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Mae Marsh
Madrid, New Mexico Territory , USA · b. Nov 7, 1894
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Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1894 – February 13, 1968) was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.
KNOWN FOR
Bonanza
1959
Wagon Train
1960
The Searchers
1956
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
The Song of Bernadette
1943
3 Godfathers
1948
A Star Is Born
1954
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Quiet Man
1952
My Darling Clementine
1946
Fort Apache
1948
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
147
2019
I Am Not a Racist
as Flora (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
as Self (Archive footage)
1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
as Woman (uncredited)
1963
Donovan's Reef
as Family Council Member (uncredited)
1961
Two Rode Together
as Hanna Clegg (uncredited)
1960
Sergeant Rutledge
as Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
1960
Wagon Train
as Mrs. Jesse Grant
1959
Bonanza
as Mary
1958
The Last Hurrah
as Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
1957
The Wings of Eagles
as Nurse Crumley (uncredited)
1956
While the City Sleeps
as Mrs. Manners
1956
Julie
as Hysterical Passenger
1956
Girls in Prison
as 'Grandma' Edwards
1956
The Searchers
as Dark Cloaked Woman at Fort Guarding Deranged Woman (uncredited)
1955
Hell on Frisco Bay
as Mrs. Cobb, Steve's Landlady (uncredited)
1955
Prince of Players
as Witch in 'Macbeth' (uncredited)
1955
The Tall Men
as Emigrant (uncredited)
1954
A Star Is Born
as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
as GAR Woman at the Ball
1953
Titanic
as Woman to Whom Norman Gave His Seat (uncredited)
1953
The Robe
as Jerusalem Woman Aiding Demetrius (uncredited)
1953
A Blueprint for Murder
as Anna Swenson (uncredited)
1952
The Quiet Man
as Father Paul's Mother (uncredited)
1952
Night Without Sleep
as Maid (Uncredited)
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Mrs. Clara Fettles (uncredited)
1950
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)
1950
My Blue Heaven
as Maid (uncredited)
1949
Impact
as Mrs. King
1949
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Sister Hattie
1949
It Happens Every Spring
as Greenleaf's Maid (uncredited)
1949
Everybody Does It
as Harris
1949
A Letter to Three Wives
as Miss Jenkins (uncredited)
1948
Green Grass of Wyoming
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
1948
3 Godfathers
as Mrs. Perley Sweet
1948
Deep Waters
as Molly Thatcher
1948
Fort Apache
as Mrs. Gates
1947
Thunder in the Valley
as Flower Vendor
1947
Mother Wore Tights
as Resort Guest (uncredited)
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
as Woman in Santa Line (uncredited)
1947
Daisy Kenyon
as Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)
1946
Smoky
as Woman Watching Parade (uncredited)
1946
My Darling Clementine
as Simpson's Sister (uncredited)
1945
Leave Her to Heaven
as Fisherwoman (uncredited)
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Tynmore Sister (uncredited)
1943
Quiet Please, Murder
as Miss Hartwig
1943
Dixie Dugan
as Mrs. Sloan
1943
The Moon Is Down
as Villager (uncredited)
1943
The Meanest Man in the World
as Old Lady (uncredited)
1943
Jane Eyre
as Leah (uncredited)
1943
The Song of Bernadette
as Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)
1942
It's Everybody's War
as Mrs. Stone (uncredited)
1942
The Man in the Trunk
as Mrs. Inge (uncredited)
1942
Blue, White and Perfect
as Mrs. Bertha Toby
1942
It Happened in Flatbush
as Aunt Mae (uncredited)
1942
Just Off Broadway
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
1942
Tales of Manhattan
as Molly
1941
Tobacco Road
as County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)
1941
Great Guns
as Aunt Martha
1941
Swamp Water
as Mrs. McCord (uncredited)
1941
Belle Starr
as Preacher's Wife (uncredited)
1941
Remember the Day
as Teacher
1941
For Beauty's Sake
as Night Manager (uncredited)
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Muley's Wife (uncredited)
1940
Young People
as Maria Liggett
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Mrs. Stetson
1939
Swanee River
as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Extra as Empire State Building Tourist
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Carlotta Blakeford
1935
Black Fury
as Mrs. Mary Novak
1934
Little Man, What Now?
as His Wife
1933
Alice in Wonderland
as Sheep
1932
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Aunt Jane
1932
That's My Boy
as Mother Scott
1932
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
1931
Over the Hill
as Ma Shelby
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1925
The Rat
as Odile Etrange
1925
Tides of Passion
as Charity
1924
Daddies
as Ruth Atkins
1924
Arabella
as Arabella
1923
The White Rose
as Bessie
1923
Paddy The Next Best Thing
as Paddy Adair
1922
Flames of Passion
as Dorothy Hawke
1922
Till We Meet Again
as Marion Bates
1921
Nobody's Kid
1920
The Little 'Fraid Lady
as Cecilia Carne
1919
The Mother and the Law
as The Little Dear One
1919
The Bondage of Barbara
as Barbara Grey
1919
Spotlight Sadie
as Sadie Sullivan
1918
The Beloved Traitor
as Mary Garland
1918
The Face in the Dark
as Jane Ridgeway
1918
All Woman
as Susan Sweeney
1918
The Racing Strain
as Lucille Cameron
1918
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Belgian Girl
1917
Polly of the Circus
as Polly
1917
The Cinderella Man
as Marjorie Caner
1917
Sunshine Alley
as Nell
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Dear One (Modern Story)
1916
The Marriage of Molly-O
as Molly-O
1916
Hoodoo Ann
as Hoodoo Ann
1916
A Child of the Paris Streets
as Julie / the Child-Wife
1916
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
as The Wild Girl
1915
The Birth of a Nation
as Flora Cameron
1915
His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
1914
The Avenging Conscience
as The Maid
1914
The Escape
as Jennie Joyce
1914
Moonshine Molly
as Molly Boone
1914
Judith of Bethulia
as Naomi
1914
Brute Force
as Lilywhite
1914
Home, Sweet Home
as Apple Pie Mary Smith
1914
The Life of General Villa
as American lover
1913
For the Son of the House
as The Young Woman
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
as The Girl
1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
as Angelina Millingford - a Maid
1913
Broken Ways
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1913
Near To Earth
as One of Gato's Sweetheart's Friends
1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as Sally Cameron
1913
The Tender Hearted Boy
as The Tender-Hearted Boy's Sweetheart
1913
The Perfidy of Mary
as Mary
1913
By Man's Law
as Ann Calvert - Sister Owner
1913
His Mother's Son
as The Daughter
1913
Three Friends
as The Wife's Friend
1913
Fate
as Mother, Loving Family
1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Telephone Girl
1913
The Little Tease
as The Little Tease, as an Adult
1913
The Reformers
as The Daughter
1913
The Wanderer
as The Other Parents' Daughter, as an Adult
1912
The School Teacher and the Waif
as Schoolgirl
1912
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
The Old Actor
1912
The New York Hat
as A Town Gossip
1912
A Beast at Bay
as The Young Woman's Friend
1912
The Lesser Evil
as The Young Woman's Companion
1912
The Sands of Dee
as Mary
1912
A Voice from the Deep
as On Beach
1912
Brutality
as The Young Woman
1912
Man's Genesis
as Lillywhite
1912
Lena and the Geese
as The 'Adopted' Daughter
1912
A Temporary Truce
as A Murdered Settler (uncredited)
1912
A Lodging for the Night
as First Mexican Couple - the Woman
1912
Home Folks
1911
Fighting Blood