Mary Carr (actress)

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Mary Carr

Mary Kennevan Carr (born March 14, 1874 in Germantown , Pennsylvania , † June 24, 1973 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Mary Carr was born Mary Kennevan in Germantown, a suburb of Philadelphia . She initially took up the job of a school teacher, but soon gave it up to join traveling groups of actors. Since 1890 she appeared on theatrical stages. She married the actor William Carr , who had been involved as an actor and director in the emerging film industry since the beginning of the 20th century. Mary Carr has appeared in silent films since 1915. She had her most memorable roles in 1919 and 1920 when she portrayed self-sacrificing, maternal women in the films Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by director Hugh Ford and Over the Hill to the Poorhouse by Harry F. Billion . These films were big box office hits of their time, but are now lost and thus forgotten.

With that she was committed to the role cliché typical of her, kindhearted mothers or grandmothers. Her nickname in Hollywood was The Mother of the Movies . Her notable film appearances include the films Jesse James (1927) directed by Lloyd Ingraham and Second Wife (1930) by Russell Mack . Above all, her collaboration with the comedian duo Laurel and Hardy : In the short film One Good Turn (1931) she showed considerable comedic talent in a leading role as an opponent of James Finlayson ; in the feature film Die Teufelsbrüder she played her old-motherly parade role. From the mid-1930s, her film appearances became smaller and sparse, but her last film appearance was not until 1957 in Dino - the Bandit .

Outside of film, Mary Carr had the image of a “brisk, youthful matron” who was fashion-conscious and approached every film role with young-girl enthusiasm. In 1955 she appeared as a quiz participant on Groucho Marx 's show You Bet Your Life . The marriage to William Carr had six children, almost all of whom were active in the film industry. Thomas Carr became a director. Mary Carr died in 1973 at the age of 99.

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personal data
SURNAME Carr, Mary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carr, Mary Kennevan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Germantown , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1973
Place of death Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California , United States