Aline MacMahon

Aline MacMahon
from the trailer for The Search (1948)
Born	Aline Laveen MacMahon May 3, 1899 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 12, 1991 (aged 92) New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active	1921–1975
Spouse(s)	Clarence Stein (1928–1975; his death)

Aline Laveen MacMahon (May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991) 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).

Early life

MacMahon was born to William Marcus MacMahon and Jennie (née Simon) MacMahon in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Her parents married on July 14, 1898 in Columbus, Ohio. According to the 1910 United States Federal Census, her father was born in 1878 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (today the North Side of the city of Pittsburgh) to an Irish-born father, whose occupation was a telegraph operator. Her mother, Jennie, was born in 1879 in Russia of Jewish descent; Jennie MacMahon died in 1984, aged 105.^[2]

Education

Aline MacMahon was raised in New York City and educated at Erasmus Hall High School (Brooklyn) and Barnard College.

Career

MacMahon began appearing on Broadway in 1921. Her first film role was in 1931 in Five Star Final; she alternated between Broadway and Hollywood throughout her career.

Personal life

MacMahon was married to Clarence Stein, an architect and city planner, who founded the Regional Planning Association in 1928. He died in 1975. They had no children. Aline MacMahon died in 1991, aged 92, of pneumonia in New York City, seven years after the death of her mother.^[3]

Filmography

Dorothy McGuire and Aline MacMahon in Reward Unlimited (1944)

• Five Star Final (1931)
• The Heart of New York (1932)
• The Mouthpiece (1932)
• Week-End Marriage (1932)
• Life Begins (1932)
• Once in a Lifetime (1932)
• One Way Passage (1932)
• Silver Dollar (1932)
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
• The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
• Heroes for Sale (1933)
• The World Changes (1933)
• Heat Lightning (1934)
• The Merry Frinks (1934)
• Side Streets (1934)
• Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
• Babbitt (1934)
• While the Patient Slept (1935)
• Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
• I Live My Life (1935)
• Kind Lady (1935)
• Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
• When You're in Love (1937)
• Back Door to Heaven (1939)
• Out of the Fog (1941)
• The Lady is Willing (1942)
• Tish (1942)
• Stage Door Canteen (1943)
• Seeds of Freedom (1943)
• Reward Unlimited (1944 short)
• Dragon Seed (1944)
• Guest in the House (1944)
• The Mighty McGurk (1947)
• The Search (1948)
• Roseanna McCoy (1949)
• The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
• The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
• The Man from Laramie (1955)
• Cimarron (1960)
• The Young Doctors (1961)
• Diamond Head (1963)
• I Could Go On Singing (1963)
• All the Way Home (1963)

References

1. Profile, findagrave.com; accessed August 12, 2015.
2. University of Wisconsin Library, Women's Studies archives, library.wisc.edu; accessed August 12, 2015.
3. IMDb profile

Census and other data

• The 1910 United States Federal Census for Brooklyn, New York, April 16, 1910, Enumeration District 1409, Sheet 5.
• The 1920 United States Federal Census for Manhattan Assembly District 13, January 25, 1920, Enumeration District 943, Sheet 9A.
• U.S. Passport Applications 1795–1925, Roll 1533-6376-6749, 19 March 1921 – 21 March 1921, Ancestry.com.

External links

• Aline MacMahon at the Internet Movie Database
• Aline MacMahon at the Internet Broadway Database
• "Aline MacMahon". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
• Literature on Aline MacMahon
• Aline MacMahon papers, 1899-1989, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts