Acting
Mary Alden
EN cinema · 80 credits
Born
18 June 1883
Died
2 July 1946 (aged 63)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Mary Maguire 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
Filmography
I Am Not a Racist
as The Housekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Strange Interlude
as Mary, Leeds' Maid
Hell's House
as Lucy Mason
Politics
as Mary Evans
The Bad Sister
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Fools for Luck
as Mrs. Hunter
The Cossacks
as Lukashka's mother
Ladies of the Mob
as Soft Annie
The Sawdust Paradise
as Mother
Someone to Love
as Harriet Newton
The Joy Girl
as Mrs. Courage
The Potters
as Ma Potter
The Earth Woman
as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
April Fool
as Amelia Rosen
Brown of Harvard
as Mrs. Brown
Lovey Mary
as Mrs. Wiggs
Siege
Actor
Faint Perfume
as Ma Crumb
The Happy Warrior
as Aunt Maggie
The Plastic Age
as Mrs. Carver
The Unwritten Law
1925
The Unwritten Law
as Miss Grant
Under the Rouge
as Martha Maynard
Soiled
as Mrs. Brown
The Beloved Brute
as Augustina
Painted People
as Mrs. Bryne
Babbitt
as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
When a Girl Loves
as The Czarina
Pleasure Mad
as Marjorie Benton
The Bond Boy
as Mrs. Newboat
The Empty Cradle
as Alice Larkin
The Eagle's Feather
as Delia Jamieson
Has the World Gone Mad!
as Mrs. Bell
The Hidden Woman
as Mrs. Randolph
A Woman's Woman
as Densie Plummer
Notoriety
as Ann Boland
Snowblind
as Bella
The Old Nest
as Mrs. Anthon
The Witching Hour
as Helen Whipple
Miss Nobody
as Jason's Wife
Honest Hutch
as Mrs. Hutchins
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
as Edith Beecher Kendall
Milestones
as Rose Sibley
Parted Curtains
as Mrs. Masters
The Inferior Sex
as Clarissa Mott-Smith
Erstwhile Susan
as Erstwhile Susan
The Unpardonable Sin
as Mrs. Parcot
The Broken Butterfly
as Zabie Elliot
The Naulahka
as Prince's Mother
The Narrow Path
as Margaret Dunn
The Land of Promise
as Gertie Marsh
The Argyle Case
as Nellie Marsh
Macbeth
as Lady Macduff
The Good Bad-Man
as Jane Stuart
An Innocent Magdalene
as The Woman
Less Than the Dust
as Mrs. Bradshaw
Pillars of Society
as Lona Tonnesen
The Narrow Path
as Shirley Martin
Hell-to-Pay Austin
1916
Hell-to-Pay Austin
as Doris Valentine
Acquitted
1916
Acquitted
as Mrs. Carter
The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Man's Prerogative
as Elizabeth Towne
Her Mother's Daughter
1915
Her Mother's Daughter
as Marie's Mother
Ghosts
as Helen Alving
The Lily and the Rose
as Mrs. Fairfax
The Lucky Transfer
1915
The Lucky Transfer
as Helen Holland
Lord Chumley
1914
Lord Chumley
as Jessie - Butterworth's Sweetheart
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
1914
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
as Katherine Roebuck
Another Chance
1914
Another Chance
as Mrs. Mason
Home, Sweet Home
as The Mother
The Battle of the Sexes
as Mrs. Frank Andrews
The Little Country Mouse
as Dorothy's Cousin
A Brass Button
1911
A Brass Button
as Mrs. Lowden