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
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
The Birth of a Nation
Erstwhile Susan
Erstwhile Susan
Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
The Earth Woman
the housekeeper
I Am Not a Racist
Gertie Marsh
The Land of Promise
Mrs. Hunter
Fools for Luck
Prince's Mother
The Naulahka
The Quicksands
Augustina
The Beloved Brute
Marjorie Benton
Pleasure Mad
Jessie - Butterworth's Sweetheart
Lord Chumley
Jason's Wife
Miss Nobody
Katherine Roebuck
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
Elizabeth Towne
Man's Prerogative
Mrs. Mason
Another Chance
Lady Macduff
Macbeth
Mary, Leeds' Maid
Strange Interlude
Mary Evans
Politics
Mrs. Lowden
A Brass Button
Lukashka's mother
The Cossacks
Mrs. Newboat
The Bond Boy
Bella
Snowblind
Soft Annie
Ladies of the Mob
Twin Flappers
Amelia Rosen
April Fool
Mrs. Anthon
The Old Nest
Mrs. Brown
Brown of Harvard
Jane Stuart
The Good Bad-Man
Mrs. Randolph
The Hidden Woman
Cigar Butts
Marie's Mother
Her Mother's Daughter
Mrs. Hutchins
Honest Hutch
Mrs. Courage
The Joy Girl
One More Spring
Edith Beecher Kendall
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
Siege
Lucy Mason
Hell's House
The Woman
An Innocent Magdalene
Uplifter
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Mother
The Sawdust Paradise
Mrs. Bradshaw
Less Than the Dust
Lona Tonnesen
Pillars of Society
Mrs. Bryne
Painted People
The Mother
Home, Sweet Home
Ma Crumb
Faint Perfume
Helen Alving
Ghosts
Girl Overboard
Mrs. Fairfax
The Lily and the Rose
Ma Potter
The Potters
Mrs. Frank Andrews
The Battle of the Sexes
Mrs. Parcot
The Unpardonable Sin
Shirley Martin
The Narrow Path
Margaret Dunn
The Narrow Path
Mrs. Myra Babbitt
Babbitt
Aunt Maggie
The Happy Warrior
Mrs. Carver
The Plastic Age
Helen Whipple
The Witching Hour
Zabie Elliot
The Broken Butterfly
Dorothy's Cousin
The Little Country Mouse
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Bad Sister
Rose Sibley
Milestones
Miss Grant
The Unwritten Law
Densie Plummer
A Woman's Woman
Helen Holland
The Lucky Transfer
Mrs. Carter
Acquitted
Doris Valentine
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Mrs. Wiggs
Lovey Mary
Mrs. Masters
Parted Curtains
Harriet Newton
Someone to Love
Martha Maynard
Under the Rouge
The Czarina
When a Girl Loves
Alice Larkin
The Empty Cradle
Mrs. Brown
Soiled
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
73
Gender
Female
Birthday
1883-06-18
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Mary Maguire Alden