Person
Aline MacMahon
Acting · 1899–1991 · McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Great Performances
Nurse
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Defenders
Mary Alice Trotter
Studio One
Mrs. Weston
Cimarron
Mrs. Mavis Pegler
The Man from Laramie
Kate Canaday
Five Star Final
Miss Taylor
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Seeds of Freedom
Odessa Citizen
Heroes for Sale
Mary Dennis
Filmography
- 2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway BoundSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Complicated WomenSelf (archive footage)
- 1975For the Use of the HallBess
- 1974AntigoneNurse
- 1971Great PerformancesNurse
- 1963All the Way HomeAunt Hannah
- 1963I Could Go on SingingIda
- 1962Diamond HeadKapiolani Kahana
- 1961The DefendersMary Alice Trotter
- 1961The Young DoctorsDr. Lucy Grainger
- 1960CimarronMrs. Mavis Pegler
- 1959MedeaThe Nurse
- 1955The Man from LaramieKate Canaday
- 1953The Eddie Cantor StoryGrandma Esther
- 1950The Flame and the ArrowNonna Bartoli
- 1949Roseanna McCoySarie McCoy
- 1948Studio OneMrs. Weston
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1948The SearchMrs. Murray
- 1947The Mighty McGurkMamie Steeple
- 1944Guest in the HouseAunt Martha Proctor
- 1944Dragon SeedLing Tan's Wife
- 1944Reward UnlimitedMrs. Scott
- 1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)
- 1943Seeds of FreedomOdessa Citizen
- 1943Stage Door CanteenAline MacMahon
- 1942TishLizzie Wilkins
- 1942The Lady Is WillingBuddy
- 1941Out of the FogFlorence Goodwin
- 1939Back Door to HeavenMiss Williams
- 1937When You're in LoveMarianne Woods
- 1935Ah, Wilderness!Cousin Lily
- 1935Kind LadyMary Herries
- 1935I Live My LifeBetty Collins
- 1935Mary Jane's PaEllen Preston
- 1935While the Patient SleptNurse Sarah Keate
- 1934BabbittMyra Babbitt
- 1934Big Hearted HerbertElizabeth Kalness
- 1934Side StreetsBertha Krasnoff
- 1934The Merry FrinksHattie 'Mom' Frink
- 1934Heat LightningOlga
- 1933The World ChangesAnna Nordholm
- 1933Heroes for SaleMary Dennis
- 1933The Life of Jimmy DolanAuntie
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933Trixie
- 1932Silver DollarSarah Martin
- 1932One Way PassageCountess Barilhaus
- 1932Once in a LifetimeMay Daniels
- 1932Life BeginsMiss Bowers
- 1932Week-End MarriageAgnes Davis
- 1932The Heart of New YorkBessie
- 1932The MouthpieceMiss Hickey, Day's Secretary
- 1931Five Star FinalMiss Taylor
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