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{{Short description|American actress (1883–1946)}} |
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| image = Mary Alden 1920.jpg |
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| caption = Alden in ''Milestones'' (1920) |
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| birth_name = Mary Maguire Alden |
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| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. |
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| birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|07|02|1883|06|18}} |
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| death_place = [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. |
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| resting place = [[Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery]] |
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==Biography== |
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==Life== |
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⚫ | Alden was born in New York City on June 18, 1883. She performed on Broadway in ''Personal'' (1907) and ''The Rule of Three'' (1914).<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Alden |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mary-alden-29538 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=November 8, 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]]. |
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⚫ | 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 |
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Alden was interred at the Pierce Brothers [[Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[North Hollywood, California]]. |
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⚫ | 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. |
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⚫ | 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> |
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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> |
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==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
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* ''[[The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film)|The Battle of the Sexes]]'' (1914) as Mrs. Frank Andrews |
* ''[[The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film)|The Battle of the Sexes]]'' (1914) as Mrs. Frank Andrews |
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* ''[[Home, Sweet Home (1914 film)|Home, Sweet Home]]'' (1914) as The Mother |
* ''[[Home, Sweet Home (1914 film)|Home, Sweet Home]]'' (1914) as The Mother |
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* ''[[The Old Fisherman's Story]]'' (1914) as The Gypsy |
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* ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' (1915) as Lydia, Stoneman's Mulatto Housekeeper |
* ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' (1915) as Lydia, Stoneman's Mulatto Housekeeper |
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* ''[[The Slave Girl (film)|The Slave Girl]]'' (1915, Short) as Sally, a Yellow Girl |
* ''[[The Slave Girl (1915 film)|The Slave Girl]]'' (1915, Short) as Sally, a Yellow Girl |
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* ''The Outcast'' (1915) as The Girl's Mother |
* ''The Outcast'' (1915) as The Girl's Mother |
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* ''A Man's Prerogative'' (1915) as Elizabeth Towne |
* ''A Man's Prerogative'' (1915) as Elizabeth Towne |
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* ''Pillars of Society'' (1916) as Lona Tonnesen |
* ''Pillars of Society'' (1916) as Lona Tonnesen |
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* ''The Narrow Path'' (1916) as Shirley Martin |
* ''The Narrow Path'' (1916) as Shirley Martin |
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* ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916) as Uplifter |
* ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916) as Uplifter #1 |
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* ''[[Less Than the Dust]]'' (1916) as Mrs. Bradshaw |
* ''[[Less Than the Dust]]'' (1916) as Mrs. Bradshaw |
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* ''[[The Argyle Case (1917 film)|The Argyle Case]]'' (1917) as Nellie Marsh |
* ''[[The Argyle Case (1917 film)|The Argyle Case]]'' (1917) as Nellie Marsh |
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* ''[[Parted Curtains]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Masters |
* ''[[Parted Curtains]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Masters |
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* ''Miss Nobody'' (1920) as Jason's Wife |
* ''Miss Nobody'' (1920) as Jason's Wife |
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* ''Milestones'' (1920) as Rose Sibley |
* ''[[Milestones (1920 film)|Milestones]]'' (1920) as Rose Sibley |
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* ''[[Honest Hutch]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Hutchins |
* ''[[Honest Hutch]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Hutchins |
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* ''[[Silk Husbands and Calico Wives]]'' (1920) as Edith Beecher Kendall |
* ''[[Silk Husbands and Calico Wives]]'' (1920) as Edith Beecher Kendall |
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* ''Man with Two Mothers'' (1922) as Widow O'Neill |
* ''Man with Two Mothers'' (1922) as Widow O'Neill |
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* ''[[The Hidden Woman]]'' (1922) as Mrs. Randolph |
* ''[[The Hidden Woman]]'' (1922) as Mrs. Randolph |
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* ''A Woman's Woman'' (1922) as Densie Plummer |
* ''[[A Woman's Woman]]'' (1922) as Densie Plummer |
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* ''Notoriety'' (1922) as Ann Boland |
* ''[[Notoriety (1922 film)|Notoriety]]'' (1922) as Ann Boland |
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* ''[[The Bond Boy]]'' (1922) as Mrs. Newboat |
* ''[[The Bond Boy]]'' (1922) as Mrs. Newboat |
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* ''[[Has the World Gone Mad!]]'' (1923) as Mrs. Bell |
* ''[[Has the World Gone Mad!]]'' (1923) as Mrs. Bell |
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* ''[[Painted People]]'' (1924) as Mrs. Bryne |
* ''[[Painted People]]'' (1924) as Mrs. Bryne |
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* ''[[A Fool's Awakening]]'' (1924) as Myra |
* ''[[A Fool's Awakening]]'' (1924) as Myra |
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* ''When a Girl Loves'' (1924) as The Czarina |
* ''[[When a Girl Loves (1924 film)|When a Girl Loves]]'' (1924) as The Czarina |
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* ''Babbitt'' (1924) as Mrs. Myra Babbitt |
* ''[[Babbitt (1924 film)|Babbitt]]'' (1924) as Mrs. Myra Babbitt |
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* ''[[The Beloved Brute]]'' (1924) as Augustina |
* ''[[The Beloved Brute]]'' (1924) as Augustina |
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* ''Siege'' (1925) as Aunt Augusta Ruyland |
* ''[[Siege (1925 film)|Siege]]'' (1925) as Aunt Augusta Ruyland |
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* ''[[Faint Perfume]]'' (1925) as Ma Crumb |
* ''[[Faint Perfume]]'' (1925) as Ma Crumb |
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* ''[[The Happy Warrior (1925 film)|The Happy Warrior]]'' (1925) as Aunt Maggie |
* ''[[The Happy Warrior (1925 film)|The Happy Warrior]]'' (1925) as Aunt Maggie |
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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=10925 Literature on Mary Alden] |
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=10925 Literature on Mary Alden] |
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Latest revision as of 13:36, 20 February 2024
Mary Alden | |
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Born | Mary Maguire Alden June 18, 1883 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | July 2, 1946 | (aged 63)
Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1913–1937 |
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.[1]
Life[edit]
Alden was born in New York City on June 18, 1883. She performed on Broadway in Personal (1907) and The Rule of Three (1914).[2] 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 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 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 (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 & 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.[1] Alden was interred in an unmarked grave under her married name of Deangman in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.[3]
Selected filmography[edit]
- The Battle of the Sexes (1914) as Mrs. Frank Andrews
- Home, Sweet Home (1914) as The Mother
- The Old Fisherman's Story (1914) as The Gypsy
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) as Lydia, Stoneman's Mulatto Housekeeper
- The Slave Girl (1915, Short) as Sally, a Yellow Girl
- 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)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mary Alden, Actress, Dies". Los Angeles Times. July 4, 1946.
- ^ "Mary Alden". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
Further reading[edit]
- "Mary Alden to Give Up Roles on Which Fame Rests". Oakland Tribune. October 9, 1921. p. W-3.
- "News Notes from Movieland". Sandusky Star-Journal. January 2, 1917. p. 4.