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Known credits:
70
Birthday:
1883-06-18
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Mary Alden

Overview

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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

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1935 One More Spring Actor 59
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1932 Strange Interlude Actor Mary, Leeds' Maid 59
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1932 Hell's House Actor Lucy Mason 58
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1931 The Bad Sister Actor Minor Role (uncredited) 58
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1931 Politics Actor Mary Evans 59
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1929 Girl Overboard Actor N/A
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1928 Someone to Love Actor Harriet Newton N/A
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1928 Ladies of the Mob Actor Soft Annie N/A
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1928 The Sawdust Paradise Actor Mother N/A
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1928 The Cossacks Actor Lukashka's mother 58
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1928 Fools for Luck Actor Mrs. Hunter N/A
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1927 Twin Flappers Actor N/A
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1927 The Joy Girl Actor Mrs. Courage 59
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1927 The Potters Actor Ma Potter N/A
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1926 April Fool Actor Amelia Rosen N/A
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1926 Lovey Mary Actor Mrs. Wiggs N/A
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1926 Brown of Harvard Actor Mrs. Brown 58
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1926 The Earth Woman Actor Martha Tilden (The Earth Woman) N/A
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1925 The Plastic Age Actor Mrs. Carver 58
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1925 Under the Rouge Actor Martha Maynard N/A
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1925 Siege Actor N/A
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1925 The Unwritten Law Actor Miss Grant N/A
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1925 The Happy Warrior Actor Aunt Maggie N/A
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1925 Faint Perfume Actor Ma Crumb N/A
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1924 The Beloved Brute Actor Augustina N/A
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1924 Babbitt Actor Mrs. Myra Babbitt N/A
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1924 Painted People Actor Mrs. Bryne N/A
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1923 Pleasure Mad Actor Marjorie Benton N/A
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1923 The Bond Boy Actor Mrs. Newboat N/A
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1922 A Woman's Woman Actor Densie Plummer N/A
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1922 The Hidden Woman Actor Mrs. Randolph N/A
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1921 The Old Nest Actor Mrs. Anthon N/A
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1921 The Witching Hour Actor Helen Whipple N/A
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1921 Snowblind Actor Bella N/A
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1920 Honest Hutch Actor Mrs. Hutchins N/A
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1920 Milestones Actor Rose Sibley N/A
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1920 Miss Nobody Actor Jason's Wife 58
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1920 Parted Curtains Actor Mrs. Masters N/A
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1920 Silk Husbands and Calico Wives Actor N/A
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1919 Erstwhile Susan Actor Erstwhile Susan N/A
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1919 The Broken Butterfly Actor Zabie Elliot 59
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1919 The Unpardonable Sin Actor Mrs. Parcot N/A
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1918 The Narrow Path Actor Margaret Dunn N/A
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1918 The Naulahka Actor Prince's Mother N/A
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1917 The Land of Promise Actor Gertie Marsh N/A
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1916 Less Than the Dust Actor Mrs. Bradshaw 58
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1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Actor Uplifter 63
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1916 The Narrow Path Actor Shirley Martin N/A
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1916 Pillars of Society Actor Lona Tonnesen N/A
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1916 Hell-to-Pay Austin Actor Doris Valentine N/A
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1916 An Innocent Magdalene Actor The Woman N/A
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1916 The Good Bad-Man Actor Jane Stuart 58
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1916 Acquitted Actor Mrs. Carter N/A
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1916 Macbeth Actor Lady Macduff N/A
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1915 Her Mother's Daughter Actor Marie's Mother N/A
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1915 The Lily and the Rose Actor Mrs. Fairfax N/A
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1915 Ghosts Actor Helen Alving 58
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1915 Man's Prerogative Actor Elizabeth Towne N/A
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1915 The Lucky Transfer Actor Helen Holland N/A
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1915 The Birth of a Nation Actor Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia 59
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1914 Another Chance Actor Mrs. Mason N/A
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1914 The Little Country Mouse Actor Dorothy's Cousin 59
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1914 The Second Mrs. Roebuck Actor Katherine Roebuck N/A
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1914 Lord Chumley Actor Jessie - Butterworth's Sweetheart 58
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1914 Home, Sweet Home Actor The Mother 59
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1914 The Quicksands Actor N/A
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1914 Cigar Butts Actor N/A
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1914 The Battle of the Sexes Actor Mrs. Frank Andrews N/A
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1911 A Brass Button Actor Mrs. Lowden N/A
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I Am Not a Racist Actor the housekeeper N/A
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