Mary Currier (1904 - 1997)

Actress. Born in Racine, Wisconsin. Mary began her acting as a party guest in the movie Stronger than Desire in 1939. In 1940 she played bit parts in four movies, they were, Babies for Sale, Five little peppers in trouble, Blondie on a budget, and Kitty Foyle. In 1942, Mary played two bit parts in […]

Mary Darby Robinson (1758 - 1800)

Actress, Writer.  Hailed as “the perfect beauty” by the future George IV of England, who made her his first mistress, the scandalous events of Mrs. Robinson’s brief, tempestuous life have often overshadowed her significant talents onstage and as a woman of letters.  Born Mary Darby in Bristol, England, to a prosperous merchant and his blue-blooded […]

Mary Dean Lauria (1922 - 1995)

Actress.

Mary Dow (1921 - 2004)

Actress. She appeared in the films “Flashing Fangs” (1926), as ‘Baby’, and “Sea Horses” (1926), as ‘Cina Salvia.’ (bio by: K)

Mary Dresselhuys (1907 - 2004)

Dutch Actress and Comedienne. She was known as the ‘Grand Lady of comedy’ in her country. She performed more than 150 stage roles and developed into one of the best Dutch comedians ever, continuing to work and attract full theatres well into her elderly years. (bio by: Butterfly)

Mary Duncan (1895 - 1993)

Mary Duncan was born Mary Annie Dungan in Northumberland County, Virginia, the sixth of eight children born to Capt. William Dungan and his wife, Ada Thaddeus Douglass. She attended Cornell University before settling on acting as a career. She began her career as a child actress playing on the Broadway stage from 1910. In 1926 […]

Mary E Barnard (1909 - 2001)

Mary E Barnard Mary Ethel Barnard was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator. She is known for her elegant rendering of the works of Sappho, a translation which has never gone out of print. Paideuma: A Journal Devoted to Ezra Pound Scholarship, Issue 94, was exclusively dedicated to her work and her correspondence with […]

Mary Eaton (1901 - 1948)

Actress. American theatrical star and motion picture figure. Appeared with the Marx Brothers in their first film ‘The Cocoanuts’ (1929). Her headstone is simply marked ‘Our Mary’. She was married to actor Eddie Laughton.

Mary Egan Beal (1970 - 1929)

Early silent screen actress. Married to actor Frank Beal. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Frank Beal (1862 – 1934)Cause of death: Pneumonia

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835 - 1915)

Autor. Her parents separated while she was still a child, and she wrote and worked as an actress to support her mother. Her first novel, “Three Times Dead” (also known as “The Trail of the Serpent”) sold well, but her second, “Lady Audley’s Secret” was reprinted nine times in three months. In 2000, it was […]

Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter (1869 - 1958)

Architect,  Interior Designer. She has been called “the architect of the Southwest” for her rough-hewn designs,  which combined Spanish and Native American influences with a contemporary spirit.  She was educated at the California School of Design in San Francisco. In 1901 the Fred Harvey Company offered her a job decorating its landmark Alvarado Hotel in […]

Mary Ellen Trainor (1952 - 2015)

American Actress. Trainor will best be remembered for her role as an LAPD psychiatrist in the ‘Lethal Weapon’ franchise. She studied broadcast journalism at San Diego State, and was discovered by a radio station manager and asked to be an on-air personality for local television station KSDO. She soon landed a position at KCBS as […]

Mary Ellis (1897 - 2003)

Mary Ellis was born May Belle Elsas in New York City in 1897. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918, in the world premiere of Puccini’s Il trittico, creating the role of Genovieffa in Suor Angelica, the second of the evening’s three one-act operas. Later in the run, she also […]

Mary Emily Foy (1862 - 1962)

First woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, appointed to the job in 1880 at the age of 18. She had graduated the year before from Los Angeles High School. She served for only four years but left a legacy for Los Angeles librarians to remember. (bio courtesy of: Wikipedia)  Family links:  Parents: […]

Mary Esther Denver (1918 - 1980)

Actress. Born Mary Esther Wood in Iowa, she made her big screen debut in “Born to Be Loved” (1959). She also appeared in “The Interns” (1962), “Under the Yum Yum Tree” (1963), “The Fortune Cookie” (1966), “The Russians are Coming” (1966), “Project X” (1968) and “Wicked, Wicked” (1973). Her television credits include “Ben Casey”, “Star […]

Mary Fickett (1928 - 2011)

