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Aline MacMahon

Aline MacMahon

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
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 • Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Complicated Women
2003 • Self (archive footage)
For the Use of the Hall
For the Use of the Hall
1975 • Bess
Antigone
Antigone
1974 • Nurse
All the Way Home
All the Way Home
1963 • Aunt Hannah
I Could Go on Singing
I Could Go on Singing
1963 • Ida
Diamond Head
Diamond Head
1962 • Kapiolani Kahana
The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors
1961 • Dr. Lucy Grainger

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Complicated Women
Complicated Women
2003 • Self (archive footage)
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Antigone
Antigone
1974 • Nurse
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All the Way Home
All the Way Home
1963 • Aunt Hannah
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Diamond Head
Diamond Head
1962 • Kapiolani Kahana
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The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors
1961 • Dr. Lucy Grainger
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Cimarron
Cimarron
1960 • Mrs. Mavis Pegler
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Medea
Medea
1959 • The Nurse
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The Man from Laramie
The Man from Laramie
1955 • Kate Canaday
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The Eddie Cantor Story
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 • Grandma Esther
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The Flame and the Arrow
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 • Nonna Bartoli
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Roseanna McCoy
Roseanna McCoy
1949 • Sarie McCoy
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The Search
The Search
1948 • Mrs. Murray
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The Mighty McGurk
The Mighty McGurk
1947 • Mamie Steeple
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Guest in the House
Guest in the House
1944 • Aunt Martha Proctor
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Dragon Seed
Dragon Seed
1944 • Ling Tan's Wife
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Reward Unlimited
Reward Unlimited
1944 • Mrs. Scott
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Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
1944 • (archive footage)
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Seeds of Freedom
1943 • Odessa Citizen
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Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen
1943 • Aline MacMahon
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Tish
Tish
1942 • Lizzie Wilkins
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Out of the Fog
Out of the Fog
1941 • Florence Goodwin
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Back Door to Heaven
Back Door to Heaven
1939 • Miss Williams
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When You're in Love
When You're in Love
1937 • Marianne Woods
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Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness!
1935 • Cousin Lily
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Kind Lady
Kind Lady
1935 • Mary Herries
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I Live My Life
I Live My Life
1935 • Betty Collins
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Mary Jane's Pa
Mary Jane's Pa
1935 • Ellen Preston
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While the Patient Slept
While the Patient Slept
1935 • Nurse Sarah Keate
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Babbitt
Babbitt
1934 • Myra Babbitt
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Big Hearted Herbert
Big Hearted Herbert
1934 • Elizabeth Kalness
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Side Streets
Side Streets
1934 • Bertha Krasnoff
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The Merry Frinks
The Merry Frinks
1934 • Hattie 'Mom' Frink
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The World Changes
The World Changes
1933 • Anna Nordholm
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Heroes for Sale
Heroes for Sale
1933 • Mary Dennis
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Silver Dollar
Silver Dollar
1932 • Sarah Martin
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One Way Passage
One Way Passage
1932 • Countess Barilhaus
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Once in a Lifetime
Once in a Lifetime
1932 • May Daniels
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Life Begins
Life Begins
1932 • Miss Bowers
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Week-End Marriage
Week-End Marriage
1932 • Agnes Davis
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The Mouthpiece
The Mouthpiece
1932 • Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary
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Five Star Final
Five Star Final
1931 • Miss Taylor
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Aline MacMahon – Biography, Known For & Filmography