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