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Mary Boland (I) (1880–1965)

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Lively, buxom character actress Mary Boland made a name for herself playing vacuous or pixillated motherly types during the 1930's. One of her most memorable performances was as the addle-brained Mrs. Rimplegar of Three-Cornered Moon, who gives away her family fortune to a swindler because he seemed like 'such a nice young man'... See full bio »

Born:

Marie Anne Boland
in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:

(age 85) in New York City, New York, USA
Still of Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Rosalind Russell and Norma Shearer in The Women
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1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
The Countess DeLave
– The Women (1955) … The Countess DeLave
 
1954 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Martin
– The First Born (1954) … Mrs. Martin
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Would-Be Gentleman (1951)
 
1951 Musical Comedy Time (TV series)
– Mademoiselle Modiste (1951)
 
1950 Masterpiece Playhouse (TV series)
– The Rivals (1950)
 
1950 Guilty Bystander
Smitty
 
1949 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Ann
– Outward Bound (1949) … Ann
 
1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– All's Fair (1949)
 
1948 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Carlotta Vance
– Dinner at Eight (1948) … Carlotta Vance
 
1948 Julia Misbehaves
Mrs. Gheneccio
 
1945 Forever Yours
Aunt Mary
 
1944 Nothing But Trouble
Mrs. Hawkley
 
1944 In Our Time
Mrs. Bromley
 
1940 One Night in the Tropics
Aunt Kitty Marblehead
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941
Emily Potter
 
1940 Pride and Prejudice
Mrs. Bennet
 
1940 New Moon
Valerie de Rossac
 
1940 He Married His Wife
Ethel
 
1939 The Women
The Countess De Lave - Flora
 
1939 Night Work
Sybil Fitch, the Mother
 
1939 The Magnificent Fraud
Mme. Geraldine Genet
 
1939 Boy Trouble
Sybil Fitch
 
1938 Artists and Models Abroad
Mrs. Isabel Channing
 
1938 Little Tough Guys in Society
Mrs. Berry
 
1937 Mama Runs Wild
Alice Summers
 
1937 There Goes the Groom
Mrs. Russell
 
1937 Danger: Love at Work
Mrs. Alice Pemberton
 
1937 Marry the Girl
Ollie Radway
 
1936 College Holiday
Carola P. Gaye
 
1936 Wives Never Know
Marcia Bigelow
 
1936 A Son Comes Home
Mary Grady
 
1936 Early to Bed
Tessie Weeks
 
1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936
Mrs. Sealingsworth
 
1935 Two for Tonight
Mrs. Smythe
 
1935 People Will Talk
Clarice Wilton
 
1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
Effie Floud
 
1934 The Pursuit of Happiness
Comfort Kirkland
 
1934 Down to Their Last Yacht
Queen of Malakamokalu, 'Queenie'
 
1934 Here Comes the Groom
Mrs. Widden
 
1934 Stingaree
Mrs. Clarkson
 
1934 Melody in Spring
Mary Blodgett
 
1934 Six of a Kind
Flora Whinney
 
1934 Four Frightened People
Mrs. Mardick
 
1933 The Solitaire Man
Mrs. Hopkins
 
1933 Three-Cornered Moon
Mrs. Nellie Rimplegar
 
1933 Mama Loves Papa
Jessie Todd
 
1932 If I Had a Million
Mrs. Peabody
 
1932 Evenings for Sale
Jenny Kent
 
1932 The Night of June 13th
Mazie Strawn
 
1931 Personal Maid
Mrs. Otis Gary
 
1931 Secrets of a Secretary
Mrs. Merritt
 
1920 His Temporary Wife
Verna Devore
 
1919 The Perfect Lover
Mrs. Whitney
 
1918 The Prodigal Wife
Marion Farnham
 
1918 A Woman's Experience
Agnes Roydant
 
1917 Mountain Dew
Lily Bud Raines
 
1916 The Stepping Stone
Mary Beresford
 
1916 The Price of Happiness
Bertha Miller
 
1915 The Penitentes (uncredited)
 
1915 The Edge of the Abyss
Alma Clayton
 
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1939 The Women (performer: "Old Chisholm Trail Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay" - uncredited)
 
1937 There Goes the Groom ("Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride" 1850 - uncredited)
 
1934 Stingaree (performer: "I Wish I Were a Fisherman" 1934 - uncredited)
 
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1958 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.68 (1958) … Herself
– Episode #2.42 (1958) … Herself
 
1951 Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.23 (1951) … Herself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (documentary short)
Herself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (short)
Herself
 
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2005 Pride and Prejudice Revisited (TV documentary)
Mrs. Bennet (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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(1907). Stage Play: The Ranger. Drama. Written by Augustus E. Thomas. Wallack's Theatre: 6 Sep 1907- Sep 1907 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Dustin Farnum (as "Captain Esmond"), John Adolphi, Florence Auer, Mary Boland [Broadway debut], Frank Burbeck, Mathilde Deschon... See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Performed on Broadway from 1907-1954. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius