Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 3, 1899
Place of Birth:
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
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Aline MacMahon
Biography
Aline MacMahon was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She worked extensively from 1921, when she began appearing on Broadway, until her full retirement from acting in 1975. MacMahon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1944 film Dragon Seed.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | For the Use of the Hall | Bess |
| 1974 | Antigone | Nurse |
| 1963 | I Could Go on Singing | Ida |
| 1963 | All the Way Home | Aunt Hannah |
| 1962 | Diamond Head | Kapiolani Kahana |
| 1961 | The Young Doctors | Dr. Lucy Grainger |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Mrs. Mavis Pegler |
| 1959 | Medea | The Nurse |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie | Kate Canaday |
| 1953 | The Eddie Cantor Story | Grandma Esther |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Nonna Bartoli |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy | Sarie McCoy |
| 1948 | The Search | Mrs. Murray |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Mamie Steeple |
| 1944 | Guest in the House | Aunt Martha Proctor |
| 1944 | Dragon Seed | Ling Tan's Wife |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) |
| 1944 | Reward Unlimited | Mrs. Scott |
| 1943 | Seeds of Freedom | Odessa Citizen |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Aline MacMahon |
| 1942 | The Lady Is Willing | Buddy |
| 1942 | Tish | Lizzie Wilkins |
| 1941 | Out of the Fog | Florence Goodwin |
| 1939 | Back Door to Heaven | Miss Williams |
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Marianne Woods |
| 1935 | Ah, Wilderness! | Cousin Lily |
| 1935 | While the Patient Slept | Nurse Sarah Keate |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa | Ellen Preston |
| 1935 | Kind Lady | Mary Herries |
| 1935 | I Live My Life | Betty Collins |
| 1934 | Heat Lightning | Olga |
| 1934 | The Merry Frinks | Hattie 'Mom' Frink |
| 1934 | Big Hearted Herbert | Elizabeth Kalness |
| 1934 | Babbitt | Myra Babbitt |
| 1934 | Side Streets | Bertha Krasnoff |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Trixie Lorraine |
| 1933 | Heroes for Sale | Mary Dennis |
| 1933 | The World Changes | Anna Nordholm |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Auntie |
| 1932 | One Way Passage | Countess Barilhaus |
| 1932 | Silver Dollar | Sarah Martin |
| 1932 | The Mouthpiece | Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary |
| 1932 | Week-End Marriage | Agnes Davis |
| 1932 | Life Begins | Miss Bowers |
| 1932 | The Heart of New York | Bessie |
| 1932 | Once in a Lifetime | May Daniels |
| 1931 | Five Star Final | Miss Taylor |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Great Performances | Nurse |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Mary Alice Trotter |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Mrs. Vronis |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Weston |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Grey |