Mary Fickett was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Bronxville, a suburb of New York City. She attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts, and made her theatrical debut in 1946 on Cape Cod. In 1949, she made her Broadway debut appearing in I Know My Love, a comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. […]

Mary Field (1909 - 1996)

Actress. One of Hollywood’s more resilient but uneventful “day-workers” (a player required for only one day’s shooting), her plaintive, parrot-beaked, chinless face showed up in over 100 films, mostly uncredited roles, and many television shows. Born Olivia Rockefeller, as an infant she was abandoned outside the doors of a church with a note bearing her […]

Mary Foy (1901 - 1987)

Actress, Entertainer. Daughter of actor Eddie Foy Sr. and one of “The Seven Little Foys” vaudeville act. (bio by: Erik Lander)  Family links:  Parents:  Eddie Foy (1856 – 1928)  Madeline Morando Foy (1869 – 1918)  Spouse:  Lyle Latell (1904 – 1967)*  Siblings:  Bryan Foy (1896 – 1977)*  Charley Foy (1898 – 1984)*  Mary Foy (1901 […]

Mary Frann (1943 - 1998)

Born Mary Frances Luecke in St. Louis, Missouri, Mary Frann was a child model and appeared in commercials for a local television station while she attended Nerinx Hall High School. At the age of 18, she was voted Missouri’s “Junior Miss.” She went on to win the 1961 national title of America’s Junior Miss and […]

Mary Fuller (1888 - 1973)

Mary Fuller was born in Washington, D.C., to Nora Swing and attorney Miles Fuller, she spent her childhood on a farm. As a child, she was interested in music, writing and art. Her father died in 1902, and by 1906, she was working in the theater under the name Claire Fuller. She worked briefly with […]

Mary Gordon (1882 - 1963)

Actress. She is best remembered for her role as Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes’ housekeeper, in the popular mystery films of the 1930s and 1940s, starring Basil Rathbone as the legendary sleuth. Gordon also reprised the role (again opposite Rathbone) in a radio series.  Her credits include “Our Dancing Daughters” (1928),  “Madame X” (1929),  “Frankenstein” (1931), […]

Mary Grace Canfield (1924 - 2014)

Mary Grace Canfield was born in Rochester, New York, the second child of Hubert and Hildegard (née Jacobson) Canfield. She grew up in Pittsford, New York. She had an elder sister, Constance, who was two years older. Acting mostly in small theatre companies and regional theatre, between 1952 and 1964 she appeared in several Broadway plays, […]

Mary Hay Caldwell Hastings (1901 - 1957)

Actress and Dancer. An early star of the silent film era, she studied dance at Denishawn Studio in Los Angeles, and the Denishawn connection to D. W. Griffith led to a dancing role in Griffith’s 1918 film “Hearts of the World.” Using the stage name Mary Hay and heeding Griffith’s advice that stage experience would […]

Mary Hayley Bell (1911 - 2005)

Actress, Playwright and Novelist. Widow of actor Sir John Mills. Mother of Juliet, Jonathon, and Hayley Mills. Best known for her 1958 Novel “Whistle Down the Wind,” which would later become a stage production and a film starring her daughter Hayley. Mary Hayley Bell was born in Shanghai, China where her father was a customs […]

Mary Healy (1918 - 2015)

Mary Healy was born April 14, 1918, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Crowned Miss New Orleans in 1935, Healy performed as a singer in the New Orleans area. She made her first screen appearance in Josette (1938). In 1939 she had major film roles in Second Fiddle and Star Dust, in which she sang the title […]

Mary Henderson (1888 - 1960)

Actress.

Mary Hignett (1916 - 1980)

British Actress. She was best known for her final television as Mrs. Edna Hall, the housekeeper, in the British television series, “All Creatures Great and Small” from 1978 to her death in 1980. She was married to actor, Michael Brennan. Her other film and television credits include “Demons of the Mind,” “The Venturers,” “The Door […]

Mary Howard (1918 - 2009)

Mary Howard de Liagre, née Rogers (18 May 1913 – 6 June 2009) was an American actress usually credited as Mary Howard. Mary was born in Independence, Kansas, the daughter of William Penn Adair Rogers (Will Rogers) and Betty Blake. Her father, Will Rogers, and the actor Fred Stone were great friends. Will named his third […]

Mary Hunter Austin (1868 - 1934)

Artist, Author, and Lecturer. Best known for her sketches of desert life. (bio by: Laurie)

Mary II of England (1662 - 1694)

Mary, born at St. James’s Palace in London on 30 April 1662, was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York (the future James II & VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. Mary’s uncle was King Charles II, who ruled the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland; her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st […]