Mary Alden

Personal Info

Birthday

June 18, 1883

Day of Death

1946-07-02

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Mary Maguire 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.

Known For

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Birth of a Nation

Notoriety

The Cossacks

Snowblind

Ghosts

The Potters

Macbeth

Filmography

2019
I Am Not a Racist
as the housekeeper
1932
Strange Interlude
as Mary, Leeds' Maid
Hell's House
as Lucy Mason
1931
The Bad Sister
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Politics
as Mary Evans
1928
Someone to Love
as Harriet Newton
Ladies of the Mob
as Soft Annie
The Sawdust Paradise
as Mother
The Cossacks
as Lukashka's mother
Fools for Luck
as Mrs. Hunter
1927
The Joy Girl
as Mrs. Courage
The Potters
as Ma Potter
1926
April Fool
as Amelia Rosen
Lovey Mary
as Mrs. Wiggs
Brown of Harvard
as Mrs. Brown
The Earth Woman
as Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman)
1925
The Plastic Age
as Mrs. Carver
Soiled
as Mrs. Brown
Under the Rouge
as Martha Maynard
The Unwritten Law
as Miss Grant
The Happy Warrior
as Aunt Maggie
Faint Perfume
as Ma Crumb
1924
The Beloved Brute
as Augustina
Babbitt
as Mrs. Myra Babbitt
When a Girl Loves
as The Czarina
Painted People
as Mrs. Bryne
1923
Pleasure Mad
as Marjorie Benton
The Eagle's Feather
as Delia Jamieson
The Steadfast Heart
as Mrs. Burke
The Bond Boy
as Mrs. Newboat
The Empty Cradle
as Alice Larkin
Has the World Gone Mad!
as Mrs. Bell
1922
Notoriety
as Ann Boland
A Woman's Woman
as Densie Plummer
The Hidden Woman
as Mrs. Randolph
1921
The Old Nest
as Mrs. Anthon
The Witching Hour
as Helen Whipple
Snowblind
as Bella
1920
Honest Hutch
as Mrs. Hutchins
Milestones
as Rose Sibley
Miss Nobody
as Jason's Wife
Parted Curtains
as Mrs. Masters
The Inferior Sex
as Clarissa Mott-Smith
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
as Edith Beecher Kendall
1919
Erstwhile Susan
as Erstwhile Susan
The Broken Butterfly
as Zabie Elliot
The Unpardonable Sin
as Mrs. Parcot
1918
The Naulahka
as Prince's Mother
1917
The Land of Promise
as Gertie Marsh
1916
Less Than the Dust
as Mrs. Bradshaw
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Uplifter
The Narrow Path
as Shirley Martin
Pillars of Society
as Lona Tonnesen
Hell-to-Pay Austin
as Doris Valentine
An Innocent Magdalene
as The Woman
Macbeth
as Lady Macduff
The Good Bad-Man
as Jane Stuart
Acquitted
as Mrs. Carter
1915
Her Mother's Daughter
as Marie's Mother
The Lily and the Rose
as Mrs. Fairfax
Ghosts
as Helen Alving
Man's Prerogative
as Elizabeth Towne
The Lucky Transfer
as Helen Holland
The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
1914
Another Chance
as Mrs. Mason
The Little Country Mouse
as Dorothy's Cousin
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
as Katherine Roebuck
Lord Chumley
as Jessie - Butterworth's Sweetheart
Home, Sweet Home
as The Mother
The Battle of the Sexes
as Mrs. Frank Andrews
1911
A Brass Button
as Mrs. Lowden