
Aline MacMahon
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1899-05-03
- Died
- 1991-10-12
- Place of birth
- McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Aline Laveen MacMahon
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
TV Shows (4)
Movies (49)

Cimarron
1960
as Mrs. Mavis Pegler

The Search
1948
as Mrs. Murray

All the Way Home
1963
as Aunt Hannah

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

The Man from Laramie
1955
as Kate Canaday

Heat Lightning
1934
as Olga

Dragon Seed
1944
as Ling Tan's Wife

Silver Dollar
1932
as Sarah Martin

Side Streets
1934
as Bertha Krasnoff

Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Trixie

The Flame and the Arrow
1950
as Nonna Bartoli

Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Cousin Lily

Medea
1959
as The Nurse

Out of the Fog
1941
as Florence Goodwin

The Mouthpiece
1932
as Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary

Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Aline MacMahon

Heroes for Sale
1933
as Mary Dennis

Diamond Head
1962
as Kapiolani Kahana

Guest in the House
1944
as Aunt Martha Proctor

Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)

I Live My Life
1935
as Betty Collins

The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Auntie

Babbitt
1934
as Myra Babbitt

The World Changes
1933
as Anna Nordholm

One Way Passage
1932
as Countess Barilhaus

The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Buddy

Kind Lady
1935
as Mary Herries
I Could Go on Singing
1963
as Ida

Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Sarie McCoy

When You're in Love
1937
as Marianne Woods

Mary Jane's Pa
1935
as Ellen Preston

Five Star Final
1931
as Miss Taylor

Back Door to Heaven
1939
as Miss Williams

Life Begins
1932
as Miss Bowers

The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
as Grandma Esther

Once in a Lifetime
1932
as May Daniels

While the Patient Slept
1935
as Nurse Sarah Keate

Tish
1942
as Lizzie Wilkins

The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Mamie Steeple

The Young Doctors
1961
as Dr. Lucy Grainger

The Merry Frinks
1934
as Hattie 'Mom' Frink

Big Hearted Herbert
1934
as Elizabeth Kalness

Week-End Marriage
1932
as Agnes Davis

For the Use of the Hall
1975
as Bess

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Seeds of Freedom
1943
as Odessa Citizen

The Heart of New York
1932
as Bessie

Antigone
1974
as Nurse

Reward Unlimited
1944
as Mrs. Scott
About Aline MacMahon
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. With 53 credits spanning from 1931 to 2006, Aline MacMahon has appeared in 49 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Aline MacMahon Movies
- Cimarron (1960) — as Mrs. Mavis Pegler
- The Search (1948) — as Mrs. Murray
- All the Way Home (1963) — as Aunt Hannah
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Man from Laramie (1955) — as Kate Canaday
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