Mary Alden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1883
- Died
- July 2, 1946
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Maguire Alden (June 18, 1883 – July 2, 1946) was an American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses to work in Hollywood. Born in New York City, Alden began her career on the Broadway stage. She spent five years on Broadway before moving to Hollywood where she worked for the Biograph Company and Pathé Exchange in the first portion of her career. Her most popular role in movies came in Birth of a Nation directed by D.W. Griffith in 1915. Alden played the role of a mulatto girl in love with a northern politician. The following year she was in Griffith's Intolerance with Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, and Vera Lewis. After making Less Than The Dust with Mary Pickford in 1917, she took a temporary leave from motion pictures, acting for a while on the stage. Critics acclaimed Alden's portrayal of the mother, Mrs. Anthon, in The Old Nest (1921) and her characterization of an old lady in The Man With Two Mothers (1922). The latter feature was produced by Sam Goldwyn. Alden was prolific as a motion picture actress throughout the 1920s and into the early 1930s. A sampling of movies in which she had roles are The Plastic Age (1925), The Joy Girl (1927), Ladies of the Mob (1928), and Port of Dreams (1929). The final films she received screen credit for are Hell's House, Rasputin and the Empress, and Strange Interlude, each from 1932. Alden died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California in 1946. This had been her residence for the last four years of her life. She was 63 years of age.
Filmography
I Am Not a Racist 2019
as The Housekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
One More Spring 1935
Actor
Strange Interlude 1932
as Mary, Leeds' Maid
Hell's House 1932
as Lucy Mason
The Bad Sister 1931
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Politics 1931
as Mary Evans
Girl Overboard 1929
Actor
Someone to Love 1928
as Harriet Newton
Ladies of the Mob 1928
as Soft Annie
The Sawdust Paradise 1928
as Mother
The Cossacks 1928
as Lukashka's mother
Fools for Luck 1928
as Mrs. Hunter
- Twin Flappers
Twin Flappers 1927
Actor
The Joy Girl 1927
as Mrs. Courage
The Potters 1927
as Ma Potter
April Fool 1926
as Amelia Rosen
Lovey Mary 1926
as Mrs. Wiggs
Brown of Harvard 1926
as Mrs. Brown
The Earth Woman 1926
as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
The Plastic Age 1925
as Mrs. Carver
Soiled 1925
as Mrs. Brown
Under the Rouge 1925
as Martha Maynard
Siege 1925
Actor
- The Unwritten Law
The Unwritten Law 1925
as Miss Grant
The Happy Warrior 1925
as Aunt Maggie
Faint Perfume 1925
as Ma Crumb
The Beloved Brute 1924
as Augustina
Babbitt 1924
as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
When a Girl Loves 1924
as The Czarina
Painted People 1924
as Mrs. Bryne
Pleasure Mad 1923
as Marjorie Benton
The Eagle's Feather 1923
as Delia Jamieson
- The Steadfast Heart
The Steadfast Heart 1923
as Mrs. Burke
The Bond Boy 1923
as Mrs. Newboat
The Empty Cradle 1923
as Alice Larkin
Has the World Gone Mad! 1923
as Mrs. Bell
Notoriety 1922
as Ann Boland
A Woman's Woman 1922
as Densie Plummer
The Hidden Woman 1922
as Mrs. Randolph
Man With Two Mothers 1922
Actor
The Old Nest 1921
as Mrs. Anthon
The Witching Hour 1921
as Helen Whipple
Snowblind 1921
as Bella
Honest Hutch 1920
as Mrs. Hutchins
Milestones 1920
as Rose Sibley
Miss Nobody 1920
as Jason's Wife
Parted Curtains 1920
as Mrs. Masters
The Inferior Sex 1920
as Clarissa Mott-Smith
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives 1920
as Edith Beecher Kendall
Erstwhile Susan 1919
as Erstwhile Susan
The Broken Butterfly 1919
as Zabie Elliot
The Unpardonable Sin 1919
as Mrs. Parcot
The Narrow Path 1918
as Margaret Dunn
The Naulahka 1918
as Prince's Mother
The Land of Promise 1917
as Gertie Marsh
The Argyle Case 1917
as Nellie Marsh
Less Than the Dust 1916
as Mrs. Bradshaw
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
as Uplifter
The Narrow Path 1916
as Shirley Martin
Pillars of Society 1916
as Lona Tonnesen
- Hell-to-Pay Austin
Hell-to-Pay Austin 1916
as Doris Valentine
An Innocent Magdalene 1916
as The Woman
Macbeth 1916
as Lady Macduff
The Good Bad-Man 1916
as Jane Stuart
- Acquitted
Acquitted 1916
as Mrs. Carter
- Her Mother's Daughter
Her Mother's Daughter 1915
as Marie's Mother
The Lily and the Rose 1915
as Mrs. Fairfax
Ghosts 1915
as Helen Alving
Man's Prerogative 1915
as Elizabeth Towne
- The Lucky Transfer
The Lucky Transfer 1915
as Helen Holland
The Birth of a Nation 1915
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
- Another Chance
Another Chance 1914
as Mrs. Mason
The Little Country Mouse 1914
as Dorothy's Cousin
- The Second Mrs. Roebuck
The Second Mrs. Roebuck 1914
as Katherine Roebuck
- Lord Chumley
Lord Chumley 1914
as Jessie - Butterworth's Sweetheart
Home, Sweet Home 1914
as The Mother
- The Quicksands
The Quicksands 1914
Actor
- Cigar Butts
Cigar Butts 1914
Actor
The Battle of the Sexes 1914
as Mrs. Frank Andrews
- A Brass Button
A Brass Button 1911
as Mrs. Lowden
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