Aline MacMahon
Born
May 3, 1899
Died
October 12, 1991 (92 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
2006
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
For the Use of the Hall
Bess
1975
Antigone
Nurse
1974
Great Performances
Nurse · (1 episode)
1971
All the Way Home
Aunt Hannah
1963
I Could Go on Singing
Ida
1963
Diamond Head
Kapiolani Kahana
1962
The Defenders
Mary Alice Trotter · (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
Mrs. Vronis · (1 episode)
1961
The Young Doctors
Dr. Lucy Grainger
1961
Cimarron
Mrs. Mavis Pegler
1960
Medea
The Nurse
1959
The Man from Laramie
Kate Canaday
1955
The Eddie Cantor Story
Grandma Esther
1953
The Flame and the Arrow
Nonna Bartoli
1950
Roseanna McCoy
Sarie McCoy
1949
Studio One
Mrs. Weston · (1 episode)
1948
Studio One
Mrs. Grey · (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1 episode)
1948
The Search
Mrs. Murray
1948
The Mighty McGurk
Mamie Steeple
1947
Guest in the House
Aunt Martha Proctor
1944
Dragon Seed
Ling Tan's Wife
1944
Reward Unlimited
Mrs. Scott
1944
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Seeds of Freedom
Odessa Citizen
1943
Stage Door Canteen
Aline MacMahon
1943
Tish
Lizzie Wilkins
1942
The Lady Is Willing
Buddy
1942
Out of the Fog
Florence Goodwin
1941
Back Door to Heaven
Miss Williams
1939
When You're in Love
Marianne Woods
1937
Ah, Wilderness!
Cousin Lily
1935
Kind Lady
Mary Herries
1935
I Live My Life
Betty Collins
1935
Mary Jane's Pa
Ellen Preston
1935
While the Patient Slept
Nurse Sarah Keate
1935
Babbitt
Myra Babbitt
1934
Big Hearted Herbert
Elizabeth Kalness
1934
Side Streets
Bertha Krasnoff
1934
The Merry Frinks
Hattie 'Mom' Frink
1934
Heat Lightning
Olga
1934
The World Changes
Anna Nordholm
1933
Heroes for Sale
Mary Dennis
1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Auntie
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Trixie
1933
Silver Dollar
Sarah Martin
1932
One Way Passage
Countess Barilhaus
1932
Once in a Lifetime
May Daniels
1932
Life Begins
Miss Bowers
1932
Week-End Marriage
Agnes Davis
1932
The Heart of New York
Bessie
1932
The Mouthpiece
Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary
1932
Five Star Final
Miss Taylor
1931