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.
Acted in 67
2010s
- 2019
I Am Not a Racist
The Housekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1930s
- 1935
One More Spring
Movie
- 1932
Strange Interlude
Mary, Leeds' Maid
Hell's House
Lucy Mason
- 1931
The Bad Sister
Minor Role (uncredited)
Politics
Mary Evans
1920s
- 1929
Girl Overboard
Movie
- 1928
Someone to Love
Harriet Newton
Ladies of the Mob
Soft Annie
The Sawdust Paradise
Mother
The Cossacks
Lukashka's mother
Fools for Luck
Mrs. Hunter
- 1927
The Joy Girl
Mrs. Courage
The Potters
Ma Potter
- 1926
April Fool
Amelia Rosen
Brown of Harvard
Mrs. Brown
The Earth Woman
Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
- 1925
Soiled
Mrs. Brown
Under the Rouge
Martha Maynard
Siege
Movie
The Happy Warrior
Aunt Maggie
Faint Perfume
Ma Crumb
- 1924
The Beloved Brute
Augustina
Babbitt
Mrs. Myra Babbitt
When a Girl Loves
The Czarina
Painted People
Mrs. Bryne
- 1923
Pleasure Mad
Marjorie Benton
The Eagle's Feather
Delia Jamieson
The Bond Boy
Mrs. Newboat
The Empty Cradle
Alice Larkin
Has the World Gone Mad!
Mrs. Bell
- 1922
Notoriety
Ann Boland
A Woman's Woman
Densie Plummer
The Hidden Woman
Mrs. Randolph
Man With Two Mothers
Movie
- 1921
The Old Nest
Mrs. Anthon
The Witching Hour
Helen Whipple
Snowblind
Bella
- 1920
Honest Hutch
Mrs. Hutchins
Milestones
Rose Sibley
Miss Nobody
Jason's Wife
Parted Curtains
Mrs. Masters
The Inferior Sex
Clarissa Mott-Smith
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
Edith Beecher Kendall
1910s
- 1919
Erstwhile Susan
Erstwhile Susan
The Broken Butterfly
Zabie Elliot
The Unpardonable Sin
Mrs. Parcot
- 1918
The Narrow Path
Margaret Dunn
The Naulahka
Prince's Mother
- 1917
The Land of Promise
Gertie Marsh
The Argyle Case
Nellie Marsh
- 1916
Less Than the Dust
Mrs. Bradshaw
The Narrow Path
Shirley Martin
Pillars of Society
Lona Tonnesen
An Innocent Magdalene
The Woman
Macbeth
Lady Macduff
The Good Bad-Man
Jane Stuart
- 1915
The Lily and the Rose
Mrs. Fairfax
Ghosts
Helen Alving
Man's Prerogative
Elizabeth Towne
- 1914
The Little Country Mouse
Dorothy's Cousin
Home, Sweet Home
The Mother
The Battle of the Sexes
Mrs. Frank Andrews
