Mary Alden
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1932 · Strange Interlude as Mary, Leeds' Maid
- 1932 · Hell's House as Lucy Mason
- 1931 · The Bad Sister as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1931 · Politics as Mary Evans
- 1928 · The Sawdust Paradise as Mother
- 1928 · The Cossacks as Lukashka's mother
- 1928 · Fools for Luck as Mrs. Hunter
- 1927 · The Potters as Ma Potter
- 1926 · Brown of Harvard as Mrs. Brown
- 1925 · The Plastic Age as Mrs. Carver
- 1925 · The Happy Warrior as Aunt Maggie
- 1924 · The Beloved Brute as Augustina
- 1923 · Pleasure Mad as Marjorie Benton
- 1922 · A Woman's Woman as Densie Plummer
- 1921 · The Witching Hour as Helen Whipple
- 1920 · Honest Hutch as Mrs. Hutchins
- 1919 · Erstwhile Susan as Erstwhile Susan
- 1919 · The Broken Butterfly as Zabie Elliot
- 1919 · The Unpardonable Sin as Mrs. Parcot
- 1918 · The Narrow Path as Margaret Dunn
- 1918 · The Naulahka as Prince's Mother
- 1917 · The Land of Promise as Gertie Marsh
- 1916 · Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Uplifter
- 1916 · The Narrow Path as Shirley Martin
- 1916 · Pillars of Society as Lona Tonnesen
- 1916 · The Good Bad Man as Jane Stuart
- 1916 · Acquitted as Mrs. Carter
- 1916 · Macbeth as Lady Macduff
- 1915 · Ghosts as Helen Alving
- 1915 · The Lucky Transfer as Helen Holland
- 1915 · The Birth of a Nation as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
- 1914 · Home, Sweet Home as The Mother
- 1914 · The Battle of the Sexes as Mrs. Frank Andrews
- Future · I Am Not a Racist as the housekeeper
- 1935 · One More Spring as
- 1929 · Girl Overboard as
- 1928 · Ladies of the Mob as Soft Annie
- 1927 · Twin Flappers as
- 1927 · The Joy Girl as Mrs. Courage
- 1926 · April Fool as Amelia Rosen
- 1926 · Lovey Mary as Mrs. Wiggs
- 1926 · The Earth Woman as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
- 1925 · Siege as
- 1925 · The Unwritten Law as Miss Grant
- 1925 · Faint Perfume as Ma Crumb
- 1924 · Babbitt as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
- 1924 · Painted People as Mrs. Bryne
- 1923 · The Bond Boy as Mrs. Newboat
- 1922 · The Hidden Woman as Mrs. Randolph
- 1921 · The Old Nest as Mrs. Anthon
- 1921 · Snowblind as Bella
- 1920 · Milestones as Rose Sibley
- 1920 · Miss Nobody as Jason's Wife
- 1920 · Parted Curtains as Mrs. Masters
- 1920 · Silk Husbands and Calico Wives as
- 1916 · Less Than the Dust as Mrs. Bradshaw
- 1916 · Hell-to-Pay Austin as Doris Valentine
- 1916 · An Innocent Magdalene as The Woman
- 1915 · Her Mother's Daughter as Marie's Mother
- 1915 · The Lily and the Rose as Mrs. Fairfax
- 1915 · Man's Prerogative as Elizabeth Towne
- 1914 · Another Chance as Mrs. Mason
- 1914 · The Little Country Mouse as Dorothy's Cousin
- 1914 · The Second Mrs. Roebuck as Katherine Roebuck
- 1914 · Lord Chumley as Jessie - Butterworth's Sweetheart
- 1914 · The Quicksands as
- 1914 · Cigar Butts as
- 1911 · A Brass Button as Mrs. Lowden