Mae Marsh

Actor

About

Also Known As

Mary Wayne Marsh

Birth Place

Madrid, New Mexico, USA

Born

November 09, 1895

Died

February 13, 1968

Biography

Sensitive, lovely heroine of many D.W. Griffith films. The gifted Marsh joined the director's company in 1912 and distinguished herself as the younger sister who plunges to her death in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and especially as the young wife in the modern episode of "Intolerance" (1916). After a brief retirement in the mid-1920s she played supporting parts in sound films, especia...

Filmography

TBD (2005)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

Two Rode Together (1961)

Hanna Clay

From the Terrace (1960)

Governess

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Nellie

Cry Terror! (1958)

Photos & Videos

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3 Godfathers (1948) -- (Movie Clip) By The Way Of New Jerusalem

Gunfighter, The - (Re-issue Trailer)

Family & Companions

Louis Lee Arms

Husband

Publicist. Married 1918; survived her.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

TBD (2005)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

Two Rode Together (1961)

Hanna Clay

From the Terrace (1960)

Governess

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Nellie

Cry Terror! (1958)

The Wings of Eagles (1957)

Nurse

While the City Sleeps (1956)

Mrs. Manners

Hell on Frisco Bay (1956)

Steve's landlady

Girls in Prison (1956)

Grandma [Edwards]

Julie (1956)

Hysterical passenger

Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)

Woman in bank

Prince of Players (1955)

Witch in <I>Macbeth</I>

The Tall Men (1955)

Emigrant

A Star Is Born (1954)

Malibu party guest

Titanic (1953)

The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

G.A.R. lady

Powder River (1953)

Townswoman

A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

Anna Swenson

The Robe (1953)

The Model and the Marriage Broker (1952)

The Quiet Man (1952)

Night Without Sleep (1952)

Maid

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

Mrs. Fettles

The Gunfighter (1950)

Mrs. O'Brien

It Happens Every Spring (1949)

Maid

Impact (1949)

Mrs. Peters

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Sister Hattie

3 Godfathers (1949)

Mrs. Perley Sweet

Everybody Does It (1949)

Bob, Son of Battle (1947)

Flower vender

The Late George Apley (1947)

Maid

Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)

The Dolly Sisters (1945)

Flower lady

The Song of Bernadette (1945)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

In the Meantime, Darling (1944)

Emma

Dixie Dugan (1943)

Mrs. Sloan

The Meanest Man in the World (1943)

Old lady

Quiet Please Murder (1943)

Miss Hartwig

Remember the Day (1942)

Teacher

Blue, White and Perfect (1942)

Mrs. Toby

The Man in the Trunk (1942)

Mrs. Inge

Son of Fury (1942)

Mrs. Purdy

It Happened in Flatbush (1942)

Spinster

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)

Mrs. Phillips

Right to the Heart (1942)

Just Off Broadway (1942)

Elderly woman

Tales of Manhattan (1942)

The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)

Office worker

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Muley's wife

Young People (1940)

Maria Liggett

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

Mrs. Stetson

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Carlotta Blakeford

Black Fury (1935)

Mrs. Novak

Little Man, What Now? (1934)

His wife

Bachelor of Arts (1934)

Mrs. [Mary] Barth

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

The Sheep

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932)

Tides of Passion (1925)

Charity

Daddies (1924)

Ruth Atkins

The White Rose (1923)

Bessie Williams, known as "Teazie"

Till We Meet Again (1922)

Marion Bates

Nobody's Kid (1921)

Mary Cary

The Little 'Fraid Lady (1920)

Cecelia Carne

The Bondage of Barbara (1919)

Barbara Grey

The Mother and the Law (1919)

The Little Dear One

Spotlight Sadie (1919)

Sadie Sullivan

The Racing Strain (1918)

Lucille Cameron

The Glorious Adventure (1918)

Carey Wethersbee

The Face in the Dark (1918)

Jane Ridgeway

All Woman (1918)

Susan Sweeney

The Beloved Traitor (1918)

Peggy Murray/Louise Parke

Fields of Honor (1918)

Marie Messereau

Polly of the Circus (1917)

Polly

Sunshine Alley (1917)

Nell

The Cinderella Man (1917)

The Wild Girl of the Sierras (1916)

The wild girl

A Child of the Paris Streets (1916)

Julie/The child-wife

The Marriage of Molly-O (1916)

Molly-O

The Wharf Rat (1916)

Polly

The Little Liar (1916)

Maggie

Her Shattered Idol (1915)

Mae Carter

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Flora Cameron, the pet sister

The Outcast (1915)

The girl

The Outlaw's Revenge (1915)

The Avenging Conscience; Thou Shalt Not Kill (1914)

The maid

Home, Sweet Home (1914)

Apple Pie Mary

The Escape (1914)

Jennie Joyce

The Great Leap; Until Death Do Us Part (1914)

Mary Gibbs

Judith of Bethulia (1914)

Naomi

The New York Hat (1912)

Life Events

1912

Approached Biograph Company about appearing in films

1912

Feature debut, "A Siren of Impulse"

1914

Teamed with Bobby Harron in "Home Sweet Home"

1915

Had featured role in D W Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation"

1916

Reteamed with Griffith for "Intolerance"

1917

Signed to a contract by Goldwyn

1920

Announced retirement

1920

Came out of retirement to star in two features "'Fraid Lady" (1920) and "Nobody's Kid" (1921)

1923

Went to London to co-star in "Paddy, the Next Best Thing"

1923

Reteamed with Griffith for "The White Rose", co-starring Ivor Novello

1925

Made final silent film, "The Rat", based on a play by Novello

1932

Returned to films for a small role in Henry King's "Over the Hill"

1961

Final film, "Two Road Together", directed by John Ford

Photo Collections

Intolerance - Movie Poster

Here is an American One-Sheet Movie Poster from D. W. Griffith's epic feature Intolerance (1916). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters. There were several different designs used in posters for this film.