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Aline MacMahon

Acting Born May 3, 1899 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Very Bad Things

as Nurse

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

The Defenders

as Mary Alice Trotter

The Defenders

as Mrs. Vronis
Film

Cimarron

as Mrs. Mavis Pegler
Film

Diamond Head

as Kapiolani Kahana

Full filmography

  • Great Performances (1971) as Nurse
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
  • The Defenders (1961) as Mary Alice Trotter
  • The Defenders (1961) as Mrs. Vronis
  • Studio One (1948) as Mrs. Weston
  • Studio One (1948) as Mrs. Grey
  • The Man from Laramie (1955) as Kate Canaday
  • Five Star Final (1931) as Miss Taylor
  • Cimarron (1960) as Mrs. Mavis Pegler
  • Dragon Seed (1944) as Ling Tan's Wife
  • Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
  • Heroes for Sale (1933) as Mary Dennis
  • Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) as Trixie
  • I Live My Life (1935) as Betty Collins
  • Ah, Wilderness! (1935) as Cousin Lily
  • The Flame and the Arrow (1950) as Nonna Bartoli
  • Stage Door Canteen (1943) as Aline MacMahon
  • Seeds of Freedom (1943) as Odessa Citizen
  • Reward Unlimited (1944) as Mrs. Scott
  • The Search (1948) as Mrs. Murray
  • Diamond Head (1962) as Kapiolani Kahana
  • Mary Jane's Pa (1935) as Ellen Preston
  • Side Streets (1934) as Bertha Krasnoff
  • The Lady Is Willing (1942) as Buddy