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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)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|6|18}}
| birth_name = Mary Maguire Alden
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_datebirth_date = {{deathBirth date and age|1946|7|2|1883|606|18}}
| death_placebirth_place = [[WoodlandNew Hills,York Los Angeles]]City, [[CaliforniaNew York]], 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
▲| yearsactiveyears_active = 1913–1937
| spouse =
| parents =
| relatives =
| children =
}}
 
'''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==
Alden was born in [[New York City]] on June 18, 1883. She beganperformed heron careerBroadway onin the''Personal'' [[Broadway(1907) and ''The Rule of Three'' (1914).<ref>{{cite web theatre|Broadway]]title=Mary stage,Alden and|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mary-alden-29538 spent|website=Internet fiveBroadway yearsDatabase on|publisher=The Broadway beforeLeague moving|accessdate=November to8, Hollywood2020 where|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108030137/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mary-alden-29538 she|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 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 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 old.<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. She was 63 years old.<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 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 Battle of the Sexes (1914 film)|The Battle of the Sexes]]'' (1914) -as Mrs. Frank Andrews
* ''[[Home, Sweet Home (1914 film)|Home, Sweet Home]]'' (1914) -as The Mother
* ''[[The BirthOld ofFisherman's a NationStory]]'' (19151914) -as Lydia - Stoneman's MulattoThe HousekeeperGypsy
* ''[[The SlaveBirth Girlof (film)|The Slavea GirlNation]]'' (1915, Short) -as SallyLydia, - aStoneman's YellowMulatto GirlHousekeeper
* ''[[The OutcastSlave Girl (1915 film)|The Slave Girl]]'' (1915, Short) -as TheSally, Girl'sa MotherYellow Girl
* ''AThe Man's PrerogativeOutcast'' (1915) -as ElizabethThe Girl's TowneMother
* ''[[GhostsA (1915Man's film)|Ghosts]]Prerogative'' (1915) -as HelenElizabeth ArlingTowne
* ''[[TheGhosts Lily(1915 and the Rosefilm)|Ghosts]]'' (1915) -as Mrs.Helen FairfaxArling
* ''[[AcquittedThe (1916Lily film)|Acquittedand the Rose]]'' (19161915) -as Mrs. CarterFairfax
* ''[[TheAcquitted Good(1916 Bad Manfilm)|Acquitted]]'' (1916) -as JaneMrs. StuartCarter
* ''[[MacbethThe (1916Good film)|MacbethBad-Man]]'' (1916) -as LadyJane MacduffStuart
* ''[[AnMacbeth Innocent(1916 Magdalenefilm)|Macbeth]]'' (1916) -as TheLady WomanMacduff
* ''[[Hell-to-PayAn Innocent AustinMagdalene]]'' (1916) -as DorisThe ValentineWoman
* ''Pillars[[Hell-to-Pay of SocietyAustin]]'' (1916) -as LonaDoris TonnesenValentine
* ''ThePillars Narrowof PathSociety'' (1916) -as ShirleyLona MartinTonnesen
* ''[[IntoleranceThe (film)|Intolerance]]Narrow Path'' (1916) -as Shirley UplifterMartin
* ''[[LessIntolerance Than the Dust(film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916) -as Mrs.Uplifter Bradshaw#1
* ''[[TheLess Argyle Case (1917 film)|TheThan Argylethe CaseDust]]'' (19171916) -as NellieMrs. MarshBradshaw
* ''[[The LandArgyle Case (1917 film)|The ofArgyle PromiseCase]]'' (1917) -as GertieNellie Marsh
* ''[[The NaulahkaLand of Promise]]'' (19181917) -as Prince'sGertie MotherMarsh
* ''[[The Narrow PathNaulahka (1918 film)|The Narrow PathNaulahka]]'' (1918) -as MargaretPrince's DunnMother
* ''[[CommonThe ClayNarrow Path (19191918 film)|CommonThe Narrow ClayPath]]'' (19191918) -as Mrs.Margaret NealDunn
* ''[[TheCommon Unpardonable SinClay (1919 film)|The UnpardonableCommon SinClay]]'' (1919) -as Mrs. ParcotNeal
* ''[[The MotherUnpardonable andSin (1919 film)|The theUnpardonable LawSin]]'' (1919) -as AnMrs. UplifterParcot
* ''[[The BrokenMother and the Butterfly]]Law'' (1919) -as ZabieAn ElliotUplifter
* ''[[ErstwhileThe Broken SusanButterfly]]'' (1919) -as ErstwhileZabie SusanElliot
* ''[[The InferiorErstwhile SexSusan]]'' (19201919) -as ClarissaErstwhile Mott-SmithSusan
* ''[[PartedThe CurtainsInferior Sex]]'' (1920) -as Mrs.Clarissa MastersMott-Smith
* ''Miss[[Parted NobodyCurtains]]'' (1920) -as Jason'sMrs. WifeMasters
* ''MilestonesMiss Nobody'' (1920) -as RoseJason's SibleyWife
* ''[[HonestMilestones Hutch(1920 film)|Milestones]]'' (1920) -as Mrs.Rose HutchinsSibley
* ''[[SilkHonest Husbands and Calico WivesHutch]]'' (1920) - Edithas BeecherMrs. KendallHutchins
* ''[[Silk Husbands and Calico Wives]]'' (1920) as Edith Beecher Kendall
*''Trust Your Wife'' (1921)
* ''Trust Your Wife'' (1921)
* ''[[The Witching Hour (1921 film)|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 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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