Aline MacMahon

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

49

Birth Date

1899-05-03 00:00:00

Birth Place

McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For

• 

  Kind Lady
• 

  Mary Jane's Pa
• 

  While the Patient Slept
• 

  Babbitt
• 

  Big Hearted Herbert
• 

  Side Streets

Credits

• actors (49 credits)

  • Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Complicated Women

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • For the Use of the Hall

    Bess

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Antigone

    Nurse

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • All the Way Home

    Aunt Hannah

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • I Could Go on Singing

    Ida

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Diamond Head

    Kapiolani Kahana

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Young Doctors

    Dr. Lucy Grainger

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Cimarron

    Mrs. Mavis Pegler

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Medea

    The Nurse

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Man from Laramie

    Kate Canaday

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Eddie Cantor Story

    Grandma Esther

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Flame and the Arrow

    Nonna Bartoli

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Roseanna McCoy

    Sarie McCoy

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Search

    Mrs. Murray

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Mighty McGurk

    Mamie Steeple

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Guest in the House

    Aunt Martha Proctor

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Dragon Seed

    Ling Tan's Wife

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Reward Unlimited

    Mrs. Scott

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Twenty Years After

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Seeds of Freedom

    Odessa Citizen

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Stage Door Canteen

    Aline MacMahon

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Tish

    Lizzie Wilkins

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Lady Is Willing

    Buddy

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Out of the Fog

    Florence Goodwin

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Back Door to Heaven

    Miss Williams

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • When You're in Love

    Marianne Woods

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Ah, Wilderness!

    Cousin Lily

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Kind Lady

    Mary Herries

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • I Live My Life

    Betty Collins

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Mary Jane's Pa

    Ellen Preston

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • While the Patient Slept

    Nurse Sarah Keate

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Babbitt

    Myra Babbitt

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Big Hearted Herbert

    Elizabeth Kalness

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Side Streets

    Bertha Krasnoff

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Merry Frinks

    Hattie 'Mom' Frink

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Heat Lightning

    Olga

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The World Changes

    Anna Nordholm

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Heroes for Sale

    Mary Dennis

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Life of Jimmy Dolan

    Auntie

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Gold Diggers of 1933

    Trixie

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Silver Dollar

    Sarah Martin

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • One Way Passage

    Countess Barilhaus

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Once in a Lifetime

    May Daniels

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Life Begins

    Miss Bowers

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Week-End Marriage

    Agnes Davis

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Heart of New York

    Bessie

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Mouthpiece

    Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Five Star Final

    Miss Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1931