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{{Short description|American actress (1883–1946)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mary Alden
| image = Mary Alden 1920.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Alden in ''Milestones'' (1920)
| caption = Alden in ''Milestones'' (1920)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|6|18}}
| birth_name = Mary Maguire Alden
| birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S.
| death_datebirth_date = {{deathBirth date and age|1946|7|2|1883|606|18}}
| death_placebirth_place = [[WoodlandNew Hills,York Los AngelesCity, California|Woodland Hills,New CaliforniaYork]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|07|02|1883|06|18}}
| occupation = Actress
| death_place = [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| yearsactive = 1913–1937
| resting place = [[Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1913–1937
| spouse =
| parents =
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'''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 [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]].<ref name=obit />
 
==BiographyLife==
SheAlden was born in [[New York City]] on June 18, 1883. AldenShe beganperformed heron careerBroadway onin the''Personal'' [[Broadway(1907) theatre|Broadway]]and stage''The Rule of Three'' (1914).<ref>{{cite Sheweb spent|title=Mary fiveAlden years|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mary-alden-29538 on|website=Internet Broadway beforeDatabase moving|publisher=The toBroadway HollywoodLeague where|accessdate=November she8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108030137/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mary-alden-29538 |archive-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> She worked for the [[Biograph Company]] and [[Pathé Exchange]] in the first portion of her career. Her most popular role in movies came in ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' directed by [[D.W. Griffith]] in 1915. Alden played the role of a [[mulatto]] woman in love with a northern politician. The following year she was in Griffith's ''[[Intolerance (film)|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]].
 
[[File:Mary Alden movie card.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Movie card distributed in 1922 to promote Goldwyn Pictures]]
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 (film)|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 (1932 film)|Strange Interlude]]'', each from 1932.
 
Alden was a prolific motion picture actress throughout the 1920s and into the early 1930s. A sampling of movies in which she had roles are ''[[The Plastic Age (film)|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 (1932 film)|Strange Interlude]]'', each from 1932.
Alden died at the [[Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital]] 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.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Mary Alden, Actress, Dies |url= |quote= |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 4, 1946}}</ref>
 
Alden was interred at the Pierce Brothers [[Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[North Hollywood, California]].
Alden died at the [[Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California]] in 1946, aged 63 years. This had been her residence for the last four years of her life.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Mary Alden, Actress, Dies |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 4, 1946}}</ref>
Alden was interred in an unmarked grave under her married name of Deangman in [[Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[North Hollywood, California]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=Mary+Alden |access-date=January 22, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Selected filmography==
 
[[File:Mary Alden movie card.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
[[File:Mary Alden (Mar 1923).png|thumb|200px|right|Alden in ''[[Picture-Play Magazine]]'' (1923)]]
 
