1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. Rachel Luttrell to Robert Markowitz

Aline MacMahon Biography (1899-1991)

Born May 3, 1899, in McKeesport, PA; died of pneumonia, October 12, 1991, inNew York, NY; daughter of Jennie Simon MacMahon (an actress); married Clarence M. Stein.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

actress

Birth Details

May 3, 1899

McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Details

October 12, 1991

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Laura Huxtable, The Madras House, Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City, 1921.
• Matilda, The Green Ring, Neighborhood Playhouse, 1922.
• Anne, The Dover Road, Bijou Theatre, New York City, 1922.
• Miss Files, The Exciters, Times Square Theatre, New York City, 1922.
• Molly Latimer, Connie Comes Home, 49th Street Theatre, New York City, 1923.
• Artists and Models, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1925.
• Rosalie Kent, Spread Eagle, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1927.
• Hildegard Maxon, Her First Affair, Bayes Theatre, New York City, 1927.
• Bella, Maya, Comedy Theatre, New York City, 1928.
• Tony Ambler, Winter Bound, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City,1929.
• Margaret Brice, If Love Were All, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1931.
• Mary, Kindred, Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York City, 1939.
• Nell West, The Eve of St. Mark, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1942.
• Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, Kronberg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark, 1949.
• Countess Aurelia, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Ivar Theatre, Los Angeles, 1951.
• Mrs. Guzzard, The Confidential Clerk, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• Laura Anson, A Day by the Sea, ANTA Playhouse, New York City, 1955.
• Pictures in the Hallway, Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City, 1956.
• I Knock at the Door, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• Mama Caparuta, The Poker Game, Shubert Theatre, Washington, DC, 1959.
• Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1959.
• Countess of Rossillion, All's Well That Ends Well, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 1959.
• Aunt Hannah Lynch, All the Way Home, Belasco Theatre, 1960.
• Volumnia, The Tragedy of Coriolanus, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, 1965.
• Tribulation Wholesome, The Alchemist, Repertory Theatre of LincolnCenter, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Alegria, Yerma, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1966.
• Mrs. Humphreys, The East Wind, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1967.
• Mrs. Sarti, Galileo, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1967.
• Mina, Walking to Waldheim, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Forum Theatre, New York City, 1967.
• Hecuba, Tiger at the Gates, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1968.
• Mother Marguerite, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1968.
• Mrs. Peeles, The Inner Journey, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Forum Theatre, 1969.
• Mrs. Casside, Pictures in the Hallway, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Forum Theatre, 1971.
• Hannah Kennedy, Mary Stuart, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center,Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1971.
• Rebecca Nurse, The Crucible, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center,Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1972.
• Miss Trafalger Gower, Trelawny of the Wells, New York ShakespeareFestival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1975.
• Also appeared as Decima, The Player Queen, Mag Maggot, This Fine-Pretty World, Babsy, The Shrewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, and Riemke van Eyden, Time Is a Dream, all Neighborhood Playhouse, all 1923-24;May Daniels, Once in a Lifetime, San Francisco, CA, 1930, and Plymouth, NY, 1931; Betsy Graham, Heavenly Express, National Theatre, 1940; and Countess Aurelia, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Washington, DC, 1961. Also appeared in Candida, Stockbridge, MA, 1937; The Ghost of YankeeDoodle, Ann Arbor, MI, 1938; Away from It All, Carmel, CA, 1938;and The Grand Street Follies, Neighborhood Playhouse.
• Credits; Major Tours
• Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, German cities, 1949.
• Credits; Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Miss Taylor, Five Star Final (also known as One Fatal Hour), First National-Warner Bros., 1931.
• Heart of New York, Warner Bros., 1932.
• Miss Bowers, Life Begins (released in Great Britain as Dream ofLife), First National-Warner Bros., 1932.
• May Daniels, Once in a Lifetime, Universal, 1932.
• Betty the Countess, One Way Passage, Warner Bros., 1932.
• Sarah Martin, Silver Dollar, First National, 1932.
• Agnes, Week-End Marriage (released in Great Britain as WeekendLives; also known as Working Wives), First National-Warner Bros.,1932.
• Trixie Lorraine, Gold Diggers of 1933, Warner Bros., 1933.
• Mary, Heroes for Sale, First National-Warner Bros., 1933.
• The Aunt, The Life of Jimmy Dolan (released in Great Britain as The Kid's Last Fight), Warner Bros., 1933.
• Anna Nordholm, The World Changes, First National-Warner Bros., 1933.
• Myra Babbitt, Babbitt, First National-Warner Bros., 1934.
• Olga, Heat Lightning, Warner Bros., 1934.
• Bertha Krasnoff, Side Streets (released in Great Britain as A Woman in Her Thirties), First National-Warner Bros., 1934.
• Lily Davis, Ah, Wilderness, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1935.
• Betty, I Live My Life, MGM, 1935.
• Mary Herries, Kind Lady (also known as House of Menace), MGM, 1935.
• Ellen Preston, Mary Jane's Pa (released in Great Britain as Wanderlust), First National-Warner Bros., 1935.
• Nurse Sarah Keate, While the Patient Slept, First National-WarnerBros., 1935.
• Marianne Woods, When You're in Love, Columbia, 1937.
• Florence Goodwin, Out of the Fog, Warner Bros., 1941.
• Buddy, The Lady Is Willing, Columbia, 1942.
• Lizzie Wilkins, Tish, MGM, 1942.
• The Seeds of Freedom, Potemkin, 1943.
• Stage Door Canteen, United Artists (UA), 1943.
• Mrs. Ling Tan, Dragon Seed, MGM, 1944.
• Aunt Martha, Guest in the House, UA, 1944.
• Mamie Steeple, The Mighty McGurk, MGM, 1946.
• Mrs. Murray, The Search, MGM, 1948.
• Sarie McCoy, Roseanna McCoy, RKO Radio Pictures, 1949.
• Nonna Bartoli, The Flame and the Arrow, Warner Bros., 1950.
• Grandma Esther, The Eddie Cantor Story, Warner Bros., 1953.
• Kate Canaday, The Man from Laramie, Columbia, 1955.
• Mrs. Pegler, Cimarron, MGM, 1960.
• Dr. Lucy Grainger, The Young Doctors, UA, 1961.
• Kapiolani Kahana, Diamond Head, Columbia, 1962.
• Aunt Hannah, All the Way Home, Paramount, 1963.
• Ida, I Could Go On Singing, UA, 1963.
• Also appeared in The Mouthpiece.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
• "The Town," Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, ABC, 1952.
• "Mornings at Seven," Celanese Theater, ABC, 1952.
• "The Weston Strain," Studio One, CBS, 1957.
• "Boulevard Jasmine," Frontiers of Faith, NBC, 1957.
• "The Desperate Age," Studio One, CBS, 1958.
• Nurse, "Medea," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1959.
• "Old Lady Ironsides," The Defenders, CBS, 1963.
• "King of the Hill," The Defenders, CBS, 1964.
• "Coriolanus," Repertory Theater, syndicated, 1965.
• "Once Upon a Lifetime," N.E.T. Playhouse, PBS, 1971.
• "Antigone," New York Playhouse, PBS, 1972.
• "For the Use of the Hall," Hollywood Television Theater, PBS, 1975.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
• Appeared in God Rest Ye Merry, 1971.

Further Reference

Periodicals

• Hollywood Reporter, October 15, 1991, p. 3.
• Variety, October 28, 1991, p. 62.