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The actress Mary MacLaren was born as Mary MacDonald in Pittsburgh.
She already made her stage debut at the age of 18 besides the legendary
Al Jolson for the plays "The Passing Show of 1914" and "Dancing Around",
both at the Wintergarten in New York City.
It did not last long till the film business became aware of this athletic
actress as well. In 1916 she made her screen debut with movies like "Saving
the Family Name" (16), "Idle Wives" (16), "Shoes" (16) and "Wanted A Home"
(16).
In the next years she appeared in movies like "Money Madness" (17),
"Bread" (18), "Secret Marriage" (19), "The Unpainted Woman" (19) and "Bonnie
Bonnie Lassie" (19).
She continued her cinematical work at the beginning of the 20s with
"Rouge and Riches" (20), "The Wild Goose" (21), "The Three Musketeers"
(21) with Douglas Fairbanks, "The Face in the Fog" (22), "The Uninvited
Guest" (24) and "The Dark Swan" (24).
Afterwards she retired from the film business for several years and
only returned in the 30s.
From now on she was normally engaged for very small roles in partly
well-known movies.
To her most popular movies of the 30s belong "The Mystery Train" (31),
"Her Bodyguard" (33), "The House of Rothschild" (34), "Charlie Chan's Courage"
(34), "Cleopatra" (34), "Evelyn Prentice" (34), "Les Misérables"
(35), "Age of Indiscretion" (35), "Bonnie Scotland" (35), "Little Lord
Fauntleroy" (36), "Reunion" (36), "Sea Devils" (37), "Young Dr. Kildare"
(38), "Union Pacific" (39) and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (39).
She also remained limited to small roles in the next decade, to these
productions belong "The Green Archer" (40), "Blossoms in the Dust" (41),
"Stagecoach Express" (42), "Lady in the Dark" (44), "Kitty" (45) and "My
Own True Love" (49).
Afterwards Mary MacLaren retired from the filmbusiness and travelled
around with her husband.
Finally she fell into oblivion and financial problems led to a huge
poverty and she lived under abject circumstances. Only when a reporter
made public her destiny in his newspaper one remained her again and afterwards
she was invited as a guest to silent movie festivals and reproductions
of the old movies.
Her sister was the also well-known actress Katherine
MacDonald.
Other movies with Mary MacLaren:
Where Are My Children? (16) Her Bargain (17) The Mysterious
Mrs. Musslewhite (17) The Plow Woman (17) A Model's Confession (18) The
Vanity Pool (18) Creaking Stairs (19) The Amazing Wife (19) The Weaker
Vessel (19) The Petal on the Current (19) The Pointing Finger (19) The
Forged Bride (20) The Road to Divorce (20) Across the Continent (22) Outcast
(22) On the Banks of the Wabash (23) Under the Red Robe (23) The Courageous
Coward (24) The Phantom Broadcast (33) The Eagle and the Hawk (33) Professional
Sweetheart (33) Desgraced! (33) Midnight Club (33) Rafter Romance (33)
Headline Shooter (33) The Ninth Guest (34) I've Got Your Number (34) Journal
of a Crime (34) Men in White (34) Registered Nurse (34) Merry Wives of
Reno (34) The Key (34) Operator 13 (34) The Life of Vergie Winters (34)
Whom the Gods Destroy (34) His Greatest Gamble (34) The Girl from Missouri
(34) By Your Leave (34) Man's Best Friend (35) Clive of India (35) After
Office Hours (35) Unwelcome Stranger (35) Alias Mary Dow (35) Saddle Aces
(35) Ladies Crave Excitement (35) Escapade (35) The Call of the Wild (35)
Westward Ho (35) Navy Wife (35) O'Shaughnessy's Boy (35) The New Frontier
(35) Three Kids and a Queen (35) Harmony Lane (35) Tell Your Children (36)
King of Burlesque (36) Chatterbox (36) The Return of Jimmy Valentine (36)
Love on a Bet (36) King of the Pecos (36) Vamp Till Ready (36) Shirley
Ahoi! (36) One Raniy Afternoon (36) Who's Looney Now (36) Theodora Goes
Wild (36) What Becomes of the Children? (36) Under Cover of Night (37)
Rich Relations (37) The Man Who Found Himself (37) The Woman I Love (37)
Reckless Ranger (37) A Day at the Races (37) A Lawman Is Born (37) Stand-In
(37) 52nd Street (37) The Big Broadcast of 1938 (38) Numbered Woman (38)
Men in Fright (38) The Duke of West Point (38) Midnight (39) Sergeant Madden
(39) Broadway Serenade (39) Man of Conquest (39) I Stole a Million (39)
In Name Only (39) Ghost Valley Raiders (40) 'Til We Meet Again (40) Rocky
Mountain Rangers (40) We Who Are Young (40) The Fargo Kid (40) Love Thy
Neighbor (40) Misbehaving Husbands (40) The Saint in Palm Springs (41)
Prairie Pioneers (41) Willie and the Mouse (41) Sunset in Wyoming (41)
The Apache Kid (41) The Man Who Returned to Life (42) The Cyclone Kid (42)
Sundet Serenade (42) The Leopard Man (43) Six Gun Gospel (43) Fighting
Valley (43) Around the World (43) A Night of Adventure (44) Tomorrow, the
World! (44) The Navajo Trail (45) Frontier Feud (45) Crossed Trails (48)
Dream Girl (48) |
