Mary Maguire Alden (June , â€" July , ) was an American motion
picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses
to work in Hollywood.Alden was born in New York City on June , . She
began her career on the Broadway stage, and 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 The Birth of a Nation directed by
D.W. Griffith in . Alden played the role of a mulatto woman 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 , 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 () and her characterization of an old lady in The Man With Two
Mothers (). The latter feature was produced by Sam Goldwyn.Alden was
prolific as a motion picture actress throughout the s and into the
early s. A sampling of movies in which she had roles are The Plastic
Age (), The Joy Girl (), Ladies of the Mob (), and Port of Dreams ().
The final films she received screen credit for are Hell's House,
Rasputin and the Empress, and Strange Interlude, each from .
picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses
to work in Hollywood.Alden was born in New York City on June , . She
began her career on the Broadway stage, and 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 The Birth of a Nation directed by
D.W. Griffith in . Alden played the role of a mulatto woman 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 , 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 () and her characterization of an old lady in The Man With Two
Mothers (). The latter feature was produced by Sam Goldwyn.Alden was
prolific as a motion picture actress throughout the s and into the
early s. A sampling of movies in which she had roles are The Plastic
Age (), The Joy Girl (), Ladies of the Mob (), and Port of Dreams ().
The final films she received screen credit for are Hell's House,
Rasputin and the Empress, and Strange Interlude, each from .
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