Mary Anderson (actress, 1918)
Mary B. Anderson (born April 3, 1918 in Birmingham , Alabama - † April 6, 2014 in Burbank , California ; born Bebe Anderson ) was an American actress .
Life
Mary Anderson actually wanted to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind , but had to be content with the small supporting role of Maybelle Merriwether in the film. Nevertheless, she was able to establish herself as a successful supporting actress in Hollywood in the 1940s. At the side of Jennifer Jones she played in 1943 in the Oscar-winning drama The Song of Bernadette about the life of Saint Bernadette . Anderson celebrated the greatest success of her career a year later: In Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Lifeboat , she was seen in the role of a nurse who drifts across the ocean on a lifeboat with other castaways. From the mid-1950s, Anderson appeared mainly in television productions. So she played in 1964 in twelve episodes of the television series Peyton Place . In 1980 she retired from acting. Mary Anderson starred in a total of 31 films and 22 television productions.
Mary Anderson was married to Leonard Behrens from 1940 to 1950 and was divorced. In her second marriage, she was married to the cameraman Leon Shamroy from 1953 until his death in 1974 . Mary's only child died in July 1956 at the age of two months. Her younger brother was the actor James Anderson (1921-1969). Mary Anderson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1646 Vine Street) for her film work. Mary Anderson died on April 6, 2014 in a hospice in Burbank, California, three days after her 96th birthday. She had previously suffered several minor heart attacks.
Filmography (selection)
- 1939: The Women (The Women)
- 1939: Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
- 1940: The Lord of the Seven Seas (Maid of Honor)
- 1940: grave, where is thy victory (All This, and Heaven Too)
- 1940: A Dispatch from Reuter's
- 1941: Cheers for Miss Bishop
- 1943: The Song of Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- 1944: The lifeboat (Lifeboat)
- 1944: Wilson
- 1946: Mutterherz (To Each His Own)
- 1950: The Rocket City gang boss (The Underworld Story)
- 1950: The last privateer (Last of the Buccaneers)
- 1951: The Fist of Retribution (Passage West)
- 1952: Chicago Calling
- 1953: I am the judge (I, the jury)
- 1953: Dangerous Crossing
- 1959: Jet over the Atlantic
- 1980: More Smoke About Nothing (Cheech and Chong's Next Movie)
Web links
- Mary Anderson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mary Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Mary Anderson in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Claire Noland: Mary Anderson dies at 96; actress had role in 'Gone With the Wind'. In: Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2014 (accessed April 7, 2014).
- ↑ "Gone with the Wind" actress: Mary Anderson died at the age of 96. In: Spiegel Online . April 8, 2014, accessed June 10, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anderson, Mary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Mary B .; Anderson, Bebe (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham , Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2014 |
| Place of death | Burbank , California |