Aline 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

Great Performances

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

Studio One

The Defenders

The Defenders

Cimarron

The Man from Laramie

All Movies (49)

• Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• For the Use of the Hall1975 · as Bess
• Antigone1974 · as Nurse
• All the Way Home1963 · as Aunt Hannah
• I Could Go on Singing1963 · as Ida
• Diamond Head1962 · as Kapiolani Kahana
• The Young Doctors1961 · as Dr. Lucy Grainger
• Cimarron1960 · as Mrs. Mavis Pegler
• Medea1959 · as The Nurse
• The Man from Laramie1955 · as Kate Canaday
• The Eddie Cantor Story1953 · as Grandma Esther
• The Flame and the Arrow1950 · as Nonna Bartoli
• Roseanna McCoy1949 · as Sarie McCoy
• The Search1948 · as Mrs. Murray
• The Mighty McGurk1947 · as Mamie Steeple
• Guest in the House1944 · as Aunt Martha Proctor
• Dragon Seed1944 · as Ling Tan's Wife
• Reward Unlimited1944 · as Mrs. Scott
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Seeds of Freedom1943 · as Odessa Citizen
• Stage Door Canteen1943 · as Aline MacMahon
• Tish1942 · as Lizzie Wilkins
• The Lady Is Willing1942 · as Buddy
• Out of the Fog1941 · as Florence Goodwin
• Back Door to Heaven1939 · as Miss Williams
• When You're in Love1937 · as Marianne Woods
• Ah, Wilderness!1935 · as Cousin Lily
• Kind Lady1935 · as Mary Herries
• I Live My Life1935 · as Betty Collins
• Mary Jane's Pa1935 · as Ellen Preston
• While the Patient Slept1935 · as Nurse Sarah Keate
• Babbitt1934 · as Myra Babbitt
• Big Hearted Herbert1934 · as Elizabeth Kalness
• Side Streets1934 · as Bertha Krasnoff
• The Merry Frinks1934 · as Hattie 'Mom' Frink
• Heat Lightning1934 · as Olga
• The World Changes1933 · as Anna Nordholm
• Heroes for Sale1933 · as Mary Dennis
• The Life of Jimmy Dolan1933 · as Auntie
• Gold Diggers of 19331933 · as Trixie
• Silver Dollar1932 · as Sarah Martin
• One Way Passage1932 · as Countess Barilhaus
• Once in a Lifetime1932 · as May Daniels
• Life Begins1932 · as Miss Bowers
• Week-End Marriage1932 · as Agnes Davis
• The Heart of New York1932 · as Bessie
• The Mouthpiece1932 · as Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary
• Five Star Final1931 · as Miss Taylor

All TV Shows (6)

• Great Performances1971 · as Nurse
• The Defenders1961 · as Mary Alice Trotter
• The Defenders1961 · as Mrs. Vronis
• Studio One1948 · as Mrs. Weston
• Studio One1948 · as Mrs. Grey
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948