Mary Alden
Mary Alden
Biography
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
72
Gender
Female
Birthday
1883-06-18 (142 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Acting

2019

I Am Not a Racist as the housekeeper

1935

One More Spring as Not available

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

1929

Girl Overboard as Not available

1928

The Cossacks as Lukashka's mother

1928

The Sawdust Paradise as Mother

1928

Someone to Love as Harriet Newton

1928

Ladies of the Mob as Soft Annie

1928

Fools for Luck as Mrs. Hunter

1927

The Potters as Ma Potter

1927

The Joy Girl as Mrs. Courage

1927

Twin Flappers as Not available

1926

Lovey Mary as Mrs. Wiggs

1926

The Earth Woman as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)

1926

April Fool as Amelia Rosen

1926

Brown of Harvard as Mrs. Brown

1925

Faint Perfume as Ma Crumb

1925

Siege as Not available

1925

The Plastic Age as Mrs. Carver

1925

The Unwritten Law as Miss Grant

1925

Under the Rouge as Martha Maynard

1925

The Happy Warrior as Aunt Maggie

1924

The Beloved Brute as Augustina

1924

Painted People as Mrs. Bryne

1924

Babbitt as Mrs. Myra Babbitt

1924

When a Girl Loves as The Czarina

1923

The Empty Cradle as Alice Larkin

1923

The Bond Boy as Mrs. Newboat

1923

Pleasure Mad as Marjorie Benton

1922

A Woman's Woman as Densie Plummer

1922

The Hidden Woman as Mrs. Randolph

1921

The Old Nest as Mrs. Anthon

1921

Snowblind as Bella

1921

The Witching Hour as Helen Whipple

1920

Honest Hutch as Mrs. Hutchins

1920

Milestones as Rose Sibley

1920

Silk Husbands and Calico Wives as Edith Beecher Kendall

1920

Parted Curtains as Mrs. Masters

1920

Miss Nobody as Jason's Wife

1919

Erstwhile Susan as Erstwhile Susan

1919

The Broken Butterfly as Zabie Elliot

1919

The Unpardonable Sin as Mrs. Parcot

1918

The Naulahka as Prince's Mother

1918

The Narrow Path as Margaret Dunn

1917

The Land of Promise as Gertie Marsh

1916

Macbeth as Lady Macduff

1916

Acquitted as Mrs. Carter

1916

Pillars of Society as Lona Tonnesen

1916

An Innocent Magdalene as The Woman

1916

Less Than the Dust as Mrs. Bradshaw

1916

The Good Bad-Man as Jane Stuart

1916

The Narrow Path as Shirley Martin

1916

Hell-to-Pay Austin as Doris Valentine

1915

Ghosts as Helen Alving

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

1915

The Lily and the Rose as Mrs. Fairfax

1915

Her Mother's Daughter as Marie's Mother

1915

Man's Prerogative as Elizabeth Towne

1915

The Lucky Transfer as Helen Holland

1914

The Quicksands as Not available

1914

Another Chance as Mrs. Mason

1914

Home, Sweet Home as The Mother

1914

Lord Chumley as Jessie - Butterworth's Sweetheart

1914

Cigar Butts as Not available

1914

The Second Mrs. Roebuck as Katherine Roebuck

1914

The Little Country Mouse as Dorothy's Cousin

1914

The Battle of the Sexes as Mrs. Frank Andrews

1911

A Brass Button as Mrs. Lowden