Mary MacLaren

Born: 1896-01-17, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1985-11-09

Biography

Mary MacLaren (born Mary Ida MacDonald, also credited Mary McLaren; January 19, 1900 – November 9, 1985) was an American film actress in both the silent and sound eras. She was the younger sister of actresses Miriam and Katherine MacDonald and appeared in more than 170 films between 1916 and 1949. MacLaren's screen career began in 1916 with Shoes. She subsequently performed in productions for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, including Idle Wives (1916), The Plow Woman (1917), The Model's Confession (1918), The Petal on the Current (1919), The Unpainted Woman (1919), Bonnie Bonnie Lassie (1919), Rouge and Riches (1920), and many others. Among her more notable film roles is her performance as Queen Anne of Austria in the 1921 Douglas Fairbanks production of The Three Musketeers. In studio directories and trade publications, the 5'3" MacLaren was described as having blue eyes and "masses of blond hair" and being an accomplished swimmer and tennis player. (Wikipedia)

Filmography

• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• The 9th Guest (1934)
• In Name Only (1939)
• Shoes (1916)
• Fashions of 1934 (1934)
• I Stole a Million (1939)
• The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
• Creaking Stairs (1919)
• Westward Ho (1935)
• Captain January (1936)
• Tell Your Children (1938)
• 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
• The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
• The Duke of West Point (1938)
• Vanity Pool (1918)
• The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
• Fighting Valley (1943)
• The Unpainted Woman (1919)
• Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
• The Leopard Man (1943)
• Stand-In (1937)
• Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
• O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)
• A Lawman Is Born (1937)
• King of the Pecos (1936)
• Around the World (1943)
• Saddle Aces (1935)
• Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
• Rouge and Riches (1920)
• Numbered Woman (1938)