was directed by D. W. Griffith in 1915. In the movie, Alden played a character who was in love with a politician.
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The next year, she worked with D.W. Griffith again. She appeared in his film Intolerance in 1916. Other stars in this movie included Mae Marsh and Miriam Cooper. After making Less Than The Dust with Mary Pickford in 1917, she took a break from movies. She went back to acting on stage for a while.
Critics praised Alden's acting in several films. They liked her role as Mrs. Anthon in The Old Nest (1921). They also admired her portrayal of an old lady in The Man With Two Mothers (1922). This movie was produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
Mary Alden was a very busy movie actress. She acted throughout the 1920s and into the early 1930s. Some of her films from this time include The Plastic Age (1925) and The Joy Girl (1927). She also appeared in Ladies of the Mob (1928) and Port of Dreams (1929). Her last movies were Hell's House, Rasputin and the Empress, and Strange Interlude. All of these were released in 1932.
Mary Alden passed away on July 2, 1946, at age 63. She died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital. This hospital is in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She had lived there for the last four years of her life. Mary Alden was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California. Her grave is unmarked.
Selected Filmography
- The Battle of the Sexes (1914) as Mrs. Frank Andrews
- Home, Sweet Home (1914) as The Mother
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) as Lydia, Stoneman's Housekeeper
- The Slave Girl (1915, Short) as Sally
- The Outcast (1915) as The Girl's Mother
- A Man's Prerogative (1915) as Elizabeth Towne
- Ghosts (1915) as Helen Arling
- The Lily and the Rose (1915) as Mrs. Fairfax
- Acquitted (1916) as Mrs. Carter
- The Good Bad-Man (1916) as Jane Stuart
- Macbeth (1916) as Lady Macduff
- An Innocent Magdalene (1916) as The Woman
- Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916) as Doris Valentine
- Pillars of Society (1916) as Lona Tonnesen
- The Narrow Path (1916) as Shirley Martin
- Intolerance (1916) as Uplifter #1
- Less Than the Dust (1916) as Mrs. Bradshaw
- The Argyle Case (1917) as Nellie Marsh
- The Land of Promise (1917) as Gertie Marsh
- The Naulahka (1918) as Prince's Mother
- The Narrow Path (1918) as Margaret Dunn
- Common Clay (1919) as Mrs. Neal
- The Unpardonable Sin (1919) as Mrs. Parcot
- The Mother and the Law (1919) as An Uplifter
- The Broken Butterfly (1919) as Zabie Elliot
- Erstwhile Susan (1919) as Erstwhile Susan
- The Inferior Sex (1920) as Clarissa Mott-Smith
- Parted Curtains (1920) as Mrs. Masters
- Miss Nobody (1920) as Jason's Wife
- Milestones (1920) as Rose Sibley
- Honest Hutch (1920) as Mrs. Hutchins
- Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920) as Edith Beecher Kendall
- Trust Your Wife (1921)
- The Witching Hour (1921) as Helen Whipple
- Snowblind (1921) as Bella
- The Old Nest (1921) as Mrs. Anthon
- Man with Two Mothers (1922) as Widow O'Neill
- The Hidden Woman (1922) as Mrs. Randolph
- A Woman's Woman (1922) as Densie Plummer
- Notoriety (1922) as Ann Boland
- The Bond Boy (1922) as Mrs. Newboat
- Has the World Gone Mad! (1923) as Mrs. Bell
- The Tents of Allah (1923) as Oulaid
- The Empty Cradle (1923) as Alice Larkin
- The Steadfast Heart (1923) as Mrs. Burke
- The Eagle's Feather (1923) as Delia Jamiesoon
- Pleasure Mad (1923) as Marjorie Benton
- Painted People (1924) as Mrs. Bryne
- A Fool's Awakening (1924) as Myra
- When a Girl Loves (1924) as The Czarina
- Babbitt (1924) as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
- The Beloved Brute (1924) as Augustina
- Siege (1925) as Aunt Augusta Ruyland
- Faint Perfume (1925) as Ma Crumb
- The Happy Warrior (1925) as Aunt Maggie
- Under the Rouge (1925) as Martha Maynard
- The Unwritten Law (1925) as Miss Grant
- Soiled (1925) as Mrs. Brown
- The Plastic Age (1925) as Mrs. Carver
- The Earth Woman (1926) as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
- Brown of Harvard (1926) as Mrs. Brown
- Lovey Mary (1926) as Mrs. Wiggs
- April Fool (1926) as Amelia Rosen
- The Potters (1927) as Ma Potter
- The Joy Girl (1927) as Mrs. Courage
- Twin Flappers (1927)
- Fools for Luck (1928) as Mrs. Hunter
- Ladies of the Mob (1928) as Soft Annie
- The Cossacks (1928) as Lukashka's Mother
- The Sawdust Paradise (1928) as Mother
- Someone to Love (1928) as Harriet Newton
- Girl Overboard (1929)
- Bad Sister (1931) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Politics (1931) as Mrs. Mary Evans
- Hell's House (1932) as Lucy Mason (uncredited)
- When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932) as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- Strange Interlude (1932) as Mary, the Leeds' maid
- Rasputin and the Empress (1932) as Natasha's Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
- One More Spring (1935) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Great Hotel Murder (1935) as Mrs. Harvey (uncredited)
- Gentle Julia (1936) as Aunt (uncredited)
- Legion of Terror (1936) as Accident Onlooker (uncredited)
- Career Woman (1936) as Townswoman (uncredited)
- That I May Live (1937) as Woman in Auto Camp (uncredited) (final film role)
Images for kids
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Mary Alden movie card
See also
In Spanish: Mary Alden para niños
