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Acting

Aline MacMahon

Career: Active from 1932 to 1975, with a break from 1964 to 1973, busiest in 1932 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Gold Diggers of 1933
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Aline MacMahon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.0, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Period Piece 3
Social Commentary 3
Historical Drama 2
Class Conflict 2
Social Mobility 2
Psychological Drama 2
Family Conflict 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Social Satire 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

3 titles · average score 70

For the Use of the Hall

as Bess

Antigone

as Nurse

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Nurse

1960s

6 titles · average score 66

All the Way Home

68

as Aunt Hannah

I Could Go on Singing

84

as Ida

Diamond Head

56

as Kapiolani Kahana

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Mary Alice Trotter / Mrs. Vronis

The Young Doctors

58

as Dr. Lucy Grainger

Cimarron

59

as Mrs. Mavis Pegler

1950s

4 titles · average score 76

Medea

as The Nurse

The Man from Laramie

83

as Kate Canaday

The Eddie Cantor Story

65

as Grandma Esther

The Flame and the Arrow

81

as Nonna Bartoli

1940s

14 titles · average score 59

Roseanna McCoy

46

as Sarie McCoy

The Search

76

as Mrs. Murray

Studio One

65

TV show · as Mrs. Grey / Mrs. Weston

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show

The Mighty McGurk

65

as Mamie Steeple

Dragon Seed

55

as Ling Tan's Wife

Guest in the House

46

as Aunt Martha Proctor

Reward Unlimited

as Mrs. Scott

Seeds of Freedom

as Odessa Citizen

The Lady Is Willing

64

as Buddy

Tish

63

as Lizzie Wilkins

Out of the Fog

54

as Florence Goodwin

1930s

24 titles · average score 64

When You're in Love

58

as Marianne Woods

Mary Jane's Pa

as Ellen Preston

Kind Lady

56

as Mary Herries

Side Streets

61

as Bertha Krasnoff

The Merry Frinks

53

as Hattie 'Mom' Frink

Heat Lightning

74

as Olga

Gold Diggers of 1933

89

as Trixie

Heroes for Sale

72

as Mary Dennis

The World Changes

44

as Anna Nordholm

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

65

as Auntie

One Way Passage

71

as Countess Barilhaus

The Mouthpiece

82

as Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary