Aline MacMahon

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Aline MacMahon

Acting May 3, 1899

McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

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6.1 1971 TV Show
The Defenders

The Defenders

6.3 1961 TV Show
Studio One

Studio One

5.4 1948 TV Show
The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

7.2 1955 Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.6 1948 TV Show
Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

7.2 1933 Movie
The Flame and the Arrow

The Flame and the Arrow

6.3 1950 Movie
Cimarron

Cimarron

6.2 1960 Movie
The Search

The Search

7.1 1948 Movie
One Way Passage

One Way Passage

7.3 1932 Movie
Five Star Final

Five Star Final

6.6 1931 Movie
Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

6.3 1941 Movie

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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.

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  1. 2006
    Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2003
    Complicated Women

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1975
    For the Use of the Hall

    Movie Bess

  4. 1974
    Antigone

    Movie Nurse

  5. 1971
    Great Performances

    TV show Nurse

  6. 1963
    All the Way Home

    Movie Aunt Hannah

  7. 1963
    I Could Go on Singing

    Movie Ida

  8. 1962
    Diamond Head

    Movie Kapiolani Kahana

  9. 1961
    The Defenders

    TV show Mary Alice Trotter

  10. 1961
    The Young Doctors

    Movie Dr. Lucy Grainger

  11. 1960
    Cimarron

    Movie Mrs. Mavis Pegler

  12. 1959
    Medea

    Movie The Nurse

  13. 1955
    The Man from Laramie

    Movie Kate Canaday

  14. 1953
    The Eddie Cantor Story

    Movie Grandma Esther

  15. 1950
    The Flame and the Arrow

    Movie Nonna Bartoli

  16. 1949
    Roseanna McCoy

    Movie Sarie McCoy

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  1. 1948
    Studio One

    TV show Mrs. Weston

  2. 1948
    The Philco Television Playhouse

    TV show

  3. 1948
    The Search

    Movie Mrs. Murray

  4. 1947
    The Mighty McGurk

    Movie Mamie Steeple

  5. 1944
    Guest in the House

    Movie Aunt Martha Proctor

  6. 1944
    Dragon Seed

    Movie Ling Tan's Wife

  7. 1944
    Reward Unlimited

    Movie Mrs. Scott

  8. 1944
    Twenty Years After

    Movie (archive footage)

  9. 1943
    Seeds of Freedom

    Movie Odessa Citizen

  10. 1943
    Stage Door Canteen

    Movie Aline MacMahon

  11. 1942
    Tish

    Movie Lizzie Wilkins

  12. 1942
    The Lady Is Willing

    Movie Buddy

  13. 1941
    Out of the Fog

    Movie Florence Goodwin

  14. 1939
    Back Door to Heaven

    Movie Miss Williams

  15. 1937
    When You're in Love

    Movie Marianne Woods

  16. 1935
    Ah, Wilderness!

    Movie Cousin Lily

  17. 1935
    Kind Lady

    Movie Mary Herries

  18. 1935
    I Live My Life

    Movie Betty Collins

  19. 1935
    Mary Jane's Pa

    Movie Ellen Preston

  20. 1935
    While the Patient Slept

    Movie Nurse Sarah Keate

  21. 1934
    Babbitt

    Movie Myra Babbitt

  22. 1934
    Big Hearted Herbert

    Movie Elizabeth Kalness

  23. 1934
    Side Streets

    Movie Bertha Krasnoff

  24. 1934
    The Merry Frinks

    Movie Hattie 'Mom' Frink