Mary Duncan

Biography

Subject: Mary Duncan (Actress).
Goal: Write a 90-130 word factual identity profile.
Constraints: Use ONLY provided facts. No invention. No markdown. No headings. No bullet points. Neutral, encyclopedic prose. Plain text.
Sources provided: TMDB Bio (Wikipedia text), TMDB (Source 1), IMDb (Source 2), TMDB (Source 3), Biographies.net (Source 4).
Name: Mary Duncan.
Profession: American actress.
Birth Date: August 13, 1895 (Wikipedia/Source 3) or August 12, 1895 (Source 1). Note: Wikipedia text says Aug 13, TMDB says Aug 12. I will use the Wikipedia text date or mention the discrepancy if necessary, but usually, in archival writing, I pick one or stick to the text provided. The prompt says "Use ONLY facts present above". I will use August 13, 1895, as it is in the main text block.
Death Date: May 9, 1993.
Birth Place: Northumberland county, Virginia (Source 3) or Luttrellville, Virginia (Source 1).
Family: Sixth of eight children; parents Capt. William "Bill" Dungan and Ada Thaddeus Douglass.
Education: Attended Cornell University.
Career: Child actress on Broadway starting in 1910.
Key Role: Played Poppy, the daughter, in the play The Shanghai Gesture in 1926.
Other details: The play was turned into a film in 1941 starring Gene Tierney. She acted in The River. She was in Five and Ten (1931) and became friends with Marion Davies.

Mary Duncan was an American actress born in Northumberland county, Virginia. She was the sixth of eight children born to Capt. William "Bill" Dungan and Ada Thaddeus Douglass. After attending Cornell University, she began her career as a child actress on the Broadway stage in 1910. In 1926, she played the role