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* ''[[The BirthBattle of athe NationSexes (1914 film)|The Battle of the Sexes]]'' (19151914) as Mrs. Frank Andrews
* ''[[TheHome, SlaveSweet GirlHome (1914 film)|TheHome, SlaveSweet GirlHome]]'' (19151914) as The Mother
* ''[[GhostsThe (1915Old film)|GhostsFisherman's Story]]'' (19151914) as The Gypsy
* ''[[The LilyBirth andof thea RoseNation]]'' (1915) as Lydia, Stoneman's Mulatto Housekeeper
* ''[[IntoleranceThe Slave Girl (1915 film)|IntoleranceThe Slave Girl]]'' (19161915, Short) as Sally, a Yellow Girl
* ''The Outcast'' (1915) as The Girl's Mother
*''[[Acquitted (1916 film)|Acquitted]]'' (1916)
* ''A Man's Prerogative'' (1915) as Elizabeth Towne
*''[[The Good Bad Man]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Argyle CaseGhosts (19171915 film)|The Argyle CaseGhosts]]'' (19171915) as Helen Arling
* ''[[The LandLily ofand Promisethe Rose]]'' (19171915) as Mrs. Fairfax
* ''[[Common ClayAcquitted (19191916 film)|Common ClayAcquitted]]'' (19191916) as Mrs. Carter
* ''[[The Good Bad-Man]]'' (1916) as Jane Stuart
*''[[The Unpardonable Sin (1919 film)|The Unpardonable Sin]]'' (1919)
* ''[[ErstwhileMacbeth Susan(1916 film)|Macbeth]]'' (19191916) as Lady Macduff
* ''[[SilkAn HusbandsInnocent and Calico WivesMagdalene]]'' (19201916) as The Woman
* ''[[TheHell-to-Pay Hidden WomanAustin]]'' (19221916) as Doris Valentine
* ''Pillars of Society'' (1916) as Lona Tonnesen
*''[[The Bond Boy]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The SteadfastNarrow Heart]]Path'' (19231916) as Shirley Martin
* ''[[PleasureIntolerance Mad(film)|Intolerance]]'' (19231916) as Uplifter #1
* ''[[TheLess Eagle'sThan Featherthe Dust]]'' (19231916) as Mrs. Bradshaw
* ''[[The HappyArgyle WarriorCase (19251917 film)|The HappyArgyle WarriorCase]]'' (19251917) as Nellie Marsh
* ''[[The UnwrittenLand Lawof (1925 film)|The Unwritten LawPromise]]'' (19251917) as Gertie Marsh
* ''[[The Plastic AgeNaulahka (film)|The Plastic AgeNaulahka]]'' (19251918) as Prince's Mother
* ''[[BrownThe ofNarrow HarvardPath (19261918 film)|BrownThe ofNarrow HarvardPath]]'' (19261918) as Margaret Dunn
* ''[[Common Clay (1919 film)|Common Clay]]'' (1919) as Mrs. Neal
*''[[Lovey Mary]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Unpardonable Sin (1919 film)|The Unpardonable Sin]]'' (1919) as Mrs. Parcot
*''[[The Earth Woman]]'' (1926)
* ''The Mother and the Law'' (1919) as An Uplifter
*''[[April Fool (1926 film)|April Fool]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The PottersBroken (film)|The PottersButterfly]]'' (19271919) as Zabie Elliot
* ''[[TheErstwhile Joy GirlSusan]]'' (19271919) as Erstwhile Susan
* ''[[LadiesThe ofInferior the MobSex]]'' (19281920) as Clarissa Mott-Smith
* ''[[Parted Curtains]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Masters
*''[[The Cossacks (1928 film)|The Cossacks]]'' (1928)
* ''Miss Nobody'' (1920) as Jason's Wife
*''[[The Sawdust Paradise]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Someone to LoveMilestones (19281920 film)|Someone to LoveMilestones]]'' (19281920) as Rose Sibley
* ''[[Honest Hutch]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Hutchins
*''[[Girl Overboard (1929 film)|Girl Overboard]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Silk Husbands and Calico Wives]]'' (1920) as Edith Beecher Kendall
*''[[Politics (1931 film)|Politics]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Rasputin andTrust theYour Empress]]Wife'' (19321921)
* ''[[StrangeThe InterludeWitching Hour (1921 film)|StrangeThe InterludeWitching Hour]]'' (19321921) as Mary, the Leeds'Helen maidWhipple
* ''Snowblind'' (1921) as Bella
*''[[The Great Hotel Murder]]'' (1935) (uncredited)
* ''[[GentleThe JuliaOld (1936 film)|Gentle JuliaNest]]'' (19361921) 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 film)|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 (film)|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 film)|When a Girl Loves]]'' (1924) as The Czarina
* ''[[Babbitt (1924 film)|Babbitt]]'' (1924) as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
* ''[[The Beloved Brute]]'' (1924) as Augustina
* ''[[Siege (1925 film)|Siege]]'' (1925) as Aunt Augusta Ruyland
* ''[[Faint Perfume]]'' (1925) as Ma Crumb
* ''[[The Happy Warrior (1925 film)|The Happy Warrior]]'' (1925) as Aunt Maggie
* ''[[Under the Rouge]]'' (1925) as Martha Maynard
* ''[[The Unwritten Law (1925 film)|The Unwritten Law]]'' (1925) as Miss Grant
* ''[[Soiled (film)|Soiled]]'' (1925) as Mrs. Brown
* ''[[The Plastic Age (film)|The Plastic Age]]'' (1925) as Mrs. Carver
* ''[[The Earth Woman]]'' (1926) as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
* ''[[Brown of Harvard (1926 film)|Brown of Harvard]]'' (1926) as Mrs. Brown
* ''[[Lovey Mary]]'' (1926) as Mrs. Wiggs
* ''[[April Fool (1926 film)|April Fool]]'' (1926) as Amelia Rosen
* ''[[The Potters (film)|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 film)|The Cossacks]]'' (1928) as Lukashka's Mother
* ''[[The Sawdust Paradise]]'' (1928) as Mother
* ''[[Someone to Love (1928 film)|Someone to Love]]'' (1928) as Harriet Newton
* ''[[Girl Overboard (1929 film)|Girl Overboard]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Bad Sister (1931 film)|Bad Sister]]'' (1931) as Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Politics (1931 film)|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 (film)|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 film)|Gentle Julia]]'' (1936) as Aunt (uncredited)
* ''[[Legion of Terror]]'' (1936) as Accident Onlooker (uncredited)
* ''[[Career Woman (film)|Career Woman]]'' (1936) as Townswoman (uncredited)
* ''[[That I May Live]]'' (1937) as Woman in Auto Camp (uncredited) (final film role)
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''{{cite news|newspaper=[[Oakland, California Tribune'', "]]|title=Mary Alden Toto Give Up Roles Onon Which Fame Rests", Sunday Morning, |date=October 9, 1921, Page |page=W-3.}}
* ''{{cite news|newspaper=[[Sandusky, OhioRegister|Sandusky Star -Journal'', "]]|title=News Notes Fromfrom Movieland", |date=January 2, 1917, Page |page=4.}}
 
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