Portrait of Mae Marsh

Acting

Mae Marsh

Career

Active from 1912 to 2019, with a break from 1949 to 2018, busiest in 1913 with 15 main titles.

Leading roles
45
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 56 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mae Marsh Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 10
  • Silent Film 8
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Melodrama 5
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Romance 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Simple Narrative 2
  • Political Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
I Am Not a Racist
I Am Not a Racist (2019)

as Flora (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Cheyenne Autumn
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
GoodWatch score 59

as Woman (uncredited)

Donovan's Reef
Donovan's Reef (1963)
GoodWatch score 58

as Family Council Member (uncredited)

Two Rode Together
Two Rode Together (1961)
GoodWatch score 73

as Hanna Clegg (uncredited)

Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
GoodWatch score 84

as Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)

1950s

21 titles ยท average score 67
Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Mary

The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah (1958)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mourner at Wake (uncredited)

Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Mrs. Jesse Grant

The Wings of Eagles
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
GoodWatch score 47

as Nurse Crumley (uncredited)

The Searchers
The Searchers (1956)
GoodWatch score 85

as Dark Cloaked Woman at Fort Guarding Deranged Woman (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps (1956)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mrs. Manners

The Tall Men
The Tall Men (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

as Emigrant (uncredited)

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1954)
GoodWatch score 85

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

The Robe
The Robe (1953)
GoodWatch score 70

as Jerusalem Woman Aiding Demetrius (uncredited)

Titanic
Titanic (1953)
GoodWatch score 67

as Woman to Whom Norman Gave His Seat (uncredited)

The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man (1952)
GoodWatch score 83

as Father Paul's Mother (uncredited)

The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter (1950)
GoodWatch score 84

as Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)

1940s

40 titles ยท average score 69
A Letter to Three Wives
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
GoodWatch score 89

as Miss Jenkins (uncredited)

3 Godfathers
3 Godfathers (1948)
GoodWatch score 78

as Mrs. Perley Sweet

Fort Apache
Fort Apache (1948)
GoodWatch score 88

as Mrs. Gates

Thunder in the Valley
Thunder in the Valley (1947)

as Flower Vendor

Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
GoodWatch score 85

as Woman in Santa Line (uncredited)

My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

as Simpson's Sister (uncredited)

Leave Her to Heaven
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
GoodWatch score 81

as Fisherwoman (uncredited)

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

as Leah (uncredited)

It's Everybody's War
It's Everybody's War (1942)

as Mrs. Stone (uncredited)

Belle Starr
Belle Starr (1941)
GoodWatch score 53

as Preacher's Wife (uncredited)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

as Mrs. Stetson

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
GoodWatch score 90

as Muley's Wife (uncredited)

1930s

11 titles ยท average score 65
Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
GoodWatch score 73

as Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
GoodWatch score 48

as Extra as Empire State Building Tourist

Swanee River
Swanee River (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

as Carlotta Blakeford

Black Fury
Black Fury (1935)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mrs. Mary Novak

Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
GoodWatch score 76

as His Wife

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
GoodWatch score 58

as Sheep

That's My Boy
That's My Boy (1932)

as Mother Scott

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932)

as Aunt Jane

The Movie Album
The Movie Album (1932)

as (archive footage)

Over the Hill
Over the Hill (1931)

as Ma Shelby

1920s

9 titles ยท average score 67
The Rat
The Rat (1925)

as Odile Etrange

Tides of Passion
Tides of Passion (1925)

as Charity

Daddies
Daddies (1924)

as Ruth Atkins

Arabella
Arabella (1924)

as Arabella

The White Rose
The White Rose (1923)
GoodWatch score 67

as Bessie

Paddy The Next Best Thing
Paddy The Next Best Thing (1923)

as Paddy Adair

Flames of Passion
Flames of Passion (1922)

as Dorothy Hawke

Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again (1922)

as Marion Bates

The Little 'Fraid Lady
The Little 'Fraid Lady (1920)

as Cecilia Carne

1910s

52 titles ยท average score 61
The Mother and the Law
The Mother and the Law (1919)
GoodWatch score 67

as The Little Dear One

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
GoodWatch score 85

as The Dear One (Modern Story)

Hoodoo Ann
Hoodoo Ann (1916)
GoodWatch score 51

as Hoodoo Ann

The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
GoodWatch score 70

as Flora Cameron

Judith of Bethulia
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
GoodWatch score 53

as Naomi

Brute Force
Brute Force (1914)

as Lilywhite

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
GoodWatch score 60

as Sally Cameron

The Telephone Girl and the Lady
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)

as The Telephone Girl

Brutality
Brutality (1912)

as The Young Woman

The Sands of Dee
The Sands of Dee (1912)

as Mary

Man's Genesis
Man's Genesis (1912)

as Lillywhite

The Lesser Evil
The Lesser Evil (1912)
GoodWatch score 54

as The Young Woman's Companion