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Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1895 in Madrid, New Mexico, died February 13, 1968 in Hermosa Beach, California) was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1240x1565, 614 KB) Studio promo photo of Mae Marsh, ca 1910s/1920s (?). Copyright might be expired. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1240x1565, 614 KB) Studio promo photo of Mae Marsh, ca 1910s/1920s (?). Copyright might be expired. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Madrid is a census-designated place located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Hermosa Beach is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Career Rise

She first started as an extra in various movies, and had first starring role in the film Ramona (1910) at the age of 15. Ramona is the title of several motion pictures based on the novel Ramona (1884) by Helen Hunt Jackson. ...

Working with Mack Sennett and D.W. Griffith, she was a prolific actress, sometimes appearing in eight movies a year and often paired the fellow young Sennett protegé Robert Harron in romantic roles. Her first leading role was in Griffith's film Man's Genesis (1912), and also appeared in his films The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ... David Lewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director (commonly known as D. W. Griffith) probably best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. ... Robert Bobby Harron (April 12, 1893 - September 5, 1920) was a highly successful and publicly popular American motion picture actor of the early silent film era. ... The Birth of a Nation was the most popular film of the silent era. ... Intolerance is a silent film directed by D.W. Griffith in 1916. ...

In The Birth of a Nation she played the innocent sister who waits for her brothers to come home from war. In Intolerance she gives her best performance as the wife who has her baby taken away after her husband is unjustly convicted of murder. Both films were controversial in their day and still are, but most critics agree that Marsh was terrific in both of them.

She signed a lucrative contract with Samuel Goldwyn worth $2,500 per week after Intolerance, but none of those films were particularly successful. After her marriage to Lee Arms, a publicity agent for Goldwyn, in 1918, her film output decreased to about one per year. Samuel Goldwyn (August 17, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a major producer of motion pictures. ...

Marsh's last notable starring role was as a flapper for Griffith in The White Rose in 1923 with Ivor Novello and Carol Dempster. She re-teamed with Novello in 1925 for the film version of his hit stage play, The Rat. Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. ...

'Talkies'

After talkies, however, her career picked back up. Marsh appeared in numerous memorable films, such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932). She also became a favorite of director John Ford, appearing in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), Three Godfathers (1948), and The Searchers (1956). Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is an American 1903 childrens classic novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... The cover of The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath is a work of fiction written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. ... How Green Was My Valley is a novel of 1939, by Richard Llewellyn. ... Three Godfathers is a 1948 western film directed by John Ford. ... The Searchers may refer to: The Searchers – a 1956 epic Western movie The Searchers – a 1960s British rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Marsh has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1600 Vine Street. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

External links

• Mae Marsh at the Internet Movie Database