Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1894 – February 13, 1968) was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.
Titanic
as Woman to Whom Norman Gave His Seat (uncredited)Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic....
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Leave Her to Heaven
as Fisherwoman (uncredited)A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous...
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Miracle on 34th Street
as Woman in Santa Line (uncredited)Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow...
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The Searchers
as Dark Cloaked Woman at Fort Guarding Deranged Woman (uncredited)As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his...
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The Grapes of Wrath
as Muley's Wife (uncredited)Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...
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The Birth of a Nation
as Flora CameronTwo families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons,...
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The Robe
as Jerusalem Woman Aiding Demetrius (uncredited)Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the...
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The Quiet Man
as Father Paul's Mother (uncredited)An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
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Alice in Wonderland
as SheepIn Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...
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Two Rode Together
as Hanna Clegg (uncredited)Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
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A Star Is Born
as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...
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My Darling Clementine
as Simpson's Sister (uncredited)Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of...
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The Gunfighter
as Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
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Fort Apache
as Mrs. GatesOwen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military...
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Dear One (Modern Story)The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven...
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Donovan's Reef
as Family Council Member (uncredited)After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the...
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The Song of Bernadette
as Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful...
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Drums Along the Mohawk
as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in...
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Cheyenne Autumn
as Woman (uncredited)A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
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The Last Hurrah
as Mourner at Wake (uncredited)In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield,...
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The Fighting Kentuckian
as Sister HattieJohn Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De...
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Sergeant Rutledge
as Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a...
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Jane Eyre
as Leah (uncredited)After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...
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Impact
as Mrs. KingAfter surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the...
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3 Godfathers
as Mrs. Perley SweetThree outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to...
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The Tall Men
as Emigrant (uncredited)Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from...
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A Letter to Three Wives
as Miss Jenkins (uncredited)A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is...
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While the City Sleeps
as Mrs. MannersNewspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
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Daisy Kenyon
as Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Tynmore Sister (uncredited)In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and...
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Tobacco Road
as County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their...
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A Blueprint for Murder
as Anna Swenson (Uncredited)Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also...
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Belle Starr
as Preacher's Wife (uncredited)After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain...
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The Sun Shines Bright
as GAR Woman at the BallWith the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is...
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Extra as Empire State Building TouristNew York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in...
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The Avenging Conscience
as The MaidThwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark...
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Ramona
as uncreditedRamona, residing on her wealthy Spanish adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love...
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The Old Actor
as uncreditedAn elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because...
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Tales of Manhattan
as Molly (Robinson sequence)Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed...
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew...
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Judith of Bethulia
as NaomiGriffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of...
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Girls in Prison
as 'Grandma' EdwardsAn inmate is persuaded to take part in a breakout by cellmates anxious to cash in on loot they...
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Great Guns
as Aunt MarthaLaurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick...
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Swamp Water
as Mrs. McCord (uncredited)A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love...
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Just Off Broadway
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a...
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Home, Sweet Home
as Apple Pie Mary SmithJohn Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his...
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Over the Hill
as Ma ShelbyIn their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children,...
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It Happens Every Spring
as Greenleaf's Maid (uncredited)A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly...
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The Mother and the Law
as The Little Dear OneAfter the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his...
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Hollywood Boulevard
as Carlotta BlakefordWith a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...
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Julie
as Hysterical PassengerA terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
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I Am Not a Racist
as FloraA parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes...
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The White Rose
as BessieA wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes...
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Everybody Does It
as HarrisLeonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures...
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Black Fury
as Mrs. Mary NovakA simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and...
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The Lesser Evil
as The Young Woman's CompanionA young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of...
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The Moon Is Down
as Villager (uncredited)The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on...
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Dixie Dugan
as Mrs. SloanRoger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Mrs. StetsonA man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death....
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Hell on Frisco Bay
as Mrs. Cobb, Steve's Landlady (uncredited)A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob...
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Life in Hollywood No. 4
as uncreditedPart of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
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A Child of the Paris Streets
as Julie / the Child-WifeWhen the son of a leader of a Paris underworld family known as The Apaches is arrested and tried...
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Mrs. Clara Fettles (uncredited)When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only...
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The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the...
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Night Without Sleep
as Maid (Uncredited)Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he...
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Mother Wore Tights
as Resort Guest (uncredited)In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco...
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Man's Genesis
as LillywhiteAn old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a...
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My Blue Heaven
as Maid (uncredited)Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For...
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Brute Force
as LilywhiteA thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's...
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Deep Waters
as Molly ThatcherA state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.
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Swanee River
as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who...
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Young People
as Maria LiggettWendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They...
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The Wanderer
as The Other Parents' Daughter, as an AdultA little over six minutes survive of this Biograph short. Not to be confused with another...
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as Sally CameronTwo young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events...
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Blue, White, and Perfect
as Mrs. Bertha TobyIn order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and...
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The Escape
as Jennie JoyceA dramatic comparison between the mating habits of animals and the way humans choose their own...
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Hoodoo Ann
as Hoodoo AnnA teenage orphan (who believes herself to be "hoodooed") is taken in by a childless couple and...
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A Temporary Truce
as A Murdered Settler (uncredited)A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he kidnaps...
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The Face in the Dark
as Jane RidgewayJane Ridgeway, the daughter of retired Secret Service man Charles Ridgeway, has inherited her...
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The Life of General Villa
as American loverSilent biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself. The movie incorporates...
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
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The New York Hat
as A Town GossipTo fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a...
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That's My Boy
as Mother ScottFeaturing members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern...
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Green Grass of Wyoming
as Race Spectator (uncredited)The romance of a rancher's niece and a rival rancher's son parallels that of a stallion and a mare.
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Smoky
as Woman Watching Parade (uncredited)Clint Barkley first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the...
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Polly of the Circus
as PollyWhen circus aerialist Polly Fisher is injured, she is taken to the nearby home of minister John...
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The Rat
as Odile EtrangeWhen bored courtesan Zelie de Chaumet begs her lover, the corrupt and powerful Stetz, to take...
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Little Man, What Now?
as His WifeA young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the...
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A Lodging for the Night
as First Mexican Couple - the WomanDick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn....
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Lena and the Geese
as The 'Adopted' DaughterA first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman,...
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Fighting Blood
as uncreditedAfter the Civil War, an ex-soldier and his family settle in the Dakota Territory. The son...
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Daddies
as Ruth AtkinsA group of confirmed bachelors finds their informal "anti-matrimony club" turned into a home for...
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It Happened in Flatbush
as Aunt Mae (uncredited)A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports...
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Brutality
as The Young WomanAn abusive father and husband attends a play one night and sees that the "villain" in the piece...
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Aunt JaneA young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a...
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The Meanest Man in the World
as Old Lady (uncredited)Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but...
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Two Daughters of Eve
as uncreditedCalumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this...
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Home Folks
as uncreditedGriffith interweaves two tales of one family: A stern father rules his family by what he thinks...
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All Woman
as Susan SweeneySusan Sweeney inherits a country hotel. When she arrives to take possession, she discovers it to...
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The School Teacher and the Waif
as SchoolgirlNora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends...
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Remember the Day
as TeacherElderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls...
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Quiet Please, Murder
as Miss HartwigA forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to...
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a...
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The Sands of Dee
as MaryA young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One...
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Prince of Players
as Witch in 'Macbeth' (uncredited)Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
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Thunder in the Valley
as Flower VendorThe popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep...
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The Little Tease
as The Little Tease, as an AdultThe supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was...
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The Marriage of Molly-O
as Molly-OBrutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her...
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It's Everybody's War
as Mrs. Stone (uncredited)Wartime documentary propagandizing for greater participation in the U.S. war effort during the...
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Flames of Passion
as Dorothy HawkeDorothy, a young girl, is seduced by her father's chauffeur. She gives birth to a child who is...
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Near To Earth
as One of Gato's Sweetheart's FriendsThis is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger...
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A Beast at Bay
as The Young Woman's FriendMary Pickford as "The Young Woman", is quite taken with Edwin August; in fact, he is her...
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Fate
as Mother, Loving FamilySim Sloane and his beloved son were the reprobates of the village, not what would be called...
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Arabella
as ArabellaA foal runs away from its native pasture, falls into a swamp and is rescued by the circus dancer...
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Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Belgian GirlThe Kaiser is playing cards with King Albert of Italy, who loses, but is rescued by Miss Liberty...
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The Beloved Traitor
as Mary GarlandWanting her sweetheart, Judd Minot, a Maine fisherman, to develop his sculpting talents, Mary...
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The Racing Strain
as Lucille CameronLucille Cameron, the spirited daughter of a Kentucky colonel, discovers that her father is...
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Nobody's Kid
as uncreditedBecause of the circumstances of her parents' marriage her grandfather rejects their child, Mary....
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Broken Ways
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question....
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Paddy The Next Best Thing
as Paddy AdairA girl refuses the attentions of a young playboy with whom her sister is in love.
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The Man in the Trunk
as Mrs. Inge (uncredited)The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
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Three Friends
as The Wife's FriendEach night, after the day's work at the factory, the three bachelor friends met and declared...
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The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Telephone GirlD.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The...
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For Beauty's Sake
as Night Manager (uncredited)A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a...
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The Reformers
as The DaughterBehold in this film the Uplifter, a peculiarity of the human species, quite convinced that all...
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The Cinderella Man
as Marjorie CanerWhen Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big...
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Sunshine Alley
as NellIn the poorest section of the city lives Nell, who spends her days at her grandfather's bird...
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Till We Meet Again
as Marion BatesSwindler Arthur Montrose has tricked Marion Bates into getting committed to an insane asylum,...
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Wagon Train
as Mrs. Jesse GrantThe series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...
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