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Mary Maguire Alden (June 18, 1883 – July 2, 1946) was an
American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway
actresses to work in Hollywood.
Born in New York City, Alden began her career on the
Broadway stage. She 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 Birth of a
Nation directed by D.W. Griffith in 1915. Alden played the role of a mulatto
girl 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 1917, 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 (1921) and her
characterization of an old lady in The Man With Two Mothers (1922). The latter
feature was produced by Sam Goldwyn.
Alden was prolific as a motion picture actress throughout
the 1920s and into the early 1930s. A sampling of movies in which she had roles
are The Plastic Age (1925), The Joy Girl (1927), Ladies of the Mob (1928), and
Port of Dreams (1929). The final films she received screen credit for are
Hell's House, Rasputin and the Empress, and Strange Interlude, each from 1932.
Alden died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland
Hills, Los Angeles, California in 1946. This had been her residence for the
last four years of her life. She was 63 years of age. Alden was interred at the
Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.