Aline MacMahon
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
For the Use of the Hall
1975
as Bess
Antigone
1974
as Nurse
Great Performances
1971
as Nurse
I Could Go on Singing
1963
as Ida
All the Way Home
1963
as Aunt Hannah
Diamond Head
1962
as Kapiolani Kahana
The Young Doctors
1961
as Dr. Lucy Grainger
The Defenders
1961
as Mary Alice Trotter
The Defenders
1961
as Mrs. Vronis
Cimarron
1960
as Mrs. Mavis Pegler
Medea
1959
as The Nurse
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Kate Canaday
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
as Grandma Esther
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
as Nonna Bartoli
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Sarie McCoy
The Search
1948
as Mrs. Murray
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Weston
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Grey
The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Mamie Steeple
Guest in the House
1944
as Aunt Martha Proctor
Dragon Seed
1944
as Ling Tan's Wife
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Reward Unlimited
1944
as Mrs. Scott
Seeds of Freedom
1943
as Odessa Citizen
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Aline MacMahon
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Buddy
Tish
1942
as Lizzie Wilkins
Out of the Fog
1941
as Florence Goodwin
Back Door to Heaven
1939
as Miss Williams
When You're in Love
1937
as Marianne Woods
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Cousin Lily
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Nurse Sarah Keate
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
as Ellen Preston
Kind Lady
1935
as Mary Herries
I Live My Life
1935
as Betty Collins
Heat Lightning
1934
as Olga
The Merry Frinks
1934
as Hattie 'Mom' Frink
Big Hearted Herbert
1934
as Elizabeth Kalness
Babbitt
1934
as Myra Babbitt
Side Streets
1934
as Bertha Krasnoff
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Trixie
Heroes for Sale
1933
as Mary Dennis
The World Changes
1933
as Anna Nordholm
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Auntie
One Way Passage
1932
as Countess Barilhaus
Silver Dollar
1932
as Sarah Martin
The Mouthpiece
1932
as Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary
Week-End Marriage
1932
as Agnes Davis
Life Begins
1932
as Miss Bowers
The Heart of New York
1932
as Bessie
Once in a Lifetime
1932
as May Daniels
Five Star Final
1931
as Miss Taylor