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Aline Laveen MacMahon (May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991) was an American actress. Her Broadway stage career began under producer Edgar Selwyn in The Mirage during 1920. She made her screen debut in 1931, and worked extensively in film, theater, and television until her retirement in 1975.
Aline MacMahon was a versatile actress who starred in Broadway, film and TV from 1921 to 1964. She was nominated for an Oscar for Dragon Seed and played roles ranging from comedienne to mother to spinster.
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Aline MacMahon. Actress: Kind Lady. Aline MacMahon was born of Scottish-Irish and Russian-Jewish ancestry on May 3,1899, the daughter of William Marcus MacMahon and Jennie Simon MacMahon. Her father became editor-in-chief of Munsey's Magazine, while her mother pursued a theatrical acting career from middle-age and lived to age107.
- May 3, 1899
- October 12, 1991
Oct 14, 1991 · Aline MacMahon, an actress whose stage, screen, radio and television career lasted more than 50 years, died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 92 years old.
Oct 13, 1991 · Aline Laveen MacMahon, an actress whose career on the stage, screen, radio and television lasted more than 50 years, died yesterday at her home in Manhattan. She was 92 years old. She...
Oct 12, 1991 · 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.
A biography of the actress who starred in Pre-Code films and was a pioneer of Method acting. Learn about her stage career, her progressive activism, her relationship with Mervyn LeRoy, and her roles in Heat Lightning and The Ox-Bow Incident.
