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Aline Laveen MacMahon 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).
Birth Name
Aline Laveen MacMahon
Born
Wednesday, 03 May 1899
Died
Saturday, 12 October 1991
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self | 1998 |
The Movie Crazy Years | Self | 1971 |
Actor's Choice | Self - performer | 1970 |
NET Playhouse | Penelope | 1966 |
All the Way Home | Aunt Hannah | 1963 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Miss Taylor (clip from Five Star Final (1931)) | 1963 |
I Could Go on Singing | Ida | 1963 |
Diamond Head | Kapiolani Kahana | 1962 |
The Doctors and the Nurses | Betty Anderson | 1962 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self | 1998 |
The Movie Crazy Years | Self | 1971 |
Actor's Choice | Self - performer | 1970 |
NET Playhouse | Penelope | 1966 |
All the Way Home | Aunt Hannah | 1963 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Miss Taylor (clip from Five Star Final (1931)) | 1963 |
I Could Go on Singing | Ida | 1963 |
Diamond Head | Kapiolani Kahana | 1962 |
The Doctors and the Nurses | Betty Anderson | 1962 |
The Defenders | Mrs. Vronis / Mary Alice Trotter | 1961 |
The Young Doctors | Dr. Lucy Grainger | 1961 |
Cimarron | Mrs. Mavis Pegler | 1960 |
Play of the Week | Nurse | 1959 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
The Man from Laramie | Kate Canaday | 1955 |
The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
The Eddie Cantor Story | Grandma Esther | 1953 |
The Flame and the Arrow | Nonna Bartoli | 1950 |
Roseanna McCoy | Sarie McCoy | 1949 |
Studio One | Mrs. Weston / Mrs. Grey | 1948 |
The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Aunt Hannah Lynch | 1948 |
The Search | Mrs. Murray | 1948 |
The Mighty McGurk | Mamie Steeple | 1947 |
Guest in the House | Aunt Martha / Aunt Martha Proctor | 1944 |
Dragon Seed | Ling Tan's Wife | 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! | Aunt Lily / Cousin Lily | 1935 |
Kind Lady | Mary Herries | 1935 |
I Live My Life | Betty Collins / Betty | 1935 |
Mary Jane's Pa | Ellen Preston | 1935 |
While the Patient Slept | Sarah Keate / 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 | Mrs. Moore aka Auntie / Auntie | 1933 |
Gold Diggers of 1933 | Trixie Lorraine | 1933 |
Silver Dollar | Sarah Martin | 1932 |
One Way Passage | Barrel House Betty / 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 - the Neighbor / Bessie | 1932 |
The Mouthpiece | Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary / Miss Hickey | 1932 |
Five Star Final | Miss Taylor | 1931 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1945 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |