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Aline MacMahon

Aline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon in The Search trailer.jpg
from the trailer for The Search (1948)
Born Aline Laveen MacMahon
(1899-05-03)May 3, 1899
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died October 12, 1991(1991-10-12) (aged 92)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active 1921–1975
Spouse(s) Clarence Stein (1928–1975; his death)

Aline Laveen MacMahon(May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991) was an American actress. Her career began on stage in 1921. She worked extensively in film and television until her retirement in 1975. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944).

MacMahon was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to William Marcus MacMahon (died September 6, 1931) and Jennie (née Simon; died December 31, 1984). Her father was an editor with the Associated Press and the editor of Munsey's Magazine.

Her parents married on July 14, 1898 in Columbus, Ohio. Her father died on September 6, 1931. Her mother Jennie was born in Russia of Jewish descent, and died in 1984, aged 106.

MacMahon was entertaining as early as 1908, when a newspaper article reported "a series of songs and dances by Aline MacMahon" at St. Jude's Church in Brooklyn.

MacMahon was raised in Brooklyn in New York City and educated at Public School 103,Erasmus Hall High School (Brooklyn) and Barnard College.

MacMahon made her professional debut in 1914.

She began appearing on Broadway in 1921 in The Madras House. (Another source says that her first Broadway performance was in The Mirage in 1921.) Her Broadway credits include 24 shows. Her first film role was the Pre-Code Five Star Final (1931); she alternated between Broadway and Hollywood throughout her career.

Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors says of MacMahon (in part) "She proved to be a fine, sympathetic actress with a quick wit and tart tongue who then moved into character roles with ease as she became plumper and more motherly looking."


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