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Aline MacMahon

Acting

Born May 3, 1899 · McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA

Died October 12, 1991

Also known as Aline Laveen MacMahon

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Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1945 · nominated

Filmography20 titles

One Way Passage

1932as Countess Barilhaus

The Man from Laramie

1955as Kate Canaday

Heat Lightning

1934as Olga

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933as Trixie

The Search

1948as Mrs. Murray

All the Way Home

1963as Aunt Hannah

Dragon Seed

1944as Ling Tan's Wife

While the Patient Slept

1935as Nurse Sarah Keate

Ah, Wilderness!

1935as Cousin Lily

Five Star Final

1931as Miss Taylor

Tish

1942as Lizzie Wilkins

The Flame and the Arrow

1950as Nonna Bartoli

Stage Door Canteen

1943as Aline MacMahon

Out of the Fog

1941as Florence Goodwin

Great Performances

1971as Nurse

Cimarron

1960as Mrs. Mavis Pegler

The Mouthpiece

1932as Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary

Diamond Head

1962as Kapiolani Kahana

Guest in the House

1944as Aunt Martha Proctor

Back Door to Heaven

1939as Miss Williams