Mary Alden
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: June 18, 1883
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as the housekeeper
as Mary, Leeds' Maid
as Lucy Mason
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Mary Evans
as Harriet Newton
as Soft Annie
as Mother
as Lukashka's mother
as Mrs. Hunter
as Mrs. Courage
as Ma Potter
as Amelia Rosen
as Mrs. Brown
as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
as Mrs. Carver
as Martha Maynard
as Aunt Maggie
as Ma Crumb
as Augustina
as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
as The Czarina
as Mrs. Bryne
as Marjorie Benton
as Mrs. Newboat
as Alice Larkin
as Densie Plummer
as Mrs. Randolph
as Mrs. Anthon
as Helen Whipple
as Bella
as Mrs. Hutchins
as Rose Sibley
as Jason's Wife
as Mrs. Masters
as Edith Beecher Kendall
as Erstwhile Susan
as Zabie Elliot
as Mrs. Parcot
as Margaret Dunn
as Prince's Mother
as Gertie Marsh
as Mrs. Bradshaw
as Shirley Martin
as Lona Tonnesen
as The Woman
as Lady Macduff
as Jane Stuart
as Mrs. Carter
as Mrs. Fairfax
as Helen Alving
as Elizabeth Towne
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
as Dorothy's Cousin
as The Mother
as Mrs. Frank Andrews