Aline MacMahon (May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991) was an American actress.
MacMahon's career began in theatre during the 1920s, and she worked extensively in film and television, until her retirement in the mid 1970s.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944).
MacMahon was born Aline Laveen MacMahon to William M. and Jennie C. Simon MacMahon (1879-1984) of Irish and Russian descent ...
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Aline MacMahon (May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991) was an American actress.
MacMahon's career began in theatre during the 1920s, and she worked extensively in film and television, until her retirement in the mid 1970s.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944).
MacMahon was born Aline Laveen MacMahon to William M. and Jennie C. Simon MacMahon (1879-1984) of Irish and Russian descent in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. According to the 1910 United States Federal Census for Brooklyn, New York, her father, William, was born in 1878 in Allegheny City,Pennsylvania to an Irish born father, whose occupation was a telegraph operator, and her mother, Jennie, was born in 1879 in Russia of Jewish origin . Her parents were married on July 14, 1898 in Columbus, Ohio. She was raised in New York City and educated at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York and at Barnard College in New York City.